Section 05  :Condensed matter physics: structure and dynamics

Keywords

The research carried out in Section 05 has a broad spectrum ranging from condensed to soft matter and biological systems. Its unity lies in the physical approach to the problems studied, the search for the links between structures and the physical properties of systems, the identification of the generic processes underlying their dynamics and the understanding of the links between the various associated space-time scales.

- Solid state structure and dynamics
- Physics of surfaces and nano-objects
- Physics of complex systems and soft matter
- Physics of biological systems
- Physics of bulk and discrete materials
- Waves in complex media
- Physics of mechanical behaviour
- Structure-property relationships: multi-scale approaches
- Instabilities, morphogenesis
- Growth, self-organisation, heterostructures
- Phase transitions, defects, disorder
- Non-equilibrium phenomena, active matter
- Instrumentation, experimental techniques in extreme and in-operando conditions, large research facilities.
- Theory, modelling, numerical methods.

Composition of the section

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