Liarte Group - Geometry, topology and soft matter
News
NEW Universal scaling solution for a rigidity transition: renormalization group flows near the upper critical dimension, S. J. Thornton et al. (2024), arXiv:2407.14586.
NEW Anomalous dynamic scaling of an active particle embedded in a smectic liquid crystal, Y. M. Arce et al., poster presentation at the 29th International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC2024).
NEW São Paulo Meeting on Soft and Biological Matter, May17, ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, São Paulo, Brazil.
Geometry, topology and soft matter, D. B. Liarte (2024), seminar at the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Mar 14, 4pm BRT.
Restoring the fluctuation-dissipation theorem in Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class through a new emergent fractal dimension, M. S. Gomes-Filho et al. (2024), Entropy, 26, 260.
APS/ICTP-SAIFR Satellite March Meeting, Mar 5, ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, São Paulo, Brazil.
Research interests
My research group has the ultimate scientific goal of deeply understanding the statistical physics of disordered systems. From my early projects on spin glasses to my recent work on the jamming transition, I have routinely employed methods from statistical mechanics and field theory as well as state-of-the-art computational tools and numerical simulations to explain the role played by disorder into diverse physical phenomena. My current interests fall primarily into the topic of Soft Matter, which has sparkled my interest since graduate school. I have made early contributions on the development of genuine statistical mechanical models of liquid crystals; simulations of the smectic phase and a unifying theory for its spacetime microstructure; the first bona-fide effective-medium theory of jamming. I also have contributions in miscellaneous fields, from superconductivity and spin glasses to plasticity and more. As a FAPESP Young Investigator, I am currently researching geometric and topological aspects of considerable relevance to two general topics in the area of soft matter: Smectic Liquid Crystals and Disordered Elastic Systems.
Smectic Liquid Crystals
Disordered Elastic Systems
Last updated on Jul 31, 2024