II Brazilian Workshop on Soft Matter

April 7-11, 2025

ICTP-SAIFR, São Paulo, Brazil

Venue: Instituto Principia

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Soft matter encompasses a wide variety of disparate systems, ranging from polymers and colloids to surfactants, liquid crystals and active biological matter (e.g. bacteria and flocks of birds). The second edition of the Brazilian Workshop on Soft Matter will bring together experienced students and researchers, and provide a platform for fostering collaboration among members of the soft matter community in Brazil, as well as a forum for discussion of key recent developments in the field. In addition to several research seminars that will be given by outstanding invited speakers, selected participants will have the opportunity to present short talks, and take part in a series of activities at the new Brazilian synchrotron light source (Sirius).

There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses. This workshop will be followed by the School on Biological Physics and Biomolecular Simulations from April 14-19.

Organizers:

• Pablo de Castro (ICTP-SAIFR and IFT-UNESP, Brazil)
• Danilo B. Liarte (ICTP-SAIFR and IFT-UNESP, Brazil)
• Mateus B. Cardoso (Sirius-CNPEM, Brazil)
• Cristiano L. P. de Oliveira (IF-USP, Brazil)

List of Participants: Updated on March 31, 2025.

Announcement:

Application deadline: February 15, 2025 (for presentation and/or financial support request) CLOSED
Registration deadline: March 27, 2025 (no presentation and no financial support request) CLOSED

Invited Speakers

Speakers

  • Márcia Barbosa (UFRGS, Brazil)
  • Dan Beller (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
  • Ignacio Bordeu (Universidad de Chile, Chile)
  • Rodrigo Coelho (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
  • Kaline Coutinho (USP, Brazil)
  • Eduardo Jagla (Instituto Balseiro, Argentina)
  • Liesbeth Janssen (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
  • Yan Levin (UFRGS, Brazil)
  • Frederic Nallet (Université de Bordeaux, France)
  • Wim Noorduin (AMOLF, Netherlands)
  • M. Leticia Puzzo (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina)
  • Juliane Simmchen (University of Strathclyde, UK)
  • Chantal Valeriani (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
  • Edgar Zanotto (UFSCAR, Brazil)

 

Abstracts HERE

Registration

Announcement:

Application deadline: February 15, 2025 (for presentation and/or financial support request) CLOSED
Registration deadline: March 27, 2025 (no presentation and no financial support request) CLOSED

Program

 The schedule might be changed.

Presentations

Talks
Name Title
Monday (04/07)
César Osvaldo Solano Cabrera Covariant description of colloidal dynamics
Karen Gonzales Flores Mesoscopic Modeling of Enveloped Virus in Fluids
Jorge Mario Escobar Agudelo Correlated Disorder and Viscoelasticity of Soft Colloidal Gels
Daniel Canavello Polarization and dynamic phases of aligning active matter in periodic obstacle arrays
Leila Separdar
Effect of molecular aspect ratio on structure and dynamics of thermotropic liquid crystals studied by molecular dynamics simulation
Tuesday (04/08)
Isela Sicarú Regalado Alvarado
Active matter models systematic study to analyse the effect of primary prevention on the contagion dynamics.
Brandon Klein Limits of Topological Entropy Production in Confined Active Nematics
Rafael Vilela Dynamics and sorting of run-and-tumble particles in fluid flows with transport barriers
Marin Vatin Conformation, Dynamics and Knotting of Polar Diblock Active Polymers
Thursday (04/10)
Gabriel Brito Granado
Preliminary Framework for AI-Driven SAS Modeling in Anisotropic Systems: Procedural Algorithms and Machine Learning
Fidencio Pérez Hernández Brownian dynamics simulations for charged fluids using the Wolf potential
Amanda Gonçalves Self-assembly of virus-like nanoparticles with clinical application from designed capsid proteins
Rodrigo Coelho Liquid crystal skyrmions in shear flows
Friday (04/11)
Lair Figueiredo Trugilho Determination of the optimal committor reaction coordinate to describe aggregation kinetics
Marco Antonio Ramirez Guizar
Non-Equilibrium Depletion Forces: Emergent Long-Range Interactions in Thermally Driven Colloidal Systems
Irio Menezes Coutinho Ferrofluid drop in an off-centered radial magnetic field: Dynamics and pattern formation
Andres Arango-Restrepo
Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics of Active Matter: Self-Organization and Collective Dynamics in Active Particle Systems
Amin Bakhshandeh Canonical Titration
Posters
Name Title
Monday (04/07)
Pablo Orellana
Analysis of the Geometric Influence on the Anomalous Diffusion of Intruders in a Vibro-fluidized Granular Matter
Matheus Valença Correia
Self-propulsion of Magnetic Skyrmions
Raphael Lima Alves Simulation of scattering intensities for a system of particles using the Finite Element Method.
Gabriel Braga Marques Teobaldo
ACOUSTIC LEVITATED DROPLETS INVESTIGATED BY SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING: A POWERFUL TOOLBOX FOR STUDIES OF INTERPARTICLE INTERACTIONS
Marilina Cathcarth Modelling protein adsorption on silica nanoparticles by means of Molecular Theory
Daniel Batista de Jesus Application of mesoscopic model to DNA and RNA methylation
Tuesday (04/08)
Yhony Mamani Arce Dynamic behavior of an active particle embedded in a smectic liquid crystal
Matheus Stefanini Mariano Collective Phenomena in Animal Groupings
Isael Aaron Segoviano Caudillo Computational study of the virus adsorption dynamics on motile cells
Michely Patricia Rosseto
Investigating Solvents Dielectric Response with Impedance Spectroscopy and an Extend Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) Model
Daniel Ferrareto Lourenço Borghetti Rodrigues GENERATION AND CONTROL OF MAGNETIC FIELDS USING HELMHOLTZ COILS
Javiera Catalina Navarro Perez Characterization of Nissle 1917 E. coli bacterial navigation in different size porous media
Thursday (04/10)
Aline Santos da Conceicao The use of Differential Scanning Calorimetry in the study of materials: several test examples.
Ilhem SOYAH Detection of CA19-9 biomarker in human serum using lens thermal spectrometry
João Pedro Pimenta Valadares Structural Characterization of Virgin and Treated Caucasian hair Using Optical Microscopy Methods
Augusto Bandeira Thermally Induced Structural Changes in Virgin and Chemically Treated Human Hair.
Kayo Fernandes de Almeida
DEVELOPMENT OF HOT AIR CANNON SETUP FOR STUDIES WITH CONTROLLED HEATING OF HAIR FIBERS
Diego Pereira
Investigating Detergents Micelles Using Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering: A Study on Brand Variations, Concentration and Temperature Effects
Raquel Checca
Insights into CaCO3 crystallization processes using cryogenic transmission electron microscopy and In-Situ Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Diffraction techniques

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Additional Information

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BOARDING PASS: All participants, whose travel has been provided or will be reimbursed by ICTP-SAIFR, should bring the boarding pass  upon registration. The return boarding pass (PDF, if online check-in, scan or picture, if physical) should be sent to secretary@ictp-saifr.org by e-mail.

COVID-19: Brazilians and foreigners no longer have to present proof of vaccination before entering the country.

Visa information: Nationals from several countries in Latin America and Europe are exempt from tourist visa. Nationals from Australia, Canada and USA will be required to obtain a tourist e-visa for visits after April 10, 2025. Please check here which nationals need a tourist visa to enter Brazil.

Accommodation: Participants, whose accommodation will be provided by the institute, will stay at Hotel Intercity the Universe Paulista. Hotel recommendations are available here.

Poster presentation: Participants who are presenting a poster MUST BRING A PRINTED BANNER . The banner size should be at most 1 m (width) x 1,5 m (length). We do not accept A4 or A3 paper.