Polymers and Soft Condensed Matter Group

Seminars and Presentations

The following list indicates recent conferences where group members have presented papers or posters.

2007

• 26 August 2007, Society for Photonic and Illumination Engineering - Optics and Photonics, San Diego, U.S.A., Fluctuation Theorems: Demonstrations using Optical Tweezers, E.M. Sevick.
• 28 January - 02 February 2007, 6th Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Conference on Physical Chemistry (CPC2007), Adelaide AUSTRALIA Experimental demonstrations of new theorems in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, E.M. Sevick.

2006

• 12 December 2006, Society for Photonic and Illumination Engineering - Optics and Photonics, University of Adelaide, SA AUSTRALIA Experimental demonstrations of new theorems in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, E.M. Sevick.
• 2-6 December 2006, New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC), Rotorua NEW ZEALAND Experimental demonstrations of new theorems in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, E.M. Sevick.
• 7 December 2006, MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, North Palmeston NEW ZEALAND Experimental demonstrations of new theorems in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, E.M. Sevick.
• 26-29 September 2006 Centre Europeen de Calc Atomique et Moleculaire (CECAM) Workshop: Theory of single molecule force experiments and simulations, Lyon FRANCE Experimental demonstrations of new theorems in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, E.M. Sevick.
• 30 August 2006, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, HONG KONG Experimental demonstrations of new theorems in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, E.M. Sevick.
• 29 August 2006, University of Hong Kong, Department of Chemistry, HONG KONG Experimental demonstrations of new theorems in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, E.M. Sevick.
• 5-8 July 2006, International Workshop on Mesoscale and Multiscale Descripion of Complex Fluids (IWMMCOF 2006), Monash University Prato Centre, Prato ITALY Experimental demonstrations of new theorems in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, E.M. Sevick.
• 12-15 February 2006, First Australian-Italian Workshop on Statistical Physics: Statistical systems out of equilibrium: random systems and complex fluids, Gold Coast AUSTRALIA Experimental demonstrations of new theorems in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, E.M. Sevick.

2005

• 31 Jul - 04 Aug 2005, Society for Photonic and Illumination Engineering - Optics and Photonics, San Diego, U.S.A., Experimental demonstrations of the Fluctuation Theorem in a viscoelastic solvent using a colloidal particle held in an optical trap, D.M. Carberry.
• 2 July 2005, 6th Liquid Matter Conference, Utretch THE NETHERLANDS Experimental demonstrations of new theorems in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, E.M. Sevick.
• 16 June 2005,Order, Disorder and Criticality Symposium, organized under the Centre of Science and Engineering of Materials (CSEM), The Australian National University, Canberra AUSTRALIA Experimental demonstrations of two new theorems in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, E.M. Sevick.
• 2 June 2005, Monash University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Melbourne AUSTRALIA, Experimental demonstrations of new theorems in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, E.M. Sevick.
• 2 June 2005,University of New South Wales, Department of Chemistry, Sydney AUSTRALIA Experimental demonstrations of new theorems in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, E.M. Sevick.
• 31 Jan - 04 Feb 2005, Australian Institute of Physics 16th Biennial Congress 2005, Canberra, Australia, The Optical Tweezers Capture Experiment to demonstrate the Fluctuation Theorem and the Kawasaki Identity , D.M. Carberry.
• 31 Jan - 04 Feb 2005, Australian Institute of Physics 16th Biennial Congress 2005, Canberra, Australia, Demonstrations of the Steady-State Fluctuation Theorem using a colloidal particle in a translating optical trap, G.M. Wang.
• 31 Jan - 04 Feb 2005, Australian Institute of Physics 16th Biennial Congress 2005, Canberra, Australia, Experimental Demonstrations of a New Second Law-like Theorem, E.M. Sevick.

2004

• 25-28 August 2004, Workshop on Stochastic and Deterministic Dynamics in Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Systems, Vienna, Austria, Experimental demonstrations of the fluctuation theorem using a colloidal particle in an optical trap, E.M. Sevick.
• 02-06 August 2004, SPIE conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation, Denver, Colorado, USA, The fluctuation theorem as a generalized second-law for nanomachines: demonstrations using optical tweezers, G.M. Wang.
• 22-26 March 2004, APS March Meeting, Montreal, Canada, A Direct Experimental Demonstration Of The Transient Fluctuation Theorem By Using A Colloidal Particle Held In An Optical Trap, D.M. Carberry.
• 22-26 March 2004, APS March Meeting, Montreal, Canada, Applications of a stochastically derived Fluctuation Theorem: Transient and Steady state fluctuations of an optically trapped colloid, J.C. Reid.
• 1-5 February 2004, RACI 2004 Conference on Physical Chemistry, Hobart, Australia, Experimental Demonstration of the Integrated Transient Fluctuation Theorem With Optical Tweezers, G.M. Wang.
• 1-5 February 2004, RACI 2004 Conference on Physical Chemistry, Hobart, Australia, Poster: The Dynamics of a colloidal bead captured in an optical trap: a direct experimental demonstration of the Transient Fluctuation Theorem, D.M. Carberry. *Awarded Honourable Mention*
• 1-5 February 2004, RACI 2004 Conference on Physical Chemistry, Hobart, Australia, Poster: Predicting the Thermodynamic evolution of simple stochastic systems: the Fluctuation Theorem applied to an optically trapped particle, J.C. Reid. *Awarded Best Poster Prize*

2003

• 1-2 December 2003, MSI 2003 Annual Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Canberra, Australia, The Dynamics of a colloidal bead captured in an optical trap: a direct experimental demonstration of the Transient Fluctuation Theorem, D.M. Carberry.

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