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Soft condensed matter is an interdisciplinary field at the interface of physics, chemistry and biology. It covers a variety of physical, mostly liquid or gel-like states and systems, which are easily deformable by thermal stresses and fluctuations. Complex fluids such as liquid crystals, colloidal suspensions, glasses, amphiphilic mixtures, polymeric liquids, foams, gels, granular matter and a number of biologically relevant substances fall into this category.
Soft matter is ubiquitous and shares the common feature that the generic physical behaviour occurs at energy scales comparable to thermal energies at room temperature. It also shows a distinct propensity to self-assemble into more complex, mesoscopic structures which determine its mechanical, optical and rheological properties.
A particular focus of my research is on liquid crystals and nano-composite materials. I have also an interest in coarse-grained simulation of DNA and RNA. We try to understand the structural and dynamical behaviour of these systems. This requires modelling of mesoscopic time and length scales between those of the microscopic world of atoms and the macroscopic world we live in. Mesoscopic length scales range roughly from several nanometres (10-9 m) to micrometres (10-6 m).
Personal webpage: https://www.oliverhenrich.com
Expertise & Capabilities
Soft condensed matter physics
Coarse-grained simulation of DNA and RNA
Structure, rheology and microfluidics of liquid crystals
New soft and functional composite materials
Mesoscopic simulation methods for fluid dynamics and complex fluids
High-performance computing
Algorithm development and research software engineering
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Falloon, Kierran
Henrich, O. (Principal Investigator), Palmer, D. (Co-investigator) & Falloon, K. (Research Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/23 → 1/04/27
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
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oxDNA3 - Introducing Sequence-Specific Curvature Into A Coarse-Grained DNA Model
Henrich, O. (Principal Investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/09/22 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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Simulating dynamics of ellipsoidal particles using lattice Boltzmann method
Thampi, S. P., Stratford, K. & Henrich, O., 7 Jun 2024, In: Physical Review E. 109, 6, 14 p., 065302.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Defect-influenced particle advection in highly confined liquid crystal flows
Lesniewska, M., Mottram, N. & Henrich, O., 14 Mar 2024, Soft Matter, 20, 10, p. 2218-2231 14 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)35 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Data for Coarse-Grained Simulation of DNA using LAMMPS, EPJE 41, 57 (2018)
Henrich, O. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 8 May 2018
DOI: 10.15129/74cffa6f-6c51-425f-bd3b-1dbc76e4cd64
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Data for: "Defect-influenced particle advection in highly confined liquid crystal flows"
Lesniewska, M. (Creator), Henrich, O. (Data Manager) & Mottram, N. J. (Contributor), University of Strathclyde, 28 May 2024
DOI: 10.15129/428dd753-895a-4481-852b-024b9b1c3d80
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Prizes
Activities
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Coarse-grained modelling of DNA triplet repeat slip-outs
Henrich, O. (Speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Microfluidic Flow of Colloid-Liquid Crystal Composite Materials
Henrich, O. (Speaker)
May 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk