Dynamics of Complex Fluids

Prof. Dr. Stephan Herminghaus

The wide field of complex fluids comprises biological matter, like cell membranes or cytoplasma, as well as emulsions or granular materials. The main focus is the qualitatively new phenomena, which emerge when many similar elements (or sub-systems), like surfactant or polymer molecules, proteins, grains or other, are brought into intimate interaction. The resulting system properties unfold an enormous variety. Aside from develpoments with high technological potential, they lead us directly to basic questions of structure formation: how does nature manage to get from 'being 'to 'becoming'?

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