General
This is the website for the group working in statistical physics with applications to polymer theory and physics in biological systems. The group is part of the Institute of Theoretical Physics in the Department of Physics of the University of Stellenbosch. Members of the group have close ties with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and the National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP).
From left to right: Kristian, Lee, Mateyisi, Karl, Florimond, Riccardo. Not on photograph: Christian.
We work on the theoretical physics aspects of:
- Active gels, motility assays
- Knots and entanglements
- Polymer networks, aggregation
- Diffusion in microporous media
- Polyelectrolytes
- Properties of intracellular structures
This material is based upon work supported by the National Research Foundation.
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- Weekly group discussions on Fridays at 14:00
- Past topics of discussion: Dynamics of active networks, Asymmetric exclusion processes, Linear Response Theory, Synchronisation and the Kuramoto Model,
- Recent publications:
- T Jacobs, G O Lloyd, J-A Gertenbach, K K Müller-Nedebock, C Esterhuysen, and L J Barbour: "In situ X-ray structural studies of a flexible host responding to incremental gas loading", Angewandte Chemie 51 (2012)
- R. Fantoni and K. K. Müller-Nedebock: "Field-theoretical approach to a dense polymer with an ideal binary mixture of clustering centers", Phys. Rev. E 84 011808 (2011)
- S. Banerjee, M. C. Marchetti and K. K. Müller-Nedebock: "Motor-driven dynamics of cytoskeletal filaments in motility assays", Phys. Rev. E 84 011914 (2011)
Contact details
Prof. Kristian K. Müller-Nedebock
Department of Physics
University of Stellenbosch
Private Bag X1
Matieland, Stellenbosch
7602 South Africa
T: +27-21-8083386
F: +27-21-8083385
E: kkmn@physics.sun.ac.za