Stas’ Work in Nature Communications!
Enhanced propagation of motile bacteria on surfaces due to forward scattering Stanislaw Makarchuk, Vasco C. Braz, Nuno A. M. Araújo, Lena Ciric & Giorgio…
Welcome to the Soft Active Matter Lab!
We are a group of biophysicists, physicists and chemists at UCL. We study artificial and biological soft active matter. We are interested in its fundamental behaviours and its applications to healthcare and materials science. We are always looking for bright people to join us at any level. Get in touch!
Recent Posts
The 4th Complex Nanophotonics Science Camp has taken place.
The 2019 Science Camp has brought together about 60 early-career scientists in the field of photonics to present and discuss the latest research and future…
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3rd Meeting of the Soft Materials Network
The third meeting of the UCL Cross-Disciplinary Network on Soft Materials has taken place. With 128 attendees, the event was a success also this year!
Pint of Science!
Giorgio gave a presentation to the general public at the Pint of Science Festival. Talk Title: There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom! Talk Blurb:…
Welcome to Alessia, a new PhD student in the group.
Alessia has just joined the group to do her PhD studying the emergence of optimal search strategies in active matter systems. Benvenuta Alessia!
New Article Published in Soft Matter!
Active Matter Alters the Growth Dynamics of Coffee Rings Tugba Andac, Pascal Weigmann, Sabareesh K. P. Velu, Erçağ Pinçe, Agnese Callegari, Giorgio Volpe & Giovanni…
New Article Published in Nature Communications!
High-performance reconstruction of microscopic force fields from Brownian trajectories Laura Pérez García, Jaime Donlucas Pérez, Giorgio Volpe, Alejandro V. Arzola & Giovanni Volpe The accurate…
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Welcome to Valentino, a new PhD student in the group.
Valentino is jointly supervised with Prof Battaglia at UCL. His project focuses on the development of novel light-activated self-propelled nanovesicles.
