We are a group of biophysicists, physicists, chemists and microbiologists 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!
Our lab has been awarded a Silver Medal for Sustainability within the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF). Thank you to Anshu for leading our efforts…
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Lewis will work between the SAM lab and Dr Bob Schroeder’s group. He will develop novel organic semiconductors for printing applications.
Light, Matter, Action: Shining Light on Active Matter Marcel Rey, Giovanni Volpe & Giorgio Volpe Light carries energy and momentum. It can therefore alter…
Continue reading → New Perspective on Actuating Active Matter with Light
Lehu will work between Prof. Tong’s group and the SAM lab on the development of a new liquid antenna design for telecommunications.
Steering Self-organisation through Confinement Nuno A. M. Araújo, Liesbeth Janssen, Thomas Barois, Guido Boffetta, Itai Cohen, Alessandro Corbetta, Olivier Dauchot, Marjolein Dijkstra, William Durham, Audrey Dussutour, Simon Garnier, Hanneke Gelderblom, Ramin Golestanian, Lucio Isa, Gijsje H. Koenderink, Hartmut Löwen, Ralf Metzler, Marco…
Continue reading → New perspective on steering self-organisation through confinement
Roadmap for Optical Tweezers 2023 Giovanni Volpe, Onofrio M Marago, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Giuseppe Pesce, Alexander Stilgoe, Giorgio Volpe, Georgiy Tkachenko, Viet Giang Truong, Sile Nic Chormaic, Fatemeh Kalantarifard, Parviz Elahi, Mikael Kall, Agnese Callegari, Manuel Marqués, Antonio Neves, Rosalba…
Active Matter in Space Giorgio Volpe, Clemens Bechinger, Frank Cichos, Ramin Golestanian, Hartmut Löwen, Matthias Sperl & Giovanni Volpe In the last 20 years,…
Continue reading → New Perspective on Active Matter in Space
Manish Trivedi PhD Student (2017-2022) Manish completed his PhD on the emergence arising from the interplay of active and passive particles in the group. In…
Continue reading → Congratulations to Manish who has been awarded his PhD Degree in Soft Matter
In this project, we will print and align molecules by manipulating droplets. This project is funded by the EPSRC under award #EP/W005875/1. Visit the project website here.
Soft Active Matter Lab 