Miniworkshop Electrostatics in Advanced Materials (2024)

Workshop schedule (13:20-18:15; Oct. 10)

13:20 - 13:30, Zecheng - opening remarks

13:30 - 14:10, Prof. Elena Besley - “Modelling the mechanisms of electrostatic fragmentation and self-assembly”

14:10 - 14:50, Prof. René Messina - “One-dimensional dipolar fluids”

14:50 - 15:30, Prof. Decai Huang - “Manipulation of electrostatic interactions between particles via a multiple-image method”

15:30 - 16:10, Prof. Zecheng Gan - “Critical conditions for like-charge attraction between dielectric spheres with asymmetry”

16:10 - 16:50, Prof. Ho-Kei Chan - “Theoretical studies of mechanisms of like-charge attraction: An effective-dipole approach”

16:50 - 17:15, Yanyu Duan - “Mechanisms of electrostatic interactions between two charged dielectric spheres inside a polarizable medium: An effective-dipole analysis”

17:15 - 17:40, Xuwei Zhang - “Mechanisms of like-charge attraction in many-body systems”

17:40 - 18:05, Xuanzhao Gao - “Fast algorithm for quasi-2D Coulomb systems”

18:05 - 18:15, Prof. Ho-Kei Chan - closing remarks