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2012 Chemistry Newsletter
The Department of Chemistry Newsletter is now available.
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2013 Beckman Scholars Program
The UO Chemistry Department will be awarding prestigious Beckman Research Scholarships to qualifying undergraduate research students.
2013 Beckman Scholars Information
The Chemistry Doctoral Program Application for Fall 2013 is Now Open
The UO Chemistry Department is now accepting applications for Fall 2013. Our priority application deadline is December 15, 2012. Completed late applications will be accepted through January 5, 2013. Instructions and our application can be accessed on our Apply Page
Study Abroad TASSEP (TransAtlantic Science Student Exchange Program) is ideal for UO under-graduate science majors who wish to experience a year of studying and living in Europe.
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Statistical Mechanics of Liquids and Complex Fluids
The study of structure and dynamics of complex fluids holds the key to understanding some of the most relevant problems in chemistry, biology, and engineering. Examples of complex fluids include self-assembling molecular systems, proteins, colloids, fibers, cellular filaments, films, glasses, membranes, granular materials, but also …. ketchup and sand!
The challenge in the study of complex fluids is the fact that these are liquids where the relevant physical processes often occur over a logarithmically varying range of characteristic length and time scales. To make the matter even more challenging, phenomena occurring at different length scales can be strongly correlated leading to the complex physical behaviors observed in nature.
The tools to study and model these phenomena are Statistical Mechanics, and Spectroscopy.
The effort in the study of complex fluids is the design of new experimental techniques (Marcus) and innovative theoretical approaches (Guenza) to increase the range of time and spatial scales in which complex fluid properties can be measured and modeled.
Research at the University of Oregon in this field crosses from Physics to Chemistry to Biology and includes the study of structure, phase behavior and dynamics of systems such as membranes, macromolecules, and biological cells.
Marina G. Guenza
Andrew
H. Marcus
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
•Bioorganic/Medicinal
Chemistry • Biophysics • Environmental Chemistry
Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry • Materials
Chemistry • Optics & Spectroscopy
• Organic Synthesis
Physical
Chemistry •
Polymer Chemistry • Solid-State Chemistry •
Statistical Mechanics of Liquids and Complex Fluids
Surfaces & Interfaces • Theoretical
Chemical Physics