MATTHEW A. GLASER
Professor Attendant Rank, Physics Department,
University of Colorado
My research involves the application of computational statistical physics to a variety of problems in complex fluid physics, materials science, and biophysics. I am particularly interested in the thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of self-assembly in liquid crystals, colloidal suspensions, polyelectrolytes, and biomaterials, and in the first-principles computer-aided design of novel organic materials.
Current research projects include: simulation studies of the phase behavior of idealized and atomistic models for liquid crystals in the bulk and in confined geometries; experimental and theoretical studies of light-driven molecular motor systems; simulation and modeling of clustering instabilities and phase behavior in ‘exotic’ colloidal systems; and simulation studies of the structural and transport properties of rod-like polyelectrolytes in external electric fields.
Selected Publications:
- “Phase Behavior of Polarizable Spherocylinders in External Fields,” M. Rotunno, T. Bellini, Y. Lansac, and M.A. Glaser, Journal of Chemical Physics 121 5541-5549 (2004).
- “Coarse-Grained Simulation of Polymer Translocation Through an Artificial Nanopore,” Y. Lansac, P.K. Maiti, and M.A. Glaser, Polymer 45, 3099-3110 (2004).
- “Induced Anticlinic Ordering and Nanophase Segregation of Bow-Shaped Molecules in a Smectic Solvent,” P.K. Maiti, Y. Lansac, M.A. Glaser and N.A. Clark, Physical Review Letters 88, 065504 (2002).
- “Fluctuations and Clinicity in Tilted Smectic Liquid Crystals,” M.A. Glaser and N.A. Clark, Physical Review E 66, 021711 (2002).
- “A Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Conglomerate Composed of Racemic Molecules,” D.M. Walba, E. Körblova, R. Shao, J.E. Maclennan, D.R. Link, M.A. Glaser, and N.A. Clark, Science 288, 2181 (2000).
- “Photocontrolled Nanophase Segregation in a Liquid-Crystal Solvent,” Y. Lansac, M.A. Glaser, N.A. Clark, and O.D. Lavrentovich, Nature 398, 54-57 (1999).
- “Atomistic Simulation and Modeling of Smectic Liquid Crystals,” M.A. Glaser, in Advances in the Computer Simulations of Liquid Crystals, C. Zannoni and P. Pasini, editors (Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1999), 263-331.
- “The Case of Thresholdless Antiferroelectricity: Polarization-Stabilized Twisted SmC* Liquid Crystals Give V-shaped Electro-Optic Response,” P. Rudquist, J.P.F. Lagerwall, M. Buivydas, F. Gouda, S.T. Lagerwall, N.A. Clark, J.E. Maclennan, R. Shao, D.A. Coleman, S. Bardon, T. Bellini, D.R. Link, G. Natale, M.A. Glaser, D.M. Walba, M.D. Wand, and X.-H. Chen, Journal of Materials Chemistry 9, 1257-1261 (1999).
- “Melting and Liquid Structure in Two Dimensions,” M. A. Glaser and
N. A. Clark, in Adv. Chem. Phys., Volume LXXXIII, I. Prigogine and
S. A. Rice, editors (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1993), 543-709.
email:
Matthew.Glaser@Colorado.EDU