Soft condensed matter encompasses a wide array of systems—including colloids, polymers, liquid crystals, gels and emulsions—that exhibit mechanical responses intermediate between those of crystalline ...

With the help of microwaves, Columbia physicists have created a Bose-Einstein Condensate, a unique state of matter, from sodium-cesium molecules. There’s a hot new BEC in town that has nothing to do ...

In 1995, two papers reported long-sought proof of an exotic state of matter — with applications in fields as diverse as quantum computing and cosmology. Read the paper: Observation of Bose-Einstein ...

We study how living matter emerges from collections of molecules to control physiology of cells and tissues. We apply this understanding to design and build new types of active and adaptive soft ...

My research uses self-consistent field theory to study the elasticity and defect structures of nematic phases formed by semiflexible molecules. In particular, I investigate Frank elastic constants, ...