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EPSRC Reference:	GR/S54074/01
Title:	DYNAMICAL ORDERING AND OTHER UNIFYING CONCEPTS IN GLASS FORMERS, SOFT MATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS
Principal Investigator:	Garrahan, Professor JP
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Department:	Sch of Physics & Astronomy
Organisation:	University of Nottingham
Scheme:	Advanced Fellowship (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 October 2003	Ends:	30 September 2008	Value (£):	227,871
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Complex fluids & soft solids Theoretical biology
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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Panel History:	Panel Date Panel Name Outcome 19 May 2003 Physics Advanced Fellowships Interview Panel Deferred 23 Apr 2003 physics fellowships Sift 2003 Deferred
Summary on Grant Application Form
The proposed research deals with the theoretical understanding of (a) glass forming systems, like supercooled liquic (b) jammed soft materials, such as foams, pastes and gels; and (c) signal transduction networks in cells. All of the! are strongly interacting systems, of fundamental and practical importance, which display remarkable dynamic properties that cannot be explained from their disordered static structure. The aim of this proposal is to construction novel theoretical approaches to explain the behaviour and properties of these systems based on the central rc played in all of them by dynamical fluctuations, and in particular, dynamically generated structures, of nanoscop mesoscopic, and in certain circumstances even macroscopic scale, which are a manifestation of purely dynamical rather than static, ordering. Although this research programme is purely theoretical, a central objective in (a) and (b) to explain observations from recent and ongoing experiments, and to formulate predictions that will stimulate futu experimental work. In the case of (c) it is also to establish a sub programme at the interface of physical and life sciences by studying a problem especially well suited for the application of the quantitative and modelling techniqu of (a) and (b), and that takes advantage from the wealth of data that will be generated by new mufti institutior experimental efforts. The maim benefit from the proposed research will come from its value as basic scienc including its potential relevance to disciplines other than physics. As with any fundamental study of systems practical importance it carries the added benefit of possible influence in future applications.
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