Research of the Kierfeld Group at TU Dortmund
Research Topics Soft condensed matter and biological physics Research focuses on the statistical physics of soft matter or biological systems, which is research at the interface of biology, chemical physics [...] statisical mechanics, stochastic dynamics, elasticity theory, and hydrodynamics. One main area of current research are semiflexible polymers and cytoskeletal filaments where we investigate the physics from [...] microtubules and actin, which is biochemically driven by hydrolysis of ATP or GTP. Another main area of current research are elastic capsules, where we work on shape analysis and elastic instabilities, i.e., buckling …