Universitat de Barcelona · Condensed Matter Physics
Ignasi Pagonabarraga
Theoretical and computational research on soft matter out of equilibrium — collective phenomena in active matter, electrokinetics, and the mesoscale algorithms that simulate them.
Professor · UB
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Paper
Universal evolution of a viscous-capillary spreading drop
Our recent paper on the late-time, scale-free regime of a viscous-capillary droplet — the spreading profile becomes self-similar and independent of initial conditions.
5 May 2024
Event
Launch event of the E-CAM Centre of Excellence
A community-wide event marking the launch of the E-CAM Centre of Excellence in computational science.
15 March 2023
Award
Flash Talk Award — Francisco Alarcón Oseguera
Group member Francisco Alarcón Oseguera receives the Flash Talk Award at the Interdisciplinary Meeting of PhD Students of the University of Barcelona.
22 November 2015
Research
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Three intertwined directions
01 · Active matter
Collective motion in self-propelled suspensions
From bacterial baths to artificial microswimmers — energy injected at the particle scale producing macroscopic flows and pattern formation.
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02 · Soft & complex fluids
Colloids, droplets, electrokinetics
Capillary spreading, viscous fingering, charged interfaces, and the rheology of red blood cells in confinement.
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03 · Mesoscale algorithms
Lattice Boltzmann & DPD
Algorithms that bridge particle-level statistical physics and continuum hydrodynamics, with the kinetic theory that justifies them.
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