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DESCRIPTION:Many systems of current interest in soft and biological matter, from protein systems to complex polymer–colloid mixtures, are inherently multiscale, with relevant phenomena spanning molecular interactions to collective behavior. A fully detailed description at the theoretical level is often neither feasible nor desirable. Instead, progress relies on constructing effective models through carefully designed coarse-graining, in which irrelevant degrees of freedom are integrated out while retaining the essential physics at the scale of interest. \nIn this talk, I will discuss how such approaches, implemented within formal theoretical frameworks, provide valuable insight into the structure, dynamics, and phase behavior of complex fluids. Examples from protein and polymer–colloid systems will illustrate how minimal, physically grounded models capture phenomena such as phase coexistence, partitioning, and self-organization. \nThe central message is that predictive understanding requires not maximal microscopic detail, but an appropriate level of description. When constructed systematically, reduced models reveal mechanisms that are difficult to access with fully detailed approaches, and offer a route toward predictive modelling of complex soft matter systems, including biomolecular condensates and functional materials.\n
SUMMARY:Less Is More: Learning from Simplified Models of Complex Soft Matter 
CATEGORIES:Colloque / Congrès / Forum
LOCATION:PER 08\, 0.51\, Chemin du Musée 3\, 1700 Fribourg
URL;VALUE=URI:https://agenda.unifr.ch/e/fr/19651
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