G. Gompper, Institute of Solid State Research and Institute for Advanced Simulations, Theory of Soft Matter and Biophysics (IFF-2) and University of Cologne

Theories of self-assembling amphiphilic systems. Structure and dynamics of membranes and vesicles. Microemulsion and sponge phases. Investigations of multi-component systems, like multi-component membranes and polymer-membrane interactions. Microfluidics.



Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gompper

1977-1982Study of Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
1983-1986Ph. D. at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
1987-1989Post-doc University of Washington, Seattle, USA
1993Habilitation in Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
1994-1999Staff scientist Max-Planck-Institut for Colloids and Interfaces, Golm
1999-Director at Institute for Solid State Reseach (IFF), Forschungszentrum Jülich
2000-Professor of Physics, Univ. Köln

C.K. Haluska, W.T. Gozdz, H.-G. Doebereiner, S. Foerster, and G. Gompper (2002). Giant hexagonal superstructures in diblock copolymer membranes. Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 238302 [1-4].

H.-G. Doebereiner, G. Gompper, C. Haluska, D.M. Kroll, P.G. Petrov, and K.A. Riske (2003). Advanced flicker spectroscopy of fluid membranes. Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 048301[1-4].

T. Kohyama, D.M. Kroll, and G. Gompper (2003). Budding of crystalline domains in fluid membranes. Phys. Rev. E 68, 061905[1-15].

H. Noguchi and G. Gompper (2004). Fluid vesicles with viscous membranes in shear flow. Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 258102[1-4].

S. Schneider and G. Gompper (2005). Shapes of crystalline domains on spherical fluid vesicles. Europhys. Lett. 70, 136-142.

H. Noguchi and G. Gompper (2005). Shape Transitions of Fluid Vesicles and Red Blood Cells in Capillary Flows. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 14159-14164.

G. Vliegenthart and G. Gompper (2006). Forced Crumpling of Self-Avoiding Elastic Sheets. Nature Materials 5, 216-221.

M. Ripoll, R. G. Winkler, and G. Gompper (2006). Star Polymers in Shear Flow. Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 188302 [1-4].

H. Noguchi and G. Gompper (2007). Swinging and Tumbling of Fluid Vesicles in Shear Flow. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 128103 [1-4].