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Welcome to the research group of Patrick Huber at Saarland University, Germany |
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We work in a subdiscipline of condensed matter physics which focuses on fundamental properties of solids and liquids upon spatial confinement, as encountered in meso- and nanopores or, in a semi-confined manner, at free surfaces of solids and liquids.
From a more general, philosophical perspective, we are interested in how complex collective behaviour, such as crystallization of water, self-organization of porous structures and cooperative transport and flow in molecular ensembles, can arise despite the simplicity of the interactions of the single players and their single-molecular motion. So we try to experimentally explore physical aspects of the emergent character of our universe, mainly with respect to the phenomenology on small length scales - between 1 and 100 nanometers, the mesoscopic scale.
Feel invited to read more about our research and teaching activities, to browse our publication list or to get an impression of our group life (group members & alumni, picture galleries and events ).
At present our main efforts are directed at an understanding of:
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