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Haim Diamant
School of Chemistry
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv 69978
Israel

Office: Ornstein Building, 404 A
Tel: +972 3 640 6967
Fax: +972 3 640 9293
E-mail:  hdiamant@tau.ac.il

Research

My group is interested in the theoretical modeling of complex fluids and soft matter.
Examples are self-assembling systems, monolayers, membranes, suspensions, liquid crystals, and polymer solutions.

Historical commentary on the field    Textbook on the field

Recent projects

  • Hydrodynamics of biomembranes
  • Pressurized and particle-encapsulating vesicles
  • Micellization of amphiphilic molecules
  • Instability of compressed surfactant monolayers
  • Dynamics of confined colloidal suspensions
  • Dispersion interaction in confined geometries
  • Surface dynamics of the lamellar phase

Group members

Profile

Current position: Associate Professor, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University

1994  BSc, Physics, Tel Aviv University

1996  MSc, Physics, Tel Aviv University

1999  PhD, Physics, Tel Aviv University

1999-2002  Post-doc, James Franck Institute, University of Chicago

2002-2006  Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University

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Teaching

TAU Biological and Soft Matter seminar

Seminars at TAU chemistry

Seminars at TAU physics

Physics quiz