One characteristic feature of soft matter systems is their strong response to external stimuli.
As a consequence they are comparatively easily driven out of their ground state and out of …

The rich and diverse dynamics of particle-based systems ultimately originates from the
coupling of their degrees of freedom via internal interactions. To arrive at a tractable …

Colloidal suspensions are widely used to study processes such as melting, freezing,, and
glass transitions,. This is because they display the same phase behaviour as atoms or …

This extensive review was written for the``Encyclopedia of Complexity and System
Science''(Springer, 2008) and addresses a broad audience ranging from engineers to …

Many fundamental issues in classical condensed matter physics can be addressed
experimentally using systems of individually visible mesoscopic particles playing the role of …

We study the evacuation process from a classroom by means of experiments and
simulations. The evacuation of students from a classroom is observed by video cameras …

This article is on collective phenomena in pedestrian dynamics during the assembling and
dispersal of gatherings. To date pedestrian dynamics have been primarily studied in the …

We study mixtures of self-propelled and passive rod-like particles in two dimensions using
Brownian dynamics simulations. The simulations demonstrate that the two species …

We study the evacuation process from a smoky room by means of experiments and
simulations. People in a dark or smoky room are mimicked by “blind” students wearing eye …

Dense suspensions of self-propelled rod-like particles exhibit a fascinating variety of non-
equilibrium phenomena. By means of computer simulations of a minimal model for rigid self …