Complex plasmas and charged colloidal dispersions represent two
domains of
soft matter
with huge methodological and conceptual overlap,
which opens up the possibility to perform joint research of numerous
fundamental problems. This wonderful similarity and, at the same time,
the mutual complementarity of the two systems in terms of the individual-
particle dynamics would make the combined studies enormously important
for the comprehensive understanding of “atomistic” physics underlying the
processes in strongly correlated media.
Introducing the new
Colloidal Physics Laboratory
to the Centre will
enable us to employ complementary approaches from the two different
domains of soft matter, and thus to perform interdisciplinary studies that
promise huge synergy and hence should bring us more than the sum of
the parts. The principal scientific aim of such combined research is to
investigate generic dynamical and self-organization processes occurring in
classical liquids and solids – covering the whole range of non-equilibrium
and equilibrium phenomena – at a detail not possible in the past.
Final Remarks.
By continuously advancing and extending the scope
we plan to maintain a Research and Educational Centre of exceptional
quality — always at the pulse of new developments in science and even
leading some of the research that we feel will play a big role in shaping the
economics and well-being of our society. Our choice —
plasma science and
technology
— was very carefully executed, and the current topics on which
we concentrate our research efforts within this field were chosen with the
same diligence. The plans for the future are subject to the same careful
scrutiny and will ensure that the Centre will have a sustained leading role.
That is our aim — and given the right support we will succeed. Certainly,
the start of the Centre with the state-of-the-art equipment which we were
able to procure and the perfect infrastructure, has provided a tremendous
boost – one that we will use to maintain the highest possible standards of
research and education now and in future.
Let me close by thanking all my colleagues at BMSTU, JIHT and MPE
who have helped to build up the Centre and who will continue to provide
their expertise to maintain highest standards of education and research.
Received June 1, 2013
G. Morfill — PhD, Professor, Foreign RAS Member, Director of the Max Planck Institute
for Extraterrestrial Physics, Max Planck Society. Director of the Research and Educational
Center for Plasma Science and Technology of the Bauman Moscow State Technical
University. Author of more than 500 publications in the field of dusty plasma, space
physics, plasma technologies in medicine.
Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Vtoraya Baumanskaya ul., 5, Moscow,
105005 Russia.
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