Intern: Margaret Peavey

Mentor: Helim Aranda-Espinosa

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Fyl Pincus

Title of Internship: Colloidal Suspension Between Walls

Brownian dynamic computer simulations were used to study the behavior of colloidal particles in complex fluids confined between walls. By varying forces and densities a quasi-two-dimensional system was produced along with a phase transition to a crystalline-like order. These data could be used to further enhance and develop more complicated systems such as those with proteins in membranes.

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