Dr. Joós does theoretical research on soft materials: (i) the viscosity, shear resistance, and aging of highly entropic inhomogeneous materials near the gel point, or glass transition, and (ii) effect of stress and peptides on the rupture kinetics and permeability of lipid bi-layer membranes.
Béla Joós
Profile
Béla
Joós
Full Professor
Director, Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Physics
Room
STM 437
Phone
(613) 562-5800 ext. 6755
Email
Department of Physics
Biography
Research interests
- Theoretical biophysics
- Condensed matter theory
- Soft matter
- Networks
- Polymers
- Peptides
- Biological membranes
- Computer simulation