Prof. Dr. Robert Evans

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsStatistical Physics, Soft Matter, Biological Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics,Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Keywordscomplex fluids at interfaces, depletion forces, wetting phenomena, models of colloidal systems, phase transitions
Honours and awards

2014: Awarded Liquid Matter Prize of the EPS

2005: Elected Fellow of the Royal Society

2002: Humboldt Preis

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityBristol
InstitutionUniversity of Bristol
InstituteH. H. Wills Physics Laboratory

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Siegfried DietrichTheorie inhomogener kondensierter Materie, Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme, Stuttgart
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2002

Programme(s)

2001Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Evans is honored for his pioneering work in developing theoretical tools for describing spatially inhomogeneous liquids and applying them successfully for simple and complex fluids.

Publications (partial selection)

2005C Grodon, M Dijkstra, Robert Evans, Roland Roth: Inhomogeneous Hard-Sphere Mixtures: Manifestations of Structural Crossover . In: Molec.Phys., 2005, 3009-3023
2004C Grodon, M Dijkstra, Robert Evans, Roland Roth: Decay of Correlation Functions in Hard-Sphere Mixtures: Structural Crossover. In: J.Chem.Phys, 2004, 7869-7882
2004Robert Evans, J Henderson, Roland Roth: Non-Analytic Curvature Contributions to Solvation Free Energies: Influence of Drying. In: J.Chem.Phys, 2004, 12074-12084
2003Ania Maciolek, Robert Evans, Nigel Wilding: Effects of Weak Surface Fields on the Density Profiles and Adsorption of a Confined Fluid Near Bulk Criticality. In: J.Chem.Phys, 2003, 8663-8675
2003Joe Brader, Robert Evans, Matthias Schmidt: Statistical Mechanics of Inhomogeneous Model Colloid-Polymer Mixtures. In: Molec.Phys, 2003, 3349-3384
2003Robert Evans, Roland Roth, P Bryk: Wetting at Curved Substrates: Non-Analytic Behavior of Interfacial Properties. In: Europhys.Lett, 2003, 815-821