Patrick Charbonneau, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Physics  

Patrick Charbonneau

Office Location: 5329 French Science
Office Phone: (919) 613-6261
Email Address: patrick.charbonneau@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.chem.duke.edu/labs/charbonneau/

Specialties:
Chemical Physics
Theoretical condensed matter physics

Research Categories: Soft condensed matter simulation and theory

Research Description: Professor Charbonneau is interested in the in- and out-of-equilibrium dynamical properties of self-assembly. Important phenomena, such as colloidal microphase formation, protein aggregation, as well as glass and gel formation, are examined using approaches that combine simulation and theory.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. B. Charbonneau, P. Charbonneau, G. Tarjus, Geometrical Frustration and Static Correlations in a Simple Glass Former, Physical Review Letters, vol. 108 (2012), pp. 035701 [1108.2494v1], [doi]  [abs].
  2. S. M. Bergin, A. R. Rathmell, Y.-H. Chen, P. Charbonneau, Z.-Y. Li and B. J. Wiley, The effect of nanowire length and diameter on the properties of transparent, conducting nanowire films, Nanoscale, vol. 4 (2012), pp. 1996 [doi]  [abs].
  3. K. Zhang and P. Charbonneau, [N]pT Monte Carlo Simulations of the Cluster-Crystal-Forming Penetrable Sphere Model (Submitted, 2012) [4501]  [abs].
  4. P. Charbonneau, A. Ikeda, G. Parisi, F. Zamponi, Glass transition and random close packing in 3+ dimensions, Physical Review Letters, vol. 107 (2011), pp. 185702 [1107.4666v1], [doi]  [abs].
  5. K. Zhang and P. Charbonneau, A Monte Carlo Approach for Studying Microphases Applied to the Axial Next-Nearest-Neighbor Ising and the Ising-Coulomb Models, Physical Review B, vol. 83 (2011), pp. 214303 [1102.1405v1], [doi]  [abs].

Current Ph.D. Students  

  • Diana Fusco  
  • Kai Zhang  
Postdocs Mentored

  • Pablo Palafox (2011/12-present)  
Selected Invited Lectures

  1. Dynamical Heterogeneity in a Glass-Forming Ideal Gas, November 28, 2008, Unifying Concepts in Glass Physics IV, Kyoto, Japan    
Selected Talks

  1. How can hard (hyper)spheres form glasses?, January 13, 2009, Surrey University, UK