Statistical mechanics with applications in micro- and nano-fluidics and in biological physics

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Over the last decade, we have witnessed a remarkable convergence of the experimental and computational sciences. On the one hand, experimentalists can now visualize, manipulate and study single molecules such as DNA or proteins or build nanoscopic systems made of a very small number of molecules. One even has nanofluidic systems where nano-channels are filled with liquids. On the other hand, theoreticians now possess the theoretical and computational tools to study the very same systems, molecule by molecule. This convergence opens incredible possibilities in a number of disciplines, including analytical biochemistry and separation sciences. In this proposal, we propose to make significant contribution to various problems related to the dynamics of polymeric molecules (such as DNA) and nanofluidics: