U.S.-Belgium Cooperative Research: Dispersion of Particles in N-Layer Systems

该奖项将支持俄勒冈大学Robert M. Mazo教授和比利时林堡大学Christian Van den Broeck博士在随机过程化学领域的合作研究。特别是，粒子在多层系统中的扩散理论将使用概率方法进行研究；目前的理论将扩展到处理非马尔可夫系统，随机介质，粒子-粒子相互作用，和有趣的边界条件。这些研究人员以前合作过，并发表了几篇关于他们对这些过程的早期研究的论文。林堡大学将为将要进行的理论（主要是分析）研究提供设施。这个合作项目将增加我们对一大类粒子输运过程的理解，并有可能实际应用，例如，从与其他流体的混合物中回收石油。

This award will support collaborative research between Professor Robert M. Mazo, University of Oregon, and Dr. Christian Van den Broeck, University of Limburg, Belgium, in the field of chemistry of random processes. In particular, the theory of the diffusion of particles within multi-layer systems will be studied using probabilistic methods; current theory will be extended to treat non-Markovian systems, random media, particle-particle interactions, and interesting boundary conditions. These investigators have collaborated previously and published several papers concerning their earlier studies of these processes. University of Limburg will provide the facilities for the theoretical (mostly analytical) studies to be conducted. This collaborative project will increase our understanding of a large class of particle transport processes, and has possible practical applications, for example, for the recovery of oil from mixtures with other fluids.