Nonlocal Statistical Mechanics and Logarithmic Conformal Field Theory

澳大利亚作为先进材料的创新者和开发者，有着令人羡慕的记录。这个战略基础研究项目包括统计力学和共形场论学科内的理论工作，以确定非局部相互作用的深刻作用，如连接性，在确定材料的关键物理性质。连接性在各种应用中发挥着重要作用，例如聚合物的凝胶化、随机融合网络、流行病和火灾的空间传播以及石油的三次开采。这项研究将在工程先进材料，如液晶，凝胶，聚合物和其他材料的物理性能的实际有用。

Australia has an enviable track record as an innovator and developer of advanced materials. This project in strategic basic research consists of theoretical work within the disciplines of statistical mechanics and conformal field theory to determine the profound role of nonlocal interactions, such as connectivities, in determining the critical physical properties of materials. Connectivities play a significant role in diverse applications such as the gelation of polymers, random fuse networks, the spatial spread of epidemics and bushfires and the tertiary recovery of oil. This research will be practically useful in engineering the physical properties of advanced materials such as liquid crystals, gels, polymers and other materials.