Self-assembly and complexity: networks and patterns from materials to markets

自组装导致在没有外部引导剂的情况下形成图案。它对生物学和材料科学中发现的复杂的多尺度结构的增长负责，是发展可行的纳米技术的关键概念。从生物生态系统到金融市场和互联网的复杂系统也具有自发聚集和联系的特点，这决定了它们的集体行为。该项目将详细研究网络的几何学、拓扑学、材料科学和统计物理学，从而设计和表征健壮的自组装材料和复杂系统。

Self-assembly leads the formation of patterns without external directing agents. It is responsible for the growth of complex multiscale structures found in biology and materials science and is a crucial concept for development of viable nanotechnologies. Complex systems, from biological ecosystems to financial markets and the Internet, are also characterized by spontaneous clustering and linkages that determine their collective behaviour. The project will investigate in detail the geometry, topology, materials science and statistical physics of networks, leading to design and characterization of robust self-assembled materials and complex systems.