Thomas A. Witten, Ph.D.

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1982-1989 Physics Exxon Corporate Research Laboratory, Annandale, NJ, United States 
 1989- Physics University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 
Area:
soft matter, polymers, crumpling, granular forces
Website:
https://physics.uchicago.edu/people/profile/thomas-witten/
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"Thomas Adams Witten" OR "Thomas A Witten"
Bio:

https://hoogleraren.leidenuniv.nl/id/3232
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lsDvQhUAAAAJ&hl=en
https://inspirehep.net/authors/983326

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Parents

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shang-keng ma grad student 1968-1971 UCSD
 (The Faddeev equations for spin-dependent forces : calculation of 9Be binding energy and approaching order in a cold, dense layer of bosons)

Children

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Galen T. Pickett grad student
Robert D. Deegan grad student 1992-1999 Chicago
Ajay Gopinathan grad student 2003 Chicago
Yuri O. Popov grad student 2003 Chicago
Vladimir A. Belyi grad student 2004 Chicago
Jung-Ren Huang grad student 2006 Chicago
Tao Liang grad student 2006 Chicago
Rui Zheng grad student 2007 Chicago
Quan Zhang grad student 2010 Chicago
Nathan W. Krapf grad student 2012 Chicago
Daniel C. Herbst grad student 2014 Chicago
Martin Lenz post-doc Chicago
Zhen-Gang Wang post-doc 1987-1989 (Chemistry Tree)

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Greg Huber collaborator Chicago
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Witten TA, Diamant H. (2020) A review of shaped colloidal particles in fluids: anisotropy and chirality. Reports On Progress in Physics. Physical Society (Great Britain). 83: 116601
Moths B, Witten TA. (2018) Engineering single-polymer micelle shape using nonuniform spontaneous surface curvature. Physical Review. E. 97: 032505
Lenz M, Witten TA. (2017) Geometrical frustration yields fiber formation in self-assembly. Nature Physics. 13: 110-1104
Qin J, Krapf NW, Witten TA. (2016) Singular electrostatic energy of nanoparticle clusters. Physical Review. E. 93: 022603
Herbst DC, Witten TA, Tsai TH, et al. (2015) Water uptake profile in a model ion-exchange membrane: conditions for water-rich channels. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 142: 114906
Efrati E, Pocivavsek L, Meza R, et al. (2015) Confined disclinations: exterior versus material constraints in developable thin elastic sheets. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 91: 022404
Moths B, Witten TA. (2013) Full alignment of colloidal objects by programed forcing. Physical Review Letters. 110: 028301
Brau F, Damman P, Diamant H, et al. (2013) Wrinkle to fold transition: Influence of the substrate response Soft Matter. 9: 8177-8186
Witten TA. (2009) Spontaneous free-boundary structure in crumpled membranes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. 113: 3738-42
Krapf NW, Witten TA, Keim NC. (2009) Chiral sedimentation of extended objects in viscous media. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 79: 056307
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