Yoav Tsori

Our group works on the theory of soft-matter systems: liquids, gels, colloids, membranes, polymers, and liquid
crystals. We specialize at modeling phase transitions and propagating
waves, driven by electric or magnetic fields or other forces. We focus
on the meso-scale and look at general, non-chemical aspects.
In recent years, we worked on:

Equilibrium phenomena:

• Phase transitions in liquid mixtures in spatially nonuniform forces

• Nucleation around a charged core article
• Orientational transitions and crystallization in spheroidal colloids near charged surfaces
• Interfacial phenomena in liquids containing salt

Flow phenomena:

• Electrolubrication in liquid mixtures flowing near charged surfaces
• Hall effect and in flowing electrolytes in magnetic fields
• Interfacial instabilities and pattern formation in complex fluids in electric fields
• Epidemiological model for virus spread based on reaction-diffusion
  like dynamics