Stockholm university

Research group Structural dynamics of aqueous solutions (SDAQS)

In the group we are interested in understanding role of water in chemical and biophysical processes from a statistical physics perceptive. We study the structural dynamics of aqueous solutions, including nanoparticles, organic molecules and proteins in supercooled and glassy states.

We combine state of the art experiments at X-ray facilities with high performance computing data analysis techniques and molecular dynamics simulations to reach a deeper mechanistic insight.

Our experiments involve the use and development of coherent scattering techniques at large scale X-ray facilities such as synchrotrons, such as the MAX IV, and X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) like the European XFEL. We specialize in X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (XPCS) and time-resolved X-ray Scattering as methods for following structural dynamics in solutions, using hard X-rays. In addition, we develop X-ray compatible sample environments and employ in-house setups such as dynamic light scattering, X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopy.

Group members

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Foivos Perakis

Assistant professor

Department of Physics
Foivos Perakis

Members

Aigerim Karina

PhD student

Department of Physics
Aigerim Karina

Robin Tyburski

Postdoktor

Department of Physics

Sampad Bag

Postdoktor

Department of Physics
Sampad

Iason Avrilios Andronis

PhD student

Department of Physics
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Anita Girelli

Postdoktor

Department of Physics
Anita Girelli

Maddalena Bin

PhD Student

Department of Physics
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Sharon Berkowicz

PhD student

Department of Physics
Sharon Berkowicz

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