My Research Interests

Much of the research in my group is focused on the broad area of soft condensed-matter physics.

Soft materials are materials in which "the thermal fluctuations that dominate the fluid state coexist with the stringent constraints characteristic of the solid state" [Witten, Reviews of Modern Physics 71, S367 (1999)]. Well known examples include polymers, in which subunits are joined covalently to form a flexible chain, and liquid crystals, which exhibit some, but not all, of the ordering seen in solid crystals.

In order to understand the structure of such materials, we employ atomic force microscopy, video microscopy, and small-angle neutron scattering. If you would like to learn more about our work, please explore the research links in the left menu.

I am always looking for new graduate and Master's students, so if
you're interested in doing a Master's or PhD project in one of these
fields, please contact me.(jhutter[at]uwo.ca )