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Gerhard Gompper is affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. Their research spans several fields including Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist focuses extensively on subfields such as Condensed Matter Physics, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

Their work primarily addresses topics related to Micro and Nano Robotics, Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks, Pickering Emulsions and Particle Stabilization, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, as well as Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence.

Gompper has contributed to multiple notable papers, including:

  • The 2020 motile active matter roadmap, 2020, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • Active particles induce large shape deformations in giant lipid vesicles, 2020, Nature
  • Deterministic Lateral Displacement: Challenges and Perspectives, 2020, ACS Nano
  • The physics of active polymers and filaments, 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Emergence of active turbulence in microswimmer suspensions due to active hydrodynamic stress and volume exclusion, 2022, Communications Physics

Their frequent collaborators include Roland G. Winkler, Dmitry A. Fedosov, Thorsten Auth, Jens Elgeti, and Priyanka Iyer.

Gompper's research output has appeared regularly in several publication venues, most prominently in arXiv (Cornell University), Soft Matter, Communications Physics, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

Best Publications

  • Physics of microswimmers--single particle motion and collective behavior: a review.

    Jens Elgeti;Roland G. Winkler;Gerhard Gompper

  • Physics of Microswimmers - Single Particle Motion and Collective Behavior

    Jens Elgeti;Roland G. Winkler;Gerhard Gompper

  • Multi-Particle Collision Dynamics: A Particle-Based Mesoscale Simulation Approach to the Hydrodynamics of Complex Fluids

    G. Gompper;T. Ihle;D. M. Kroll;R. G. Winkler

  • Mobility and elasticity of self-assembled membranes.

    Rüdiger Goetz;Gerhard Gompper;Reinhard Lipowsky

  • The 2020 motile active matter roadmap

    Gerhard Gompper;Roland G Winkler;Thomas Speck;Alexandre Solon

  • Emergence of metachronal waves in cilia arrays

    Jens Elgeti;Gerhard Gompper

  • Self-assembling amphiphilic systems

    Gerhard Gompper;Michael Schick;Scott Milner

  • Fluid vesicles with viscous membranes in shear flow.

    Hiroshi Noguchi;Gerhard Gompper

  • Wall accumulation of self-propelled spheres

    Jens Elgeti;Gerhard Gompper

  • Equilibrium physics breakdown reveals the active nature of red blood cell flickering

    H. Turlier;H. Turlier;D. A. Fedosov;B. Audoly;B. Audoly;T. Auth

  • Computational models for active matter

    M. Reza Shaebani;Adam Wysocki;Roland G. Winkler;Gerhard Gompper

  • Multi-particle collision dynamics: Flow around a circular and a square cylinder

    A. Lamura;G. Gompper;T. Ihle;D. M. Kroll

  • Hydrodynamics of Sperm Cells near Surfaces

    Jens Elgeti;U. Benjamin Kaupp;Gerhard Gompper

  • Dynamics of fluid vesicles in shear flow: Effect of membrane viscosity and thermal fluctuations

    Hiroshi Noguchi;Gerhard Gompper

  • Correlation between structural and interfacial properties of amphiphilic systems.

    G. Gompper;M. Schick

  • Budding dynamics of multicomponent membranes.

    P. B. Sunil Kumar;Gerhard Gompper;Reinhard Lipowsky

  • Swinging and Tumbling of Fluid Vesicles in Shear Flow

    Hiroshi Noguchi;Gerhard Gompper

  • Dynamic regimes of fluids simulated by multiparticle-collision dynamics.

    M. Ripoll;K. Mussawisade;R. G. Winkler;G. Gompper

  • Cooperation of sperm in two dimensions: synchronization, attraction, and aggregation through hydrodynamic interactions.

    Yingzi Yang;Jens Elgeti;Gerhard Gompper

  • Equilibrium physics breakdown reveals the active nature of red blood cell flickering

    Herve Turlier;Dmitry Fedosov;Thorsten Auth;Nir S. Gov

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland G. Winkler
Roland G. Winkler Forschungszentrum Jülich
Michael Schick
Michael Schick University of Washington
Ulrich S. Schwarz
Ulrich S. Schwarz Heidelberg University
Hartmut Löwen
Hartmut Löwen Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Jan K. G. Dhont
Jan K. G. Dhont Forschungszentrum Jülich
Reinhard Strey
Reinhard Strey University of Cologne
Franck Nicoud
Franck Nicoud University of Montpellier
Reinhard Lipowsky
Reinhard Lipowsky Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Dieter Richter
Dieter Richter Forschungszentrum Jülich
Peter Schurtenberger
Peter Schurtenberger Lund University

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