{"id":133567,"date":"2026-05-07T11:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/event\/ibec-seminar-giorgio-volpe\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:39:43","slug":"ibec-seminar-giorgio-volpe","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/ibecbarcelona.eu\/ca\/event\/ibec-seminar-giorgio-volpe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibec Seminar: Giorgio Volpe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"x_elementToProof\">Steering\u00a0Self-organization\u00a0in\u00a0Active\u00a0Colloids\u00a0and\u00a0Droplets\u00a0through Confinement<\/h3>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Confinement, whether externally imposed or generated by the system itself, plays a central role in shaping the dynamics and self-organization of active matter. In natural systems, such as microbial communities and social insects, self-reinforced confinement is exploited to create functional structures and accomplish complex collective tasks. In contrast, the potential of such mechanisms in synthetic active systems remains largely unexplored. In this talk, I will present our recent work demonstrating how confinement can be harnessed as a generic design principle to program collective behaviour in active matter and non-equilibrium systems with applications in micro-robotics, 4D printing, and organic electronics.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><em>Giorgio Volpe is Professor\u00a0of\u00a0Soft Matter\u00a0and\u00a0group leader\u00a0of\u00a0the Soft\u00a0Active\u00a0Matter laboratory\u00a0in the Department\u00a0of\u00a0Chemistry, University College London. He obtained his PhD\u00a0in\u00a0Photonics at ICFO \u2013 The\u00a0Institute\u00a0of\u00a0Photonic Sciences\u00a0in\u00a0Barcelona (Spain)\u00a0in\u00a02012. His current research focuses on studying the emergence\u00a0of\u00a0non-equilibrium phenomena\u00a0in\u00a0both biological\u00a0and\u00a0synthetic soft matter for applications\u00a0in materials science\u00a0and\u00a0healthcare. To date, he has published more than 50 peer-reviewed research articles\u00a0and\u00a0reviews\u00a0in\u00a0high-impact journals for the fields\u00a0of\u00a0active\u00a0matter, soft matter\u00a0and\u00a0photonics.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steering\u00a0Self-organization\u00a0in\u00a0Active\u00a0Colloids\u00a0and\u00a0Droplets\u00a0through Confinement Confinement, whether externally imposed or generated by the system itself, plays a central role in shaping the dynamics and self-organization of active matter. 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