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Dr Benjamin is interested in understanding the Equilibrium and Non-
Equilibrium behaviour of Soft Matter Physical systems from a Statistical
Mechanics perspective. He works in two areas of Statistical Mechanics:
Noise-induced phenomena and the Physics of Nucleation and
Crystallization phenomena. Noise, while generally seen as having a
destructive effect, can sometimes play a constructive role, such as in the
movement of tiny motors in the nanoscale world, known as Brownian
motors. At these small length scales, the behaviour of stochastic systems
has to be understood in the framework of Stochastic Thermodynamics. In
his research group, they apply theoretical approaches from Stochastic
methods and computer simulations to investigate such systems. Another
topic of fundamental interest in the Statistical mechanics of Soft Matter
systems is the Physics behind the nucleation of a liquid to a solid. The
group is interested in how the microscopic interactions between individual
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