We are interested in the structure and dynamics of liquids and solutions. We experimentally study peptides, proteins, and other biomolecules but treat them as amorphous blobs behaving much like liquids. We are especially interested in phase behaviour such as supercooling of liquids, folding transitions in peptides, nucleation of crystals from solution, and liquid-liquid and liquid-crystalline transitions. The experimental techniques we apply cover 18-orders of magnitude of dynamic range: from the femtosecond motion of molecules to the hour-long timescale of some phase transitions.
The group has a large number of national and international collaborators. These collaborators help with the theoretical description of the experiments or add experimental techniques to our arsenal such as other spectroscopies, neutron and x-ray scattering, chemical synthesis, zoology, etc.
Our most recent research aims to control nucleation of crystals (from small molecules to proteins) using optical tweezing and plasmonics funded by an ERC Advanced grant "CONTROL - Laser control over crystal nucleation".
Klaas Wynne
Chair of Chemical Physics
University of Glasgow
School of Chemistry
Joseph Black Building
University Avenue
Glasgow, G12 8QQ
UK
office: A4.11b
e: klaas.wynne glasgow.ac.uk
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Animation of a liquid-liquid transition in triphenyl phosphite (TPP) taking place through nucleation as observed through phase-contrast microscopy.