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Dynamics of self-propelled colloids and their application as active matter Choudhury, Udit
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Firstly, I would like to thank my supervisor Prof. Peer Fischer for his kind guidance, support and encouragement throughout my PhD. I am also obliged to Prof. Andreas Hermann for being my supervisor at the University of Groningen. I would also like to thank Prof. Petra Rudolf, Prof. Thomas Palberg and Prof. Christian Holm for reviewing the thesis and Prof. Ria de Boer and Prof. Giuseppe Portale for being the members defense committee along with the thesis reviewers.
Next, I would like to thank all my lab colleagues who have made my research stay a happy experience :Mariana Alarcón-Correa, Alejandro Posada, John G. Gibbs, Andrew G. Mark, Ji-Tae Kim, Dhruv Singh, Tian Qiu, Hyeon-Ho Jeong, Eunjin Choi, Stefano Palagi, Stefan Knoppe, Zhiguang Wu, Tung-Chun Lee, Alex Solovev, Melanie Adams, Nico Segreto, Jonas Troll, Kai Melde, Johannes Sachs, Vincent Kadiri, Cornelia Miksch, Ute Heinrichs, Debora Walker, Sahand Eslami, Insook Kim, Vijay Chikkadi, Tingting Yu and Jan-Philipp Guenther. My sincere regards to Jutta Hess for her constant administrative support.
I am also grateful to my collaborators Dr. Lluis Soler Turu, Prof. Samuel Sanchez, Prof. Felix Höfling and Prof. Ambarish Ghosh for their insightful scientific discussions.
I would also like to thank my colleagues at the MPI : Arghya Majee, Sutapa Roy and Tamal Das for their invaluable friendship.
Finally, my deepest regards to my family in India who have supported me throughout the journey.
