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Jan Forsman, Professor

Research interests

  • Developments of approximate statistical mechanical theories, with an emphasis on classical density functional theories.
  • Applications to various areas of Soft Matter Science, such as colloidal dispersions, polymer solutions, surface forces, adsorption, phase equilibria, and ionic liquids.

Selected publications

  • Prewetting and Layering in Athermal Polymer Solutions, J. Forsman, C. E. Woodward, Phys. Rev. Lett.94, 118301 (2005).
  • Surface Transition in Athermal Polymer Solutions, J. Forsman, C. E. Woodward, Phys. Rev. E73, 051803 (2006).
  • Density Functional Theory for Flexible and Semi-Flexible Polymers of Infinite Length, C. E. Woodward, J. Forsman, Phys. Rev. E  74, 010801 (2006)
  • Ion Adsorption and Lamellar-Lamellar Transitions in Charged Bilayer Systems, J. Forsman, Langmuir22, 2975 (2006).
  • Interactions between Charged Surfaces Immersed in Polyelectrolyte Solutions, M. Turesson, T. Åkesson, J. Forsman, Langmuir23, 9555 (2007)
  • Density Functional Theory for Polymer Fluids with Molecular Weight Polydispersity, C. E. Woodward, J. Forsman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 098301 (2008)
  • Simulations of Surface Forces in Polyelectrolyte Solutions, M. Turesson, C. E. Woodward, T. Åkesson, J. Forsman, J. Phys. Chem. B112  5116 (2008)
  • Density Functional Theories of Salt Solutions, J. Forsman, The Journal of Chemical Physics130, 064901 (2009)
  • Colloidal Interactions in Thermal and Athermal Polymer Solutions: the Derjaguin Approximation, and Exact Results for Mono- and Polydisperse Ideal Chains, J. Forsman, C. E. Woodward, The Journal of Chemical Physics131, 044903 (2009)
  • Differential Capacitance in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: the Role of Dispersion Forces, M. Trulsson, J. Algotsson, J. Forsman, C. E. Woodward, The Journal of  Physical Chemistry Letters1, 1191 (2010)
  • Limitations of the Derjaguin Approximation and the Lorentz-Berthelot Mixing Rule, J. Forsman, C. E. Woodward, Langmuir26, 4555 (2010)
  • A Classical Density Functional Theory of Ionic Liquids, J. Forsman, C. E. Woodward, M. Trulsson, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B115, 4606 (2011)
  • Polyelectrolyte Mediated Interactions in Colloidal Dispersions: Hierarchical Screening, Simulations, and a New Classical Density Functional Theory, J. Forsman, S. Nordholm, Langmuir28, 4069 (2012)
  • A Simple Many-Body Hamiltonian for Polymer-Colloid Mixtures: Simulations and Mean-Field Theory, J. Forsman, C. E. Woodward, Soft Matter8, 2121 (2012)
  • Polyelectrolyte Adsorption: Electrostatic Mechanisms and Nonmonotonic Responses to Salt Addition, J. Forsman, Langmuir28, 5138 (2012)
  • Capillary Condensation of Ionic Liquid Solutions in Porous Electrodes, R. Szparaga, C. E. Woodward, J. Forsman, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C117, 1728 (2013)
  • Fluid-fluid transitions at bulk supercritical conditions, F. Xie, C. E. Woodward, J. Forsman, Langmuir29, 2659 (2013)
  • Polyelectrolyte adsorption on solid surfaces: theoretical predictions and experimental measurements, F. Xie, T. Nylander, S. Utsel, L. Wågberg, T. Åkesson, J. Forsman, Langmuir29, 712421 (2013)
  • Classical density functional theory & simulations on a coarse-grained model of aromatic ionic liquids, M. Turesson, R. Szparaga, K. Ma, C. E. Woodward, J. Forsman, Soft Matter10, 3229 (2014)
  • Multistep Molecular Dynamics Simulations Identify the Highly Cooperative Activity of Melittin in Recognizing and Stabilizing Membrane Pores, D. Sun, J. Forsman, C. E. Woodward, Langmuir31, 9388 (2015)
  • On the stability of aqueous dispersions containing conducting colloidal particles, R. Szparaga, C. E. Woodward, J. Forsman, Soft Matter11, 4011 (2015)
  • Perspective: Coulomb fluids - Weak coupling, strong coupling, in between and beyond, A. Naji, M. Kanduc, J. Forsman and R. Podgornik, J. Chem. Phys.139, 150901
  • A Many-Body Hamiltonian for Nanoparticles Immersed in a Polymer Solution, C. E. Woodward and J. Forsman, Langmuir31, 22 (2015)
  • Influence of ion pairing in ionic liquids on electrical double layer structures and surface forces using a classical density functional approach, K. Ma, J. Forsman, C. E. Woodward, J. Chem. Phys.142, 174704 (2015)
  • Non-monotonic Temperature Response of Polymer Mediated Interactions, F. Xie, C. E. Woodward, J. Forsman, Soft Matter12, 658 (2016)

Computational Chemistry

Head of the Division

Contact

Phone
+46-46-222 03 81
E-mail
jan [dot] forsman [at] compchem [dot] lu [dot] se