Jan Forsman

Prof.

Research interests

  • Development and use of classical density functional theory, with an emphasis on polymers and electrolytes
  • Collloidal dispersions, surface forces, adsorption, phase equlibria, ionic liquids, simulation methods

Selected publications

  • An Improved Density Functional Theory of Hard Sphere Polymer Fluids at Low Density
    J. Forsman and C. E. Woodward,
    J. Chem. Phys. 119, 1889 (2003)
  • A Simple Correlation-Corrected Poisson-Boltzmann Theory
    J. Forsman,
    J. Phys. Chem B 108, 9236 (2004)
  • Prewetting and Layering in Athermal Polymer Solutions
    J. Forsman and C. E. Woodward,
    Phys. Rev Lett. 94, 118301 (2005)
  • Surface Forces in Solutions Containing Semiflexible Polymers
    J. Forsman and C. E. Woodward,
    Macromol. 39, 1261 (2006)
  • Density Functional Theory for Flexible and Semi-Flexible Polymers of Infinite Length
    C. E. Woodward and J. Forsman,
    Phys. Rev E 74, 010801 (2006)
  • Interactions between Charged Surfaces Immersed in Polyelectrolyte Solutions
    M. Turesson, T. Ã…kesson and J. Forsman,
    Langmuir 23, 9555 (2007)
  • Density Functional Theory for Polymer Fluids with Molecular Weight Polydispersity
    C. E. Woodward and J. Forsman,
    Phys. Rev Lett 100, 098301 (2008)
  • Colloidal Interactions in Thermal and Athermal Polymer Solutions: the Derjaguin Approximation, and Exact Results for Mono- and Polydisperse Ideal Chains
    J. Forsman and C. E. Woodward,
    J. Chem. Phys. 131, 044903 (2009)
  • Density Functional Theories of Salt Solutions
    J. Forsman,
    J. Chem. Phys.130, 064901 (2009)
  • Differential Capacitance in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: the Role of Dispersion Forces.
    M. Trulsson, J. Algotsson, J. Forsman and C. E. Woodward,
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett 1, 1191 (2010)