The LIPhy associated with the new International Research Project ReMCoM

Entitled ReMCoM for Response and Memory in Complex Matter, the project aims to understand how disordered materials (glasses, soft materials, biological tissues) respond to mechanical stress and develop memory effects related to their deformation history. It combines theoretical, numerical, and experimental approaches and is part of a long-term Franco-Indian collaboration with a strong focus on training and international mobility.

The ReMCoM project involves several laboratories in France (Grenoble, Lyon, Paris, and Montpellier) as well as partners in India (Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, and Hyderabad), listed below.

FRANCE
Main partner: PSM team, Laboratoire interdisciplinaire de Physique (LIPhy, Grenoble), Jean-Louis Barrat, Eric Bertin, Benoît Coasne, Vivien Lecomte, Romain Mari, Kirsten Martens

Lead Partner Institution and co-writing contributor: Laboratoire de Physique des solides (LPS, Orsay), Giuseppe Fo

Associated partners and main contacts:

• Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques (LPTMS, Orsay), Alberto Rosso
• Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes (PMMH, Paris), Damien Vandembroucq
• Gulliver (Paris), Ludovic Berthier
• Laboratoire Navier (Marne-la-Vallée), Anaël Lemaître
• Laboratoire Chimie Moléculaire, Macromoléculaire, Matériaux (C3M, Paris), Stefano Aime
• Laboratoire Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle (SIMM, Paris), Costantino Creton
• Institut Lumière Matière (ILM, Lyon), David Rodney
• Laboratoire de Physique de l’ENS de Lyon (LPENSL, Lyon), Thibaut Divoux
• Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre, Grenoble), Jerôme Weiss
• Laboratoire Sols, Solides, Structures, Risques (3SR, Grenoble), Mehdi Bouzid
• Laboratoire Charles Coulomb (LC2, Montpellier), Luca Cipelletti

INDIA
Main partner: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR, Bangalore), Rajesh Ganapathy, Srikanth Sastry

Lead Partner Institution and co-writing contributor: Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc, Chennai), Pinaki Chaudhuri

Associated partners and main contacts:

• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR, Hyderabad), Smarajit Karmakar
• Raman Research Institute (RRI, Bangalore), Sayantan Majumdar
• International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS, Bangalore), Chandan Dasgupta
• National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS, Bangalore), Madan Rao
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER, Pune), Vijay Chikkadi
• National Chemical Laboratory (NCL, Pune), Sarika Bhattacharya
• Indian Institute for Technology (IIT, Roorkee), Shiladitya Sengupta
• Indian Institute for Technology (IIT, Palakkad), Vishwas Vasisht