| Citation | J-P Hansen is a leading authority on Statistical Mechanics of simple, ionic and complex fluids. His simulations and density functional investigations of crystallization led to a widely used freezing criterion and a quantitative understanding of quantum crystals. His simulations of quenched liquids provide decisive tests of the mode-coupling theory for the glass transition. He pioneered the application of methods from the theory of simple liquids to complex fluids and interfaces, including electric double-layers, colloids and clay dispersions, as well as to the structure and dynamics of ultra-dense plasmas, predicting unexpected correlation effects of entropic or Coulombic origin. |