Katharina Vollmayr-Lee

Educational Background

• Ph.D., University of Mainz (Germany)

Scholarly Interests

• Theoretical condensed matter physics
• Computer simulations
• Katharina studies the nature of glasses and granular media. She is particularly interested in investigating the complex behavior of glasses where individual molecules break free from their enclosing molecular cages. Understanding this motion is a goal for both experimental and theoretical research in glass dynamics. Her work combines theoretical research with computer simulations allowing her to study the structure and dynamics of the molecules.

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Selected Publications

Temperature-dependent defect dynamics in the network glass SiO2
K. Vollmayr-Lee and A. Zippelius
Phys. Rev. E 88, 052145 (2013) (abstract) (pdf)

Microscopic Picture of Aging in SiO2
K. Vollmayr-Lee, R. Bjorkquist, and L. M. Chambers
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 017801 (2013) (abstract) (pdf)

Hydrodynamic correlation functions of a driven granular fluid in steady state
K. Vollmayr-Lee, T. Aspelmeier and A. Zippelius
Phys. Rev. E 83, 011301 (2011) (abstract) (pdf)

Aging to Equilibrium Dynamics of SiO2
K. Vollmayr-Lee, J. A. Roman and J. Horbach
Phys. Rev. E 81, 061203 (2010) (abstract) (pdf)

Self-Organized Criticality Below The Glass Transition
K. Vollmayr-Lee and E. A. Baker
Europhys. Lett. 76, 1130 (2006) (pdf)

Heterogeneities in The Glassy State
K. Vollmayr-Lee and A. Zippelius
Phys. Rev. E 72, 041507 (2005) (abstract) (pdf)

Single Particle Jumps in a Binary Lennard-Jones System Below The Glass Transition
K. Vollmayr-Lee
J. Chem. Phys. 121, 4781 (2004) (pdf)

Dynamical Heterogeneities Below the Glass Transition
K. Vollmayr-Lee, W. Kob, K. Binder and A. Zippelius
J. Chem. Phys. 116, 5158 (2002) (pdf)

Using Mean Field Theory to Determine The Structure of Uniform Fluids
K. Vollmayr-Lee, K. Katsov and J. D. Weeks
J. Chem. Phys. 114, 416 (2001) (pdf)

Cooling Rate Dependence and Dynamic Heterogeneity Below The Glass Transition in a Lennard-Jones Glass
K. Vollmayr-Lee, W. Kob, A. Zippelius and K. Binder
Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 10, 1443 (1999)

Roles of Repulsive and Attractive Forces in Determining the Structure of Nonuniform Liquids: Generalized Mean Field Theory
J. D. Weeks, K. Katsov and K. Vollmayr
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4400 (1998) (pdf)

Intermolecular Forces and the Structure of Uniform and Nonuniform Fluids
J. D. Weeks, K. Vollmayr and K. Katsov
Physica A 244, 461 (1997)

Cooling Rate Effects in Amorphous Silica: A Computer Simulation
K. Vollmayr, W. Kob and K. Binder
Phys. Rev. B 54, 15808 (1996) (pdf)

How do the Properties of a Glass Depend on the Cooling Rate? A Computer Simulation Study of a Lennard-Jones System
K. Vollmayr, W. Kob and K. Binder
J. Chem. Phys. 105, 4714 (1996) (pdf)