Dr Francesco Turci
PhD (Montpellier II)
Expertise
I am a physicist interested in nonequilibrium, disordered systems. My focus is on emergent properties, collective behaviour and spatial structure in a wide range of systems: from glasses to animals, from gels to bones.
Current positions
Lecturer in Scientific Computing
School of Physics
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Research interests
I am interested in nonequilibrium, disordered systems. By using theoretical and numerical tools I investigate the areas of heterogeneous disordered media and active matter. My focus is on emergent properties, collective behaviour and spatial structure in a wide range of systems: from glasses to animals, from gels to bones.
Projects and supervisions
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
11/05/2026Observing the mechanism of delayed collapse in colloidal gels
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Structure of Liquid Mercury at High-Pressure
Physical Review B
Why critical drying, not hydrogen bonding, governs hydrophobic attraction between extended solutes
JCIS Open
Critical surface phase behavior governs hydrophobic attraction between extended solutes
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Origin of the inverse temperature dependence of hydrophobic attraction
Physical Review Research


