{"603440":{"#nid":"603440","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Soft Matter Forefronts Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/smi.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESoft Matter Incubator \u003C\/a\u003E(SMI) proudly brings to campus leading researchers in the field of\u0026nbsp;soft matter in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/smi.gatech.edu\/soft-matter-forefronts\u0022\u003ESoft Matter Forefronts Symposium\u003C\/a\u003E, on April 18-20, 2018.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESMI is part of\u0026nbsp;of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/stami.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for the Science and Technology of Advanced Materials and Interfaces (STAMI)\u003C\/a\u003E. SMI\u0026nbsp;asks fundamental questions about soft matter, which is defined as matter with large response functions, often governed by large entropic contributions to the free energy. 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