Publications 2024

  1. Soft matter roadmap
    J.L. Barrat, E. Del Gado, S.U. Egelhaaf, X. Mao, M. Dijkstra, D.J. Pine, S.K. Kumar, K. Bishop, O. Gang, A. Obermeyer, C.M. Papadakis, C. Tsitsilianis, I.I. Smalyukh, A. Hourlier-Fargette, S. Andrieux, W. Drenckhan, N. Wagner, R.P. Murphy, E.R. Weeks, R. Cerbino, Y. Han, L. Cipelletti, L. Ramos, W.C.K. Poon, J.A. Richards, I. Cohen, E.M. Furst, A. Nelson, S.L. Craig, R. Ganapathy, A.Kumar Sood, F. Sciortino, M. Mungan, S. Sastry, C. Scheibner, M. Fruchart, V. Vitelli, S.A. Ridout, M. Stern, I. Tah, G. Zhang, A.J. Liu, C.O. Osuji, Y. Xu, H.M. Shewan, J.R. Stokes, M. Merkel, P. Ronceray, J-F. Rupprecht, O. Matsarskaia, F. Schreiber, F. Roosen-Runge, M-E. Aubin-Tam, G.H. Koenderink, R.M. Espinosa-Marzal, J. Yus and J. Kwon, Journal of Physics Materials 7 (1), 012501 (2024). DOI: 10.1088/2515-7639/ad06cc.
  2. Nanocrystal assemblies: current advances and open problems
    C.L. Bassani, G. van Anders, U. Banin, D. Baranov, Q. Chen, M. Dijkstra, M.S. Dimitriyev, E. Efrati, J. Faraudo, O. Gang, N. Gaston, R. Golestanian, G.I. Guerrero-Garcia, M. Gruenwald, A. Haji-Akbari, M. Ibáñez, M. Karg, T. Kraus, B. Lee, R.C. Van Lehn, R.J. Macfarlane, B.M. Mognetti, A. Nikoubashman, S. Osat, O.V. Prezhdo, G.M. Rotskoff, L. Saiz, A.-Chang Shi, S. Skrabalak, I.I. Smalyukh, M. Tagliazucchi, D.V. Talapin, A.V. Tkachenko, S. Tretiak, D. Vaknin, A. Widmer-Cooper, G.C.L. Wong, X. Ye, S. Zhou, E. Rabani, M. Engel and A. Travesset, ACS Nano 18 (23), 14791-14840 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c10201.
  3. Inverse design of crystals and quasicrystals in a non-additive binary mixture of hard disks
    E.A. Bedolla-Montiel, J.T. Lange, A. Pérez de Alba Ortíz and M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 160 (24), 244902 (2024). DOI: 10.1063/5.0210034.
  4. Reversible MnO to Mn3O4 oxidation in manganese oxide nanoparticles
    R.M. de Boer, M.A. van Huis and R.G. Mendes, Small 20 (9), 2304925 (2024). DOI: 10.1002/smll.202304925. Supporting information: PDF.
  5. Depletion-induced crystallization of anisotropic triblock colloids
    F. Camerin, S. Marín-Aguilar and M. Dijkstra, Nanoscale 16 (9), 4724-4736 (2024). DOI: 10.1039/d3nr04816k. Supporting information: ZIP, PDF.
  6. Machine-learned coarse-grained potentials for particles with anisotropic shapes and interactions
    G. Campos-Villalobos, R. Subert, G. Giunta and M. Dijkstra, npj Computational Materials 10 (1), 228 (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41524-024-01405-4. Supporting information: PDF, ZIP.
  7. Fast event-driven simulations for soft spheres: from dynamics to laves phase nucleation
    A. Castagnède, L. Filion and F. Smallenburg, The Journal of Chemical Physics 161 (2), 024116 (2024). DOI: 10.1063/5.0209178. Supporting information: PDF.
  8. Prismatic confinement induces tunable orientation in plasmonic supercrystals
    W. Chaâbani, J. Lyu, J. Marcone, C. Goldmann, E.J.M. ten Veen, C. Dumesnil, T. Bizien, F. Smallenburg, M. Impéror-Clerc, D. Constantin and C. Hamon, ACS Nano 18 (13), 9566-9575 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c12799. Supporting information: PDF.
  9. A mean-field theory for predicting single polymer collapse induced by neutral crowders
    Q. Chaboche, G. Campos-Villalobos, G. Giunta, M. Dijkstra, M. Cosentino Lagomarsino and V.F. Scolari, Soft Matter 20 (15), 3271-3282 (2024). DOI: 10.1039/d3sm01522j.
  10. Estimation of temperature homogeneity in MEMS-based heating nanochips via quantitative HAADF-STEM tomography
    Q. Chen, A. Skorikov, J.E.S. van der Hoeven, A. van Blaaderen, W. Albrecht, H.H. Pérez-Garza and S. Bals, Particle and Particle Systems Characterization 41 (2), 2300070 (2024). DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.202300070. Supporting information: PDF.
  11. The fractal-lattice Hubbard model
    M. Conte, V. Zampronio, M. Röntgen and C. Morais Smith, Quantum 8, 1469 (2024). DOI: 10.22331/q-2024-09-11-1469.
  12. Quasicrystal of binary hard spheres on a plane stabilized by configurational entropy
    E. Fayen, L. Filion, G. Foffi and F. Smallenburg, Physical Review Letters 132 (4), 048202 (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.048202. Supporting information: PDF.
  13. Variational umbrella seeding for calculating nucleation barriers
    W. Gispen, J.R. Espinosa, E. Sanz, C. Vega and M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 160 (17), 174501 (2024). DOI: 10.1063/5.0204540. Supporting material: ZIP.
  14. Finding the differences: Classical nucleation perspective on homogeneous melting and freezing of hard spheres
    W. Gispen and M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 160 (14), 141102 (2024). DOI: 10.1063/5.0201629. Supporting information: ZIP.
  15. Knocking out metal atoms
    M.A. van Huis, Nature Synthesis 3, 560-561 (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44160-024-00523-7.
  16. Statistical mechanics of crystal nuclei of hard spheres
    M. de Jager, C. Vega, P. Montero de Hijes, F. Smallenburg and L. Filion, The Journal of Chemical Physics 161 (18), 184501 (2024). DOI: 10.1063/5.0226862. Supporting information: PDF.
  17. Phase behavior and crystal nucleation of hard triangular prisms
    M. de Jager, N. Slaats and L. Filion, The Journal of chemical physics 161 (13), 134501 (2024). DOI: 10.1063/5.0228804. Supporting information: PDF.
  18. Exploring protein-mediated compaction of DNA by coarse-grained simulations and unsupervised learning
    M. de Jager, P.J. Kolbeck, W. Vanderlinden, J. Lipfert and L. Filion, Biophysical Journal 123 (18), 3231-3241 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.07.023. Supporting information: PDF.
  19. Curvature-directed anchoring and defect structure of colloidal smectic liquid crystals in confinement
    E.I.L. Jull, G. Campos-Villalobos, Q. Tang, M. Dijkstra and L. Tran, PNAS Nexus 3 (11), pgae470 (2024). DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae470.
  20. Fluctuations in the photoluminescence excitation spectra of individual semiconductor nanocrystals
    R.C. Keitel, R. Brechbühler, A. Cocina, F.V. Antolinez, S.A. Meyer, S.J.W. Vonk, H. Rojo, F.T. Rabouw and D.J. Norris, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 15 (18), 4844-4850 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00516. Supporting information: PDF.
  21. Unraveling the formation of ternary AgCuSe crystalline nanophases and their potential as antibacterial agents
    M. Lin, B. Vargas, L. Yedra, H. van Gog, M.A. van Huis, R.G. Mendes, J. Llorca, M. Estruch-Blasco, M. Pernia Leal, E. Pajuelo, S. Estrade, F. Peiró, L. Rodríguez and A. Figuerola, Chemistry of Materials 36 (20), 10154-10166 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c01604.
  22. Microscopic mechanism of water-assisted diffusional phase transitions in inorganic metal halide perovskites featured
    J. Liu, X. Hao, M. A. van Huis and Z. Fan, The Journal of Chemical Physics 161 (17), 174705 (2024). DOI: 10.1063/5.0220702. Supporting information: PDF, MP4.
  23. Thermoresponsive oil-continuous gels based on double-interpenetrating colloidal-particle networks
    B.A. Macias-Rodriguez, R. Gouzy, C. Coulais and K.P. Velikov, Soft Matter 20 (14), 3033-3043 (2024). DOI: 10.1039/d3sm01582c. Supporting information: PDF.
  24. Molecular accessibility and diffusion of resorufin in zeolite crystals
    J.J.E .Maris, L.A. Parker, K. Stanciakova, N. Nikolopoulos, K.M.H. Berendsen, A. van Blaaderen, F. Meirer, F.T. Rabouw and B.M. Weckhuysen, Chemistry A European Journal 30 (1), e202302553 (2024). DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302553. Supporting information: PDF.
  25. In situ growth of suspended zirconene islets inside graphene pores
    R.G. Mendes, H.Q. Ta, T. Gemming, H. van Gog, M.A. van Huis, A. Bachmatiuk and M.H. Rümmeli, Advanced Functional Materials xx (xx), 2412889 (2024). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202412889. Supporting information: DOCX, MP4 1, MP4 2, MP4 3, MP4 4, MP4 5, MP4 6, MP4 7, MP4 8, MP4 9.
  26. M12L24 nanospheres as supramolecular templates for the controlled synthesis of Ir-nanoclusters and their use in the chemo-selective hydrogenation of nitro styrene
    L.L. Metz, R. Ham, E.O. Bobylev, K.J.H. Brouwer, A. van Blaaderen, R.C.J. van de Poll, V.R. Drozhzhin, E.J.M. Hensen and J.N.H. Reek, Chemical Science 15 (47), 20022-20029 (2024). DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06324D. Supporting information: PDF.
  27. Switchable bragg reflections via controllable inner particle motion in yolk-shell colloidal crystals
    H. Namigata, T.A.J. Welling, K. Watanabe, K. Suga, A. Imhof, A. van Blaaderen and D. Nagao, ACS Applied Optical Materials 2 (1), 181-190 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsaom.3c00392. Supporting information: PDF, AVI 1, AVI 2, AVI 3.
  28. Efficient defect-driven cation exchange beyond the nanoscale semiconductors toward antibacterial functionalization
    S. Polivtseva, O. Volobujeva,I. Kuznietsov, R. Kaupmees, M. Danilson, J. Krustok, P. Molaiyan, T. Hu, U. Lassi, M. Klopov, H. van Gog, M.A. van Huis, H. Kaur, A. Ivask, M. Rosenberg, N. Gathergood, C. Ni and M. Grossberg-Kuusk, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16 (45), 62871-62882 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c11425. Supporting information: PDF.
  29. Accurate drift-invariant single-molecule force calibration using the Hadamard variance
    S.D. Pritzl, A. Ulugöl, C. Körösy, L. Filion and J. Lipfert, Biophysical Journal 123 (22), 3964-3976 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.10.008.
  30. Transparency-changing elastomers by controlling of the refractive index of liquid inclusions
    S. Roh, S. Yeo, R.S. Bang, K. Han, K.P. Velikov and O.D. Velev, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 36 (42), 425101 (2024). DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ad6110.
  31. Colloidal hard spheres: Triumphs, challenges, and mysteries
    C.P. Royall, P. Charbonneau, M. Dijkstra, J. Russo, F. Smallenburg, T. Speck and C. Valeriani, Reviews of Modern Physics 96 (4), 045003 (2024).
    DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.96.045003.
  32. Flexible, photonic films of surfactant-functionalized cellulose nanocrystals for pressure and humidity sensing
    D.V. Saraiva, S.N. Remiëns, E.I.L. Jull, I.R. Vermaire and L. Tran, Small Structures 5 (7), 2400104 (2024). DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202400104. Supporting information: ZIP.
  33. A simple and accurate method to determine fluid-crystal phase boundaries from direct coexistence simulations
    F. Smallenburg, G. Del Monte, M. de Jager and L. Filion, The Journal of Chemical Physics 160 (22), 224109 (2024). DOI: 10.1063/5.0213535.
  34. Achiral hard bananas assemble double-twist skyrmions and blue phases
    R. Subert, G. Campos-Villalobos and M. Dijkstra, Nature Communications 15 (1), 6780 (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50935-4. Supporting information: PDF 1, PDF 2, PDF 3, MOV 1, MOV 2, MOV 3, MOV 4.
  35. Spontaneous deposition of single platinum atoms on anatase TiO2 for photocatalytic H2 evolution
    K. Toukabri, S. Hejazi, M. Shahsanaei, S. Pour-Ali, A. Kosari, B. Butz, M.S. Killian and S. Mohajernia, Langmuir 40 (9), 4661-4668 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03316.
  36. Rise and decay of photoluminescence in upconverting lanthanide-doped nanocrystals
    S.J.W. Vonk, J.J.E. Maris, A.J.H. Dekker, J.W. de Wit, T.P. van Swieten, A. Cocina and F.T. Rabouw, ACS Nano 18 (41), 28325-28334 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c09945. Supporting information: PDF.
  37. Probing ion diffusion and ion sieving through hollow porous silica shells by imaging the mobility of colloids inside the shells
    K. Watanabe, T.A.J. Welling, R.G. Mendes, Z. Peimanifard, M. Bransen, H. Namigata, M.A. van Huis, D. Nagao and A. van Blaaderen, Advanced Materials Interfaces 11 (29), 2400333 (2024). DOI: 10.1002/admi.202400333. Supporting information: PDF, AVI 1, AVI 2, AVI 3, AVI 4, AVI 5, AVI 6.
  38. Unexpectedly high thermal stability of Au nanotriangle@mSiO2 yolk-shell nanoparticles
    X. Xie, W. Albrecht, M.A. van Huis and A. van Blaaderen, Nanoscale 16 (9), 4787-4795 (2024). DOI: 10.1039/d3nr05916b. Supporting information: PDF, AVI 1, AVI 2.
  39. Thermally stimulated structural evolution of bimetallic nanoplatelets – Changing from core-shell to alloyed to Janus nanoplatelets
    X. Xie, M.A. van Huis and A. van Blaaderen, Materials Today Nano 25, 100462 (2024).  DOI: 10.1016/j.mtnano.2024.100462. Supporting information: DOCX, MP4 1, MP4 2, MP4 3.
  40. Pickering stabilization mechanism revealed through direct imaging of particles with tuneable contact angle in a phase-separated binary solvent
    F. Zhen Zhou, P.J.M. Swinkels, S. Wei Yin, K.P. Velikov and P. Schall, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 662, 471-478 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.02.070. Supporting information: DOCX.