Publications 2025

  1. Machine learning short-ranged many-body interactions in colloidal systems using descriptors based on Voronoi cells
    R.M. Alkemade, R. Sknepnek, F. Smallenburg and L. Filion, The Journal of chemical physics 162 (23), 234903 (2025). DOI: 10.1063/5.0267835.
  2. Intelligent soft matter: towards embodied intelligence
    V.A. Baulin, A. Giacometti, D.A. Fedosov, S. Ebbens, N.R. Varela-Rosales, N. Feliu, M. Chowdhury, M. Hu, R. Fuechslin, M. Dijkstra, M. Mussel, R. van Roij, D. Xie, V. Tzanov, M. Zu, S. Hidalgo-Caballero, Y. Yuan, L. Cocconi, C.M. Ghim, C. Cottin-Bizonne, M.C. Miguel, M.J. Esplandiu, J. Simmchen, W.J. Parak, M. Werner, G. Gompper and M.M. Hanczyc, Soft Matter 21 (21), 4129-4145 (2025). DOI: 10.1039/d5sm00174a.
  3. Phase diagram of the hard-sphere potential model in three and four dimensions using a pseudo-hard-sphere potential
    E.A. Bedolla-Montiel, R.A. Castañeda-Cerdán and R. Castañeda-Priego, The Journal of chemical physics 162 (16), 164504 (2025). DOI: 10.1063/5.0264356.
  4. Field-driven reversible networks from colloidal rods
    J. Fojo, R. Subert, L. Rodríguez-Arco, M.T. López-López, M. Dijkstra, C. Fernández-Rico and L. Alvarez, Soft Matter 21 (23), 4596-4605 (2025). DOI: 10.1039/d5sm00218d. Supporting information: PDF, MOV 1, MOV 2, MOV 3, AVI 1, MOV 4, MOV 5.
  5. Kinetic phase diagram for two-step nucleation in colloid–polymer mixtures
    W. Gispen, P.G. Bolhuis and M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 162 (30), 134901 (2025). DOI: 10.1063/5.0251560. Supporting information: ZIP.
  6. The bcc coating of Lennard-Jones crystal nuclei vanishes with a change of local structure detection algorithm
    W. Gispen, A. Pérez de Alba Ortíz and M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 162 (2), 024502 (2025). DOI: 10.1063/5.0239424.  Supporting information: ZIP.
  7. Rolling of stimuli-bent cylindrical robots using contact finite element simulations
    S. He, H. Yu, M.B.N. Kouwenhoven, P. Paoletti, M. Dijkstra and C. Xuan, Soft Matter (Advance Article), 2025. DOI: 10.1039/D5SM00080G. Supporting information: MP4 1, MP4 2, MP4 3, MP4 4, MP4 5.
  8. Microtubule flexibility, microtubule-based nucleation and ROP pattern co-alignment enhance protoxylem microtubule patterning
    B. Jacobs, M. Saltini, J. Molenaar, L. Filion and E.E. Deinum, Quantitative Plant Biology 6, e2 (2025). DOI: 10.1017/qpb.2024.17. Supporting information: PDF.
  9. Roadmap on machine learning glassy dynamics
    G. Jung, R.M. Alkemade, V. Bapst, D. Coslovich, L. Filion, F.P. Landes, A.J. Liu, F. S. Pezzicoli, H. Shiba, G. Volpe, F. Zamponi, L. Berthier and G. Biroli, Nature Reviews Physics 7, 91-104 (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s42254-024-00791-4. Supporting information: PDF.
  10. Collective dynamics of intelligent active Brownian particles with visual perception and velocity alignment in 3D: spheres, rods, and worms
    Z. Liu and M. Dijkstra, Soft Matter 21 (8), 1529-1544 (2025). DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01270D. Supporting information: MP4 1, MP4 2, MP4 3, MP4 4.
  11. 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 35 (2), 2412889 (2025). 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.
  12. Defects enhance stability in 12-fold symmetric soft-matter quasicrystals
    A. Ulugöl, R.J. Hardeman, F. Smallenburg and L. Filion, Physical Review Letters 134 (10), 108201 (2025). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.108201. Supporting information: PDF.
  13. Inverse design method with enhanced sampling for complex open crystals: application to novel Zeolite self-assembly
    C. Wang, A. Pérez de Alba Ortíz and M. Dijkstra, ACS Nano 19 (18), 17423-17437 (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c17597. Supporting information: ZIP.