Publications 2003

  1. Colloidal epitaxy: Playing with the boundary conditions of colloidal crystallization
    A. van Blaaderen, J.P. Hoogenboom, D.L.J. Vossen, A. Yethiraj, A. van der Horst, K. Visscher, and M. Dogterom, Faraday Discussions 123, 107-119 (2003). DOI: 10.1039/B205203B
  2. Colloidal molecules and beyond
    (Perspective) A. van Blaaderen, Science 301, 470-471 (2003). DOI: 10.1126/science.1087140
  3. Statistical mechanics of inhomogeneous model colloid-polymer mixtures
    J.M. Brader, R. Evans, and M. Schmidt, Molecular Physics 101, 3349 (2003). DOI: 10.1080/0026897032000174263
  4. Simulation and theory of fluid–fluid interfaces in binary mixtures of hard spheres and hard rods
    P. G. Bolhuis, J. M. Brader, and M. Schmidt, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 15, S3421-S3428 (2003). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/48/003
  5. Ion beam-induced anisotropic plastic deformation at 300 keV
    T. van Dillen, A. Polman, C. M. van Kats, and A. van Blaaderen, Applied Physics Letters 83, 4315-4317 (2003). DOI: 10.1063/1.1629793
  6. Monodisperse core-shell poly(methyl methacrylate) latex colloids
    R. P. A. Dullens, M. Claesson, D. Derks, A. van Blaaderen, and W. K. Kegel, Langmuir 19, 5963-5966 (2003). DOI: 10.1021/la034636q
  7. Experimental determination of the effective refractive index in strongly scattering media
    J. Gómez Rivas, D. H. Dau, A. Imhof, R. Sprik, B. P. J. Bret, P. M. Johnson, T. W. Hijmans and A. Lagendijk, Optics Communications 220, 17-21 (2003). DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(03)01348-8
  8. A general method to coat colloidal particles with silica
    C. Graf, D. L. J. Vossen, A. Imhof, and A. van Blaaderen, Langmuir 19, 6693-6700 (2003). DOI: 10.1021/la0347859
  9. Hard-sphere crystals with hcp and non-close-packed structure grown by colloidal epitaxy
    J.P. Hoogenboom, A.K. van Langen-Suurling, J. Romijn, and A. van Blaaderen, Physical Review Letters 90, 138301 (2003). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.138301
  10. A real-space analysis of colloidal crystallization in a gravitational field at a flat bottom wall
    J. P. Hoogenboom, P. Vergeer, and A. van Blaaderen, Journal of Chemical Physics 119, 3371-3383 (2003). DOI: 10.1063/1.1589737
  11. Phase diagrams of hard-core repulsive Yukawa particles
    A.-P. Hynninen and M. Dijkstra, Physical Review E 68, 021407 (2003). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.021407
  12. Effect of triplet attractions on the phase diagram of suspensions of charged colloids
    A.-P. Hynninen, M. Dijkstra, and R. van Roij, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 15, S3549-S3556 (2003). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/48/014
  13. Phase diagram of hard-core repulsive Yukawa particles with a density-dependent truncation: a simple model for charged colloids
    A.-P. Hynninen and M. Dijkstra, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 15, S3557-S3567 (2003). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/48/015
  14. Three-dimensional photonic crystals made from colloids
    A. Imhof, in Nanoscale Materials, edited by L. M. Liz-Marzan and P. V. Kamat (Kluwer Academic, Boston, 2003), pp. 423-454. DOI: 10.1007/0-306-48108-1_18
  15. Time-resolved pulse propagation in a strongly scattering material
    P. M. Johnson, A. Imhof, B. P. J. Bret, J. Gómez Rivas, and A. Lagendijk, Physical Review E 68, 016604 (2003). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.016604
  16. Isotropic-nematic transition of long, thin, hard spherocylinders confined in a quasi-two-dimensional planar geometry
    M. C. Lagomarsino, M. Dogterom, and M. Dijkstra, Journal of Chemical Physics 119, 3535-3540 (2003). DOI: 10.1063/1.1588994
  17. Band structure of absorptive two-dimensional photonic crystals
    H. van der Lem, A. Tip, and A. Moroz, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 20, 1334-1341 (2003). DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001334
  18. Photonic crystals with small metal inclusions
    A. Moroz, in: Proceedings of SPIE Volume 5026: “Photonics, Devices, and Systems II”, edited by M. Hrabovsky, D. Senderakova, P. Tomanek, pp. 407-412 (2003). DOI: 10.1117/12.498365
  19. 3D structure and dis-(order) in photonic crystals by microradian synchrotron x-ray diffraction
    A. V. Petukhov, J. H. J. Thijssen, A. Imhof, A. van Blaaderen, I. P. Dolbnya, A. Snigirev, I. Snigireva, and M. Drakopoulos, ESRF Newsletter 38, 19-20 (2003).
  20. Silver-coated silicon pillar photonic crystals: Enhancement of a photonic band gap
    V. Poborchii, T. Tada, T. Kanayama, and A. Moroz, Applied Physics Letters 82, 508-510 (2003). DOI: 10.1063/1.1541948
  21. Entropic wetting of a colloidal rod-sphere mixture
    R. Roth, J. M. Brader and M. Schmidt, Europhysics Letters 63, 549-555 (2003). DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2003-00563-6
  22. A new colloidal model system to study long-range interactions quantitatively in real space
    C.P. Royall, M.E. Leunissen, and A. van Blaaderen, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 15, 3581-3596 (2003). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/48/017
  23. Hard sphere fluids in random fiber networks
    M. Schmidt and J.M. Brader, Journal of Chemical Physics 119, 3495-3500 (2003). DOI: 10.1063/1.1588993
  24. Freezing in the presence of disorder: A lattice study
    M. Schmidt, L. Lafuente, and J. A. Cuesta, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 15, 4695-4708 (2003). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/27/304
  25. Capillary condensation of colloid–polymer mixtures confined between parallel plates
    M. Schmidt, A. Fortini, and M. Dijkstra, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 15, S3411-S3420 (2003). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/48/002
  26. Synthesis and characterization of large colloidal silver particles
    K. P. Velikov, G. E. Zegers, and A. van Blaaderen, Langmuir 19, 1384-1389 (2003). DOI: 10.1021/la026610p
  27. Capillary condensation and interface structure of a model colloid-polymer mixture in a porous medium
    P. P. F. Wessels, M. Schmidt, and H. Löwen, Physical Review E 68, 061404 (2003). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.061404
  28. A colloidal model system with an interaction tunable from hard sphere to soft and dipolar
    A. Yethiraj and A. van Blaaderen, Nature 421, 513-517 (2003). doi: 10.1038/nature01328
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