Publications 2004

  1. Direct visual observation of thermal capillary waves
    D. G. A. L. Aarts, M. Schmidt, H. N. W. Lekkerkerker, Science 304, 847-850 (2004). DOI: 10.1126/science.1097116.
    Also read the accompanying Perspective by Wilson Poon
  2. Colloids under external control
    A. van Blaaderen, MRS Bulletin, February, 85-90 (2004). DOI: DOI: 10.1557/mrs2004.33
  3. Confocal microscopy of colloidal dispersions in shear flow using a counter-rotating cone–plate shear cell
    D. Derks, H. Wisman, A. van Blaaderen, and A. Imhof, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 16, S3917–S3927 (2004). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/38/010.
  4. Capillary freezing or complete wetting of hard spheres in a planar hard slit?
    M. Dijkstra, Physical Review Letters 93, 108303 (2004). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.108303
  5. Shaping colloidal assemblies
    T. van Dillen, A. van Blaaderen, and A. Polman, Materials Today, July/August, pp. 40-46 (2004). DOI: 10.1016/S1369-7021(04)00345-1
  6. Density functional theory for sphere-needle mixtures: Toward finite rod thickness
    A. Esztermann and M. Schmidt, Physical Review E 70, 022501 (2004). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.022501
  7. Decay of correlation functions in hard-sphere mixtures: Structural crossover
    C. Grodon, M. Dijkstra, R. Evans, and R. Roth, Journal of Chemical Physics 121, 7869-7882 (2004). DOI: 10.1063/1.1798057.
  8. Epitaxial growth of a colloidal hard-sphere hcp crystal and the effects of epitaxial mismatch on crystal structure
    J. P. Hoogenboom, A. K. van Langen-Suurling, J. Romijn, and A. van Blaaderen, Physical Review E 69, 051602 (2004). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.051602.
  9. Template-induced growth of close-packed and non-close-packed colloidal crystals during solvent
    evaporation
    J. P. Hoogenboom, C. Rétif, E. de Bres, M. van de Boer, A. K. van Langen-Suurling, J. Romijn, and A. van Blaaderen, Nano Letters 4, 205-208 (2004). DOI: 10.1021/nl034867h.
  10. Colloidale epitaxy: Kijken naar de vorming van metastabiele kristallen
    J. P. Hoogenboom, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde (Mei 2004) 70, 20-25 (2004).
  11. Sedimentation profiles of charged colloids: Entropic lift and charge separation
    A.-P. Hynninen, R. van Roij, and M. Dijkstra, Europhysics Letters 65(5), 719-725 (2004). DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2003-10178-y.
  12. Effect of three-body interactions on the phase behavior of charge-stabilized colloidal
    suspensions
    A.-P. Hynninen, M. Dijkstra, and R. van Roij, Physical Review E 69, 061407 (2004). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.061407.
  13. Selective excitation of erbium in silicon-infiltrated silica colloidal photonic crystals
    J. Kalkman, E. de Bres, A. Polman, Y. Jun, D. J. Norris, D. C. ’t Hart, J. P. Hoogenboom, and A. van Blaaderen, Journal of Applied Physics 95,
    2297-2302 (2004). DOI: 10.1063/1.1640459
  14. Three-dimensional silica-gold core-shell photonic crystal: linear reflection and ultrafast
    non-linear optical properties
    D.A. Mazurenko, A. Moroz, C.M. Graf, A. van Blaaderen, J.I. Dijkhuis, in:
    Proceedings of SPIE Volume 5450: “Photonic Crystal Materials and Nanostructures“, edited by R. M. De La Rue, P. Viktorovitch, C. M. Sotomayor Torres, M. Midrio, pp. 569-577 (2004). DOI: 10.1117/12.545864
  15. Aligned gold nanorods in silica made by ion irradiation of core-shell colloidal particles
    S. Roorda, T. van Dillen, A. Polman, C. Graf, A. van Blaaderen, and B. J. Kooi, Advanced Materials 16, 235-237 (2004). DOI: 10.1002/adma.200305742
  16. Sedimentation and multiphase equilibria in suspensions of colloidal hard rods
    S.V. Savenko and M. Dijkstra, Physical Review E 70, 051401 (2004). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.051401
  17. Accuracy of measuring the nematic order from intensity scatter: A simulation study
    S.V. Savenko and M. Dijkstra, Physical Review E 70, 011705 (2004). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.011705.
  18. Rosenfeld functional for non-additive hard spheres
    M. Schmidt, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 16, L351 (2004). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/30/L01
  19. Isotropic-nematic transition of hard rods immersed in random sphere matrices
    M. Schmidt and M. Dijkstra, Journal of Chemical Physics 121, 12067-12073 (2004). DOI: 10.1063/1.1815294
  20. Floating liquid phase in sedimenting colloid-polymer mixtures
    M. Schmidt, M. Dijkstra, and J.-P. Hansen, Physical Review Letters 93, 088303 (2004). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.088303
  21. Capillary evaporation in colloid–polymer mixtures selectively confined to a planar slit
    M. Schmidt, A. Fortini, and M. Dijkstra, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 16, S4159–S4168 (2004). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/38/029
  22. Competition between sedimentation and phase coexistence of colloidal dispersions under
    gravity     M. Schmidt, M. Dijkstra, and J.-P. Hansen, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 16, S4185–S4194 (2004). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/38/031
  23. Synthesis of monodisperse high-aspect-ratio colloidal silicon and silica rods
    C. M. van Kats, P. M. Johnson, J. E. A. M. van den Meerakker, and A. van Blaaderen, Langmuir 20, 11201-11207 (2004). DOI: 10.1021/la048817j
  24. Reflectivity of metallodielectric photonic glasses
    K. P. Velikov, W. L. Vos, A. Moroz, and A. van Blaaderen, Physical Review B 69, 075108 (2004). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.075108
  25. Optical tweezers and confocal microscopy for simultaneous three-dimensional manipulation and imaging in concentrated colloidal dispersions
    D. L. J. Vossen, A. van der Horst, M. Dogterom, and A. van Blaaderen, Review of Scientific Instruments 75, 2960-2970 (2004).  DOI: 10.1063/1.1784559
  26. Wall tensions of model colloid–polymer mixtures
    P. P. F. Wessels, M. Schmidt, and H. Löwen, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 16, L1-L8 (2004). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/1/L01
  27. The contact angle of the colloidal liquid–gas interface and a hard wall
    P. P. F. Wessels, M. Schmidt, and H. Löwen, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 16, S4169–S4184 (2004). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/38/030
  28. Large-area electric-field-induced colloidal single crystals for photonic applications
    A. Yethiraj, J. H. J. Thijssen, A. Wouterse, and A. van Blaaderen, Advanced Materials 16, 596-600 (2004). DOI: 10.1002/adma.200306192.
  29. Nature of an electric-field-induced colloidal martensitic transition
    A. Yethiraj, A. Wouterse, B. Groh, and A. van Blaaderen, Physical Review Letters 92, 058301 (2004). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.058301.