Publications 2011

  1. Morphology and Persistence Length of Amyloid Fibrils Are Correlated to Peptide Molecular Structure
    C.C. van den Akker, M.F.M. Engel, K.P. Velikov, M. Bonn and G.H. Koenderink, Journal of the American Chemical Society 133, 18030-18033 (2011). DOI: 10.1021/ja206513r. Supporting information: PDF.
  2. Polydispersity stabilizes biaxal nematic liquid crystals
    S. Belli, A. Patti, M. Dijkstra and R. van Roij, Physical Review Letters 107, 148303 (2011). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.148303. Supporting information: PDF.
  3. Effect of quenched size polydispersity on the fluid-solid transition in charged colloidal suspensions
    J. Colombo and M. Dijkstra, Journal of Chemical Physics 134, 15404 (2011). DOI: 10.1063/1.3580284.
  4. Seeded growth of titania colloids with refractive index tunability and fluorophore-free luminescence
    A.F. Demirörs, A. Jannasch, P.D.J. van Oostrum, E. Schäffer, A. Imhof and A. van Blaaderen, Langmuir 27, 1626-1634 (2011). DOI: 10.1021/la103717m. Supporting information: PDF.
  5. Phase diagram and effective shape of semiflexible colloidal rods and biopolymers
    M. Dennison, M. Dijkstra and R. van Roij, Physical Review Letters 106, 208302 (2011). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.208302. Supporting information: PDF.
  6. The effects of shape and flexibility on bio-engineered fd-virus suspensions
    M. Dennison, M. Dijkstra and R. van Roij, The Journal of Chemical Physics 135, 144106 (2011). DOI: 10.1063/1.3646951.
  7. Measuring colloidal forces from particle position deviations inside an optical trap
    D. El Masri, P. van Oostrum, F. Smallenburg, T. Vissers, A. Imhof, M. Dijkstra and A. van Blaaderen, Soft Matter 7, 3462-3466 (2011). DOI: 10.1039/C0SM01295E. Supporting information: HTM.
  8. Simulation of nucleation in almost hard-sphere colloids: the discrepancy between experiments and simulation persists
    L. Filion, R. Ni, D. Frenkel and M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 134, 134901 (2011). DOI: 10.1063/1.3572059.
  9. Self-assembly of a colloidal interstitial solid with tunable sublattice doping
    L. Filion, M. Hermes, R. Ni, E.C.M. Vermolen, A. Kuijk, C.G. Christova, J.C.P. Stiefelhagen, T. Vissers, A. van Blaaderen and M. Dijkstra, Physical Review Letters 107, 168302 (2011). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.168302. Supporting information: PDF.
  10. Dense regular packings of irregular nonconvex particles
    J. de Graaf, R. van Roij and M. Dijkstra, Physical Review Letters 107, 155501 (2011). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.155501. Supporting information: PDF.
  11. Nucleation of colloidal crystals on configurable seed structures
    M. Hermes, E.C.M. Vermolen, M.E. Leunissen, D.L.J. Vossen, P.D.J. van Oostrum, M. Dijkstra and A. van Blaaderen, Soft Matter 7, 4517-5048 (2011). DOI: 10.1039/C0SM01219J 
  12. Synthesis of monodisperse, rodlike silica colloids with tunable aspect ratio
    A. Kuijk, A. van Blaaderen and A. Imhof, Journal of the American Chemical Society 133, 2346-2349 (2011). DOI: 10.1021/ja109524h. Supporting information: PDF.
  13. Polarizability and alignment of dielectric nanoparticles in an external electric field: bowls, dumbbells, and cuboids
    B.W. Kwaadgras, M. Verdult, M. Dijkstra and R. van Roij, The Journal of Chemical Physics 135, 134105 (2011). DOI: 10.1063/1.3637046
  14. Magnetically Responsive Pickering Foams
    S. Lam, E. Blanco, K. Stoyan, K.P. Velikov and O.D. Velev, Journal of the American Chemical Society 133, 13856-13859 (2011). DOI: 10.1021/ja205065w. Supporting information: PDf, AVI 1, AVI 2, AVI 3, AVI 4.
  15. Colloidal hard dumbbells under gravity: structure and crystallization
    M. Marechal and M. Dijkstra, Soft Matter 7, 1397-1408 (2011). DOI: 10.1039/C0SM00589D.
  16. Phase behavior of hard colloidal platelets using free energy calculations
    M. Marechal, A. Cuetos, B. Martínez-Haya and M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 134, 094501 (2011). DOI: 10.1063/1.3552951.
  17. Stacking in sediments of colloidal hard spheres M. Marechal, M. Hermes and M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 135, 034510 (2011). DOI: 10.1063/1.3609103. Supporting information: TXT, AVI.
  18. Hydrodynamic Rayleigh-Taylor-like instabilities in sedimenting colloidal mixtures
    K. Milinković, J.T. Padding and M. Dijkstra, Soft Matter 7, 11177 (2011). DOI: 10.1039/C1SM05930K.
  19. Hierarchical self-assembly of suspended branched colloidal nanocrystals into superlattice structures
    K. Miszta, J. de Graaf, G. Bertoni, D. Dorfs, R. Brescia, S. Marras, L. Ceseracciu, R. Cingolani, R. van Roij, M. Dijkstra and L. Manna, Nature Materials 10, 872-876 (2011). DOI: 10.1038/nmat3121. Supporting information: PDF.
  20. Crystal nucleation of colloidal hard dumbbells
    R. Ni and M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 134, 034501 (2011). DOI: 10.1063/1.3528222.
  21. Crystal nucleation in binary hard-sphere mixtures: the effect of order parameter on the cluster composition
    R. Ni, F. Smallenburg, L. Filion and M. Dijkstra, Molecular Physics 109, 1213-1227 (2011). DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2011.554333
  22. Relaxation dynamics in the columnar liquid crystal phase of hard platelets
    A. Patti, S. Belli, R. van Roij and M. Dijkstra, Soft Matter 7, 3533-3545 (2011). DOI: 10.1039/C0SM01265C
  23. Cholesteric colloidal liquid crystals from phytosterol rod-like particles
    L. Rossi, S. Sacanna and K.P. Velikov, Soft Matter 7, 64-67 (2011). DOI: 10.1039/C0SM00822B.
  24. Phase diagram of colloidal spheres with a constant zeta-potential
    F. Smallenburg, N. Boon, M. Kater, M. Dijkstra and R. van Roij, The Journal of Chemical Physics 134, 074505 (2011). DOI: 10.1063/1.3555627
  25. Lane formation in driven mixtures of oppositely charged colloids
    T. Vissers, A. Wysocki, M. Rex, H. Löwen, C.P. Royall, A. Imhof and A. van Blaaderen, Soft Matter 7, 2352-2356 (2011). DOI: 10.1039/C0SM01343A. Supporting information: PDF, AVI 1, AVI 2, AVI 3.
  26. Electrophoresis of concentrated colloidal dispersions in low-polar solvents
    T. Vissers, A. Imhof, F. Carrique, Á.V. Delgado and A. van Blaaderen, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 361, 443-455 (2011). DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.04.113.
  27. Band formation in mixtures of oppositely charged colloids driven by an ac electric field
    T. Vissers, A. van Blaaderen and A. Imhof, Physical Review Letters 106, 228303 (2011). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.228303 Supporting information: PDF 1, PDF 2, AVI 1, AVI 2.