Publications 2014

  1. Self-Assembly of Octapod-Shaped Colloidal Nanocrystals into a Hexagonal Ballerina Network Embedded in a Thin Polymer Film
    M.P. Arciniegas, M.R. Kim, J. De Graaf, R. Brescia, S. Marras, K. Miszta, M. Dijkstra, R. van Roij and L. Manna, Nano Letters 14, 1056 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/nl404732m. Supporting information: PDF, AVI 1, AVI 2.
  2. Density functional theory for chiral nematic liquid crystals
    S. Belli, S. Dussi, M. Dijkstra and R. van Roij, Physical Review E 90, 020503 (2014). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.020503.
  3. Transferable Force Field for CdS-CdSe-PbS-PbSe Solid Systems
    Z. Fan, R.S. Koster, S. Wang, C.M. Fang, A.O. Yalcin, F.D. Tichelaar, H.W. Zandbergen, M.A. van Huis and T.J.H. Vlugt, The Journal of Chemical Physics 141, 244503 (2014). DOI: 10.1063/1.4904545
  4. Predicted stability, structures, and magnetism of 3d transition metal nitrides: the M4N phases
    C.M. Fang, R.S. Koster, W.F. Li and M.A. van Huis, RSC Advances 14, 7885-7899 (2014). DOI: 10.1039/C3RA47385F. Supporting information: PDF.
  5. All-natural oil-filled microcapsules from water-insoluble proteins
    E. Filippidi, A.R. Patel , E.C.M. Bouwens, P. Voudouris and K.P. Velikov, Advanced Functional Materials 24, 5962-5968 (2014). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201400359. Supporting information: PDF, AVI.
  6. M.A. van Huis and H. Friedrich, ‘Electron Microscopy Techniques’, Chapter 7, in Nanoparticles: Workhorses of Nanoscience, Ed. C. de Mello Donegá (Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2014), pp 191-222. (2014)
  7. Unloading and reloading colloidal microcapsules with apolar solutions by controlled and reversible buckling
    J. Jose, M. Kamp, A. van Blaaderen and A. Imhof, Langmuir 30, 2385-2393 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/la500070s. Supporting information: PDF, AVI 1, AVI 2, AVI 3, AVI 4.
  8. Development of photonic crystal structures for on-board optical communication,
    M.U. Khan, J. Justice, A. Boersma, M. Mourad, R. van Ee, A. van Blaaderen, J. Wijnhoven and B. Corbet, Proc. SPIE 9127, Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices XI, 912705, (May 2, 2014). DOI: 10.1117/12.2052214.
  9. Colloidal Silica Rods: Material Properties and Fluorescent Labeling
    A. Kuijk, A. Imhof, M.H.W. Verkuijlen, T.H. Besseling, E.R.H. van Eck and A. van Blaaderen, Particle & Particles Systems Characterization 31, 706-713 (2014). DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201300329. Supporting information: PDF.
  10. Effect of external electric fields on the phase behavior of colloidal silica rods
    A. Kuijk, T. Troppenz, L. Filion, A. Imhof, R. van Roij, M. Dijkstra and A. van Blaaderen, Soft Matter 10, 6249-6255 (2014). DOI: 10.1039/C4SM00957F.
  11. Self-consistent electric-field induced dipole interaction of colloidal spheres, cubes, rods, and dumbbells
    B.W. Kwaadgras, R. van Roij and M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 140, 154901 (2014). DOI: 10.1063/1.4870251. Supporting information: PDF, Eps cubes-fig1, EPS cubes-fig2, Eps dumbbells-fig1, Eps misalignedsscd, Eps rods-fig1, Eps rods-fig2, Eps rot-cubes-fig1, Eps rot-cubes-fig2.
  12. Orientation of a dielectric rod near a planar electrode
    B.W. Kwaadgras, T.H. Besseling, T.J. Coopmans, A. Kuijk, A. Imhof, A. van Blaaderen, M. Dijkstra and R. van Roij, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 16, 22575-22582 (2014). DOI: 10.1039/C4CP02799J.
  13. Pickering stabilization of foams and emulsions with particles of biological origin
    S. Lam, K.P. Velikov and O.D. Velev, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 19, 490-500 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2014.07.003.
  14. Colloidal stability and chemical reactivity of complex colloids containing Fe3+
    Y.M. van Leeuwen, K.P. Velikov and W.K. Kegel, Food Chemistry 155, 161-166 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.01.045. Supporting information: DOC.
  15. Tuning biaxiality of nematic phases of board-like colloids by an external magnetic field
    A.B.G.M. Leferink op Reinink, S. Belli, R. van Roij, M. Dijkstra, A.V. Petukhov and G.J. Vroege, Soft Matter 10, 446-456 (2014). DOI: 10.1039/C3SM52242C.
  16. Switching plastic crystals of colloidal rods with electric fields
    B. Liu, T.H. Besseling, M. Hermes, A.F. Demirörs, A. Imhof and A. van Blaaderen, Nature Communications 5, 3092 (2014). DOI:10.1038/ncomms4092. Supporting information: PDF, MOV 1, MOV 2, MOV 3, MOV 4, MOV 5.
  17. Real-time atomic scale imaging of microstructural evolution in alloys
    S.R.K. Malladi, Q. Xu, M.A. van Huis, F.D. Tichelaar, K.J. Batenburg, E. Yucelen, B. Dubiel, A. Czyrska-Filemonowicz and H.W. Zandbergen, Nano Letters 14, 384-389 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/nl404565j. Supporting information: PDF, AVI 1, AVI 2, AVI 3, AVI 4, AVI 5, AVI 6, AVI 7.
  18. Highly cooperative stress relaxation in two-dimensional soft colloidal crystals
    B. van der Meer, W. Qi, R.G. Fokkink, J. van der Gucht, M. Dijkstra and J. Sprakel, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (43), 15356-15361 (2014). DOI:10.1073/pnas.1411215111. Supporting information: PDF, AVI 1, AVI 2, AVI 3.
  19. Crystallizing hard-sphere glasses by doping with active particles
    R. Ni, M.A. Cohen Stuart, M. Dijkstra and P.G. Bolhuis, Soft Matter 10, 6609-6613 (2014). DOI: 10.1039/C4SM01015A.
  20. Zein as a source of functional colloidal nano- and microstructures
    A.R. Patel and K.P. Velikov, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 19, 450-458 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2014.08.001.
  21. Site-specific growth of polymer on silica rods
    B. Peng, G. Soligno, M. Kamp, B. de Nijs, J. de Graaf, M. Dijkstra, R. van Roij, A. van Blaaderen and A. Imhof, Soft Matter 10, 9644-9650 (2014). DOI: 10.1039/C4SM01989J. Supporting information: PDF.
  22. Two-stage melting induced by dislocations and grain boundaries in monolayers of hard spheres
    W. Qi, A.P. Gantapara and M. Dijkstra, Soft Matter 10, 5449-5457 (2014). DOI: 10.1039/C4SM00125G. Supporting information: PDF.
  23. Colloidal iron(III) pyrophosphate particles
    L. Rossi, K.P. Velikov and A.P. Philipse, Food Chemistry 151, 243-247 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.11.050.
  24. Solution-Phase Epitaxial Growth of Quasi-Monocrystalline Cuprous Oxide on Metal Nanowires
    B. Sciacca, S.A. Mann, F.D. Tichelaar, H.W. Zandbergen, M.A. van Huis and E.C. Garnett, Nano Letters 14 5891-5898 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/nl502831t. Supporting information: PDF.
  25. Erasing no-man’s land by thermodynamically stabilizing the liquid–liquid transition in tetrahedral particles
    F. Smallenburg, L. Filion and F. Sciortino, Nature Physics 10, 653-657 (2014). DOI: 10.1038/nphys3030. Supporting information: PDF.
  26. Liquid–Liquid Phase Transitions in Tetrahedrally Coordinated Fluids via Wertheim Theory
    F. Smallenburg, L. Filion and F. Sciortino, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 119 (29), 9076-9083 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/jp508788m.
  27. The equilibrium shape of fluid-fluid interfaces: Derivation and a new numerical method for Young’s and Young-Laplace equations
    G. Soligno, M. Dijkstra and R. van Roij, The Journal of Chemical Physics 141, 244702 (2014). DOI: 10.1063/1.4904391.
  28. Self-Assembly of Colloidal Hexagonal Bipyramid- and Bifrustum-Shaped ZnS Nanocrystals into Two-Dimensional Superstructures
    W. van der Stam, A.P. Gantapara, Q.A. Akkerman, G. Soligno, J.D. Meeldijk, R. van Roij, M. Dijkstra and C. de Mello Donegá, Nano Letters 14, 1032-1037 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/nl4046069. Supporting information: PDF, AVI 1, AVI 2.
  29. Glassy dynamics of convex polyhedra
    N. Tasios, A. Prasad Gantapara and M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 141, 224502 (2014). DOI: 10.1063/1.4902992.
  30. Unravelling the structural and chemical features influencing deformation-induced martensitic transformations in steels
    G.K. Tirumalasetty, M.A. van Huis, C. Kwakernaak, J. Sietsma, W.G. Sloof and H.W. Zandbergen, Scripta Materialia 71, 29-32 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.09.027. Supporting information: DOC.
  31. A structural tale of two novel carbides in steel: The monoclinic and orthorhombic ternary (Cr,Mn)C phases
    G.K. Tirumalasetty, C.M. Fang, J. Jansen, T. Yokosawa, M.F.J. Boeije, J. Sietsma, M.A. van Huis and H.W. Zandbergen,
    Acta Materialia 68, 161-172 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2014.06.035. Supporting information: DOC.
  32. Phase behaviour of polarizable colloidal hard rods in an external electric field: A simulation study
    T. Troppenz, L. Filion, R. van Roij and M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 141, 154903 (2014). DOI:  10.1063/1.4897562. Supporting information: PDF.
  33. Phase Transitions in Cellulose Microfibril Dispersions by High-Energy Mechanical Deagglomeration
    S.J. Veen, A. Kuijk, P. Versluis, H. Husken and K.P. Velikov, Langmuir 30, 13362-13368 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/la502790n.
    Supporting information: PDF.
  34. An experimental and simulation study on the self-assembly of colloidal cubes in external electric fields
    H.R. Vutukuri, F. Smallenburg, S. Badaire, A. Imhof, M. Dijkstra and A. van Blaaderen, Soft Matter 10, 9110-9119 (2014). DOI: 10.1039/C4SM01778A.
  35. Fabrication of Polyhedral Particles from Spherical Colloids and Their Self-Assembly into Rotator Phases,
    H.R. Vutukuri, A. Imhof and A. van Blaaderen, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 53, 13830-13834 (2014). DOI: 10.1002/anie.201409594. Supporting information: PDF, AVI.
  36. A New Ab-Initio-Based Pair Potential for Accurate Simulation of Phase Transitions in ZnO
    S. Wang, Z. Fan, R.S. Koster, C. Fang, M.A. van Huis, A.O. Yalcin, F.D. Tichelaar, H.W. Zandbergen and T.J.H. Vlugt,
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118, 11050-11061 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/jp411308z. Supporting information: PDF.
  37. Core-shell reconfiguration through thermal annealing in FexO/CoFe2O4 ordered 2D nanocrystal arrays
    A.O. Yalcin, B. de Nijs, Z. Fan, F.D. Tichelaar, D. Vanmaekelbergh, A. van Blaaderen, T.J.H. Vlugt, M.A. van Huis and H.W. Zandbergen, Nanotechnology 25, 055601 (2014). DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/5/055601.
  38. Atomic Resolution Monitoring of Cation Exchange in CdSe-PbSe Heteronanocrystals during Epitaxial Solid−Solid−Vapor Growth
    A.O. Yalcin, Z. Fan, B. Goris, W.-F. Li, R.S. Koster, C.M. Fang, A. van Blaaderen, M. Casavola, F.D. Tichelaar, S. Bals, G. Van Tendeloo, T.J.H. Vlugt, D. Vanmaekelbergh, H.W. Zandbergen and M.A. van Huis, Nano Letters 14, 3661-3667 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/nl501441w. Supporting information:  PDF, AVI 1, AVI 2, AVI 3, AVI 4.
  39. Structural signatures of dynamic heterogeneities in monolayers of colloidal ellipsoids
    Z. Zheng, R. Ni, F. Wang, M. Dijkstra, Y. Wang and Y. Han, Nature Communications  5, 3829 (2014). DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4829.