Publications 2015

  1. Nanoscale Heterogeneity of the Molecular Structure of Individual hIAPP Amyloid Fibrils Revealed with Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
    C.C. van den Akker, T. Deckert-Gaudig, M. Schleeger, K.P. Velikov, V. Deckert, M. Bonn and G.H. Koenderink, MaterialsViews 11 (33) 4131-4139 (2015.) DOI: 10.1002/smll.201500562. Supporting information: PDF.
  2. Phase separation and self-assembly in a fluid of Mickey Mouse particles
    G. Avvisati and M. Dijkstra, Soft Matter 11, 8432 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/c5sm02076j.
  3. Self-assembly of patchy colloidal dumbbells
    G. Avvisati, T. Vissers and M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 142, 084905 (2015). DOI: 10.1063/1.4913369
  4. Methods to calibrate and scale axial distances in confocal microscopy as a function of refractive index
    T.H. Besseling, J. Jose and A. van Blaaderen, Journal of Microscopy 257, 142-150 (2015). DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12194
  5. Determination of the positions and orientations of concentrated rod-like colloids from 3D microscopy data
    T.H. Besseling, M. Hermes, A. Kuijk, B. de Nijs, T.-S. Deng, M. Dijkstra, A. Imhof and A. van Blaaderen, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 27, 194109 (2015). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/19/194109. Supporting information: PDF.
  6. Long-Ranged Oppositely Charged Interactions for Designing New Types of Colloidal Clusters
    A.F. Demirörs, J.C.P. Stiefelhagen, T. Vissers, F. Smallenburg, M. Dijkstra, A. Imhof and A. van Blaaderen, Physical Review X 5, 021012 (2015). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.5.021012. Supporting information: PDF, AVI 1, AVI 2, AVI 3, AVI 4, AVI 5, AVI 6, AVI 7, AVI 8, AVI 9, AVI 10, AVI 11.
  7. Oxidative Etching and Metal Overgrowth of Gold Nanorods within Mesoporous Silica Shells
    T.S. Deng, J.E.S.van der Hoeven, A.O. Yalcin, H.W. Zandbergen, M.A. van Huis and A. van Blaaderen, Chemistry of Materials 27, 7196-7203 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03749. Supporting information: PDF.
  8. Cholesterics of colloidal helices: Predicting the macroscopic pitch from the particle shape and thermodynamic state
    S. Dussi, S. Belli, R. van Roij and M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 142, 074905 (2015). DOI: 10.1063/1.4908162.
  9. Entropy-driven phase transitions in colloids: from spheres to anisotropic particles
    M. Dijkstra, Advances in Chemical Physics 156, 35-71 (2015) Edited by Stuart A. Rice and Aaron R. Dinner. Published 2015 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc, DOI: 10.1002/9781118949702.ch2 .
  10. Critical Casimir Forces and Colloidal Phase Transitions in a Near-Critical Solvent: A Simple Model Reveals a Rich Phase Diagram
    J.R. Edison, N. Tasios, S. Belli, R. Evans, R. van Roij and M. Dijkstra, Physical Review Letters 114, 038301 (2015). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.038301. Supporting information: PDF, MOVIE 1, MOVIE 2 MOVIE 3, MOVIE 4, MOVIE 5.
  11. Phase behaviour of colloids suspended in a near-critical solvent: a mean-field approach
    J.R. Edison, S. Belli, R. Evans, R. van Roij and M. Dijkstra, Molecular Physics 113 (17-18), 2546-2555 (2015). DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1031842.
  12. Bulk Scale Synthesis of Monodisperse PDMS Droplets above 3 μm and Their Encapsulation by Elastic Shells
    N.A. Elbers, J. Jose, A. Imhof and A. van Blaaderen, Chemistry of Materials 27, 1709-1719 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/cm504504t. Supporting information: PDF.
  13. The accurate calculation of the band gap of liquid water by means of GW corrections applied to plane-wave density functional theory molecular dynamics simulations
    C.M. Fang, W.-F. Li, R.S. Koster, J. Klimeš, A. van Blaaderen and M.A. van Huis, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17, 365-375 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C4CP04202F.  Supporting information: PDF.
  14. Unexpected origin of magnetism of monoclinic Nb12O29 found from first-principles calculations
    C.M. Fang, M.A. van Huis, Q. Xu, R.J. Cava and H.W. Zandbergen, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3, 651-657 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C4TC02222J . Supporting information: PDF.
  15. Crystal structure, stability, and electronic properties of hydrated metal sulfates MSO4(H2O)n (M=Ni,Mg; n=6,7) and their mixed phases: A first principles study
    C.M. Fang, X. Lu, W. Buijs, Z. Fan, F.E.G. Güner, M.A. van Huis, G.-J. Witkamp and T.J.H. Vlugt, Chemical Engineering Science 121, 77-86 (2015). DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.07.026
  16. Two-Dimensional Hydrous Silica: Nanosheets and Nanotubes Predicted from First-Principles Simulations
    C.M. Fang, A. van Blaaderen and M.A. van Huis, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119, 14343-14350 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/jp512590z. Supporting information: PDF.
  17. Wat is er nodig voor een tweede vloeistoffase in stoffen als water?
    L. Filion and F. Smallenburg, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde, February (2015).
  18. Self-Organization of Anisotropic and Binary Colloids in Thermo-Switchable 1D Microconfinement
    J. de Folter, P. Liu, L. Jiang, A. Kuijk, H.E. Bakker, A. Imhof, A. van Blaaderen, J. Huang, W.K. Kegel, A.P. Philipse and A.V. Petukhov, Particle & Particles Systems Characterization 13,  313-320 (2015). DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201400132. Supporting information: PDF, AVI 1. AVI 2, AVI 3, AVI 4, AVI 5.
  19. A novel chiral phase of achiral hard triangles and an entropy-driven demixing of enantiomers
    A.P. Gantapara, W. Qi and M. Dijkstra, Soft Matter 11, 8684 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/c5sm01762a
  20. Phase behavior of a family of truncated hard cubes
    A.P. Gantapara, J. de Graaf, R. van Roij and  M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 142, 054904 (2015). DOI: 10.1063/1.4906753.
  21. Strong long-range relaxations of structural defects in graphene simulated using a new semi-empirical potential
    S.K. Jain, G.T. Barkema, N. Mousseau, C.M. Fang and M.A. van Huis, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119, 9646-9655 (2015).  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01905.
  22. Jammed elastic shells – a 3D experimental soft frictionless granular system
    J. Jose, G.A. Blab, A. van Blaaderen and A. Imhof, Soft Matter 11, 1800-1830 (2015). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.030301. Supporting information: PDF.
  23. Crystallization and reentrant melting of charged colloids in nonpolar solvents
    T. Kanai, N. Boon, P.J. Lu, E. Sloutskin, A.B. Schofield, F. Smallenburg, R. van Roij, M. Dijkstra and D.A. Weitz, Physical Review E 91, 030301 (2015). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.030301.
  24. Stabilization of Rock Salt ZnO Nanocrystals by Low-Energy Surfaces and Mg Additions: A First-Principles Study
    R.S. Koster, C.M. Fang, M. Dijkstra, A. van Blaaderen and M.A. van Huis, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119, 5648-5656 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/jp511503b. Supporting information: PDF.
  25. The role of point defects in PbS, PbSe and PbTe: a first principles study
    W-F. Li, C.M. Fang, M. Dijkstra and M.A van Huis, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 27, 355801 (2015). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/35/355801 Supporting information: PDF.
  26. Charging of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) colloids in cyclohexyl bromide: locking, size dependence, and particle mixtures
    M.N. van der Linden, J.C.P. Stiefelhagen, G. Heessels-Gürboğa, J.E.S. van der Hoeven, N.A. Elbers, M. Dijkstra and A. van Blaaderen, Langmuir 31, 65-75 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/la503665e. Supporting information: PDF.
  27. Confinement induced plastic crystal-to-crystal transitions in rodlike particles with long-ranged repulsion
    B. Liu, T.H. Besseling, A. van Blaaderen and A. Imhof, Physical Review Letters 115, 078301 (2015). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.078301. Supporting information: PDF, MOV 1, MOV 2, MOV 3, MOV 4, MOV 5, MOV 6, MOV 7, MOV 8, MOV 9.
  28. Dynamical heterogeneities and defects in two-dimensional soft colloidal crystals
    B. van der Meer, W. Qi, J. Sprakel, L. Filion and M. Dijkstra, Soft Matter 11 (48), 9385-9392 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C5SM01520K .
  29. Entropy-driven formation of large icosahedral colloidal clusters by spherical confinement
    B. de Nijs, S. Dussi, F. Smallenburg, J.D. Meeldijk, D.J. Groenendijk, L. Filion, A. Imhof, A. van Blaaderen and M. Dijkstra, Nature Materials 14, 56-60 (2015). DOI: 10.1038/nmat4072. Supporting information: PDF, MOV 1, MOV 2, MOV 3, MOV 4, HTML(3D).
  30. On the stability of a quasicrystal and its crystalline approximant in a system of hard disks with a soft corona
    H. Pattabhiraman, A.P. Gantapara and M. Dijkstra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 143, 164905 (2015). DOI: 10.1063/1.4934499.
  31. Surface morphology control of cross-linked polymer particles via dispersion polymerization
    B. Peng and A. Imhof, Soft Matter 11, 3589-3598 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C5SM00606F.
  32. Self-assembly of active attractive spheres
    V. Prymidis, H. Sielcken and L. Filion, Soft Matter 11 (21), 4158-4166 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C5SM00127G. Supporting information: PDF, AVI 1, AVI 2.
  33. Nonclassical Nucleation in a Solid-Solid Transition of Confined Hard Spheres
    W. Qi, Y. Peng, Y. Han, R.K. Bowles and M. Dijkstra, Physical Review Letters 115, 185701 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C4SM02876G. Supporting information: PDF.
  34. Destabilisation of the hexatic phase in systems of hard disks by quenched disorder due to pinning on a lattice
    W. Qi and M. Dijkstra, Soft Matter 11, 2852-2856 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C4SM02876G.
  35. Pores with longitudinal irregularities distinguish objects by shape
    Y. Qiu, P. Hinkle, C. Yang, H.E. Bakker, M. Schiel, H. Wang, D. Melnikov, M. Gracheva, M.E. Toimil-Molares, A. Imhof and Z.S. Siwy, ACS Nano 9, 4390-4397 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00877. Supporting information: PDF.
  36. Shape-sensitive crystallization in colloidal superball fluids
    L. Rossi, V. Sonia, D.J. Ashton, D.J. Pine, A.P. Philipse, P.M. Chaikin, M. Dijkstra, S. Sacanna and W.T.M. Irvine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112, 5286-5290 (2015). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1415467112.
    Supporting information: PDF, MOV 1 , MOV 2, MOV 3, MP4.
  37. Solution-processable ultrathin size- and shape-controlled colloidal Cu2-xS nanosheets
    W. van der Stam, Q.A. Akkerman, X. Ke, M.A. van Huis, S. Bals and C. de Mello Donegá, Chemistry of Materials 27, 283-291 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/cm503929q. Supporting information: PDF.
  38. Formation and photoluminescence of “Cauliflower” silicon nanoparticles
    W. Tang, J. Eilers, M.A. van Huis, D. Wang, R.E.I. Schropp and M. di Vece, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 (20), 11042-11047 (2015) DOI: 10.1021/jp511660h
  39. Nematic ordering of polarizable colloidal rods in an external electric field: theory and experiment
    T. Troppenz, A. Kuijk, A. Imhof, A. van Blaaderen, M. Dijkstra and R. van Roij, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17, 22423 (2015), DOI: 10.1039/C5CP01478F.
  40. Shape-dependent multi-exciton emission and whispering gallery modes in supraparticles of CdSe/multi-shell quantum dots
    D. Vanmaekelbergh, L.K. van Vugt , H.E. Bakker, B. de Nijs, R.J.A. van Dijk-Moes, M.A. van Huis, P.J. Baesjou and A. van Blaaderen, ACS Nano 9, 3942-3950 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/nn507310f. Supporting information: PDF.
  41. Directed Self-Assembly of Micron-Sized Gold Nanoplatelets into Oriented Flexible Stacks with Tunable Interplate Distance
    H.R. Vutukuri, S. Badaire, D.A.M. de Winter, A. Imhof and A. van Blaaderen, NanoLetters 15 (8), 5617-5623 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02384. Supporting information: PDF, AVI 1,  AVI 2.
  42. Self-assembly of “Mickey Mouse” shaped colloids into tube-like structures: experiments and simulations
    J.R. Wolters, G. Avvisati, F. Hagemans, T. Vissers, D.J. Kraft, M. Dijkstra and W.K. Kegel, Soft Matter 11, 1067-1077 (2015).  DOI: 10.1039/C4SM02375G. Supporting information: PDF, AVI.
  43. Heat-induced transformation of CdSe/CdS/ZnS core/multishell quantum dots by Zn diffusion into inner layers
    A.O. Yalcin, B. Goris, R.J.A. van Dijk-Moes, Z. Fan, A.K. Erdamar, F.D. Tichelaar, T.J.H. Vlugt, G. Van Tendeloo, S. Bals, D. Vanmaekelbergh, H.W. Zandbergen and M.A. van Huis, Chemical Communications 51, 3320-3323 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C4CC08647C . Supporting information: PDF, AVI 1, AVI 2.