Classical dynamical density functional theory: from fundamentals to applications

M te Vrugt, H Löwen, R Wittkowski - Advances in Physics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Classical dynamical density functional theory (DDFT) is one of the cornerstones of modern
statistical mechanics. It is an extension of the highly successful method of classical density …

Bacterial active matter

IS Aranson - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Bacteria are among the oldest and most abundant species on Earth. Bacteria successfully
colonize diverse habitats and play a significant role in the oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen …

The 2020 motile active matter roadmap

G Gompper, RG Winkler, T Speck… - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Activity and autonomous motion are fundamental in living and engineering systems. This
has stimulated the new field of'active matter'in recent years, which focuses on the physical …

Photoelectrochemical cells

M Grätzel - nature, 2001 - nature.com
Until now, photovoltaics—the conversion of sunlight to electrical power—has been
dominated by solid-state junction devices, often made of silicon. But this dominance is now …

Synthesis and characterization of monodisperse nanocrystals and close-packed nanocrystal assemblies

CB Murray, CR Kagan… - Annual review of materials …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Solution phase syntheses and size-selective separation methods to prepare
semiconductor and metal nanocrystals, tunable in size from∼ 1 to 20 nm and monodisperse …

Assembly and phase transitions of colloidal crystals

B Li, D Zhou, Y Han - Nature Reviews Materials, 2016 - nature.com
Micrometre-sized colloidal particles can be viewed as large atoms with tailorable size,
shape and interactions. These building blocks can assemble into extremely rich structures …

Structural properties of nanoclusters: Energetic, thermodynamic, and kinetic effects

F Baletto, R Ferrando - Reviews of modern physics, 2005 - APS
The structural properties of free nanoclusters are reviewed. Special attention is paid to the
interplay of energetic, thermodynamic, and kinetic factors in the explanation of cluster …

Depinning and nonequilibrium dynamic phases of particle assemblies driven over random and ordered substrates: a review

C Reichhardt, CJO Reichhardt - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the depinning and nonequilibrium phases of collectively interacting particle
systems driven over random or periodic substrates. This type of system is relevant to vortices …

A topographic view of supercooled liquids and glass formation

FH Stillinger - Science, 1995 - science.org
Various static and dynamic phenomena displayed by glass-forming liquids, particularly
those near the so-called" fragile" limit, emerge as manifestations of the multidimensional …

Effective interactions in soft condensed matter physics

CN Likos - Physics Reports, 2001 - Elsevier
In this work, we present a review of recently achieved progress in the field of soft condensed
matter physics, and in particular on the study of the static properties of solutions or …