An overwhelming diversity of colloidal building blocks with distinct sizes, materials and
tunable interaction potentials are now available for colloidal self-assembly. The application …

The simplicity of hard spheres as a model system is deceptive. Although the particles
interact solely through volume exclusion, that nevertheless suffices for a wealth of static and …

As one increases the concentration of a colloidal suspension, the system exhibits a dramatic
increase in viscosity. Beyond a certain concentration, the system is said to be a colloidal …

Nanoparticles are known to self-assemble into larger structures through growth processes
that typically occur continuously and depend on the uniformity of the individual …

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 …

Colloids display intriguing transitions between gas, liquid, solid and liquid crystalline
phases. Such phase transitions are ubiquitous in nature and have been studied for decades …

Colloidal dispersions play an important role in many different applications as eg, paints or
pharmaceutical formulations. Since the rheological behavior is relevant for processing of …

Colloidal suspensions that form periodic self-assembling structures on sub-micrometre
scales are of potential technological interest; for example, three-dimensional arrangements …

Hard-sphere colloids are popular as models for testing fundamental theories in condensed
matter and statistical physics, from crystal nucleation to the glass transition. A single …

Colloidal model systems allow studying crystallization kinetics under fairly ideal conditions,
with rather well-characterized pair interactions and minimized external influences. In …