We present a review of experimental, theoretical, and molecular simulation studies of
confinement effects on freezing and melting. We consider both simple and more complex …

One of the most spectacular phenomena in physics in terms of dynamical range is the glass
transition and the associated slowing down of flow and relaxation with decreasing …

We review the current state of knowledge of phase separation and phase equilibria in
porous materials. Our emphasis is on fundamental studies of simple fluids (composed of …

Many fundamental issues in classical condensed matter physics can be addressed
experimentally using systems of individually visible mesoscopic particles playing the role of …

We present an ecology-inspired form of active matter consisting of a robot swarm. Each
robot moves over a planar dynamic resource environment represented by a large light …

PLASMAS have long been regarded as the most disordered state of matter; nevertheless, a
set of colloidal particles introduced into a charge-neutral plasma can spontaneously exhibit …

We present a microscopic measurement of the interaction potential between isolated pairs of
charged colloidal spheres. The measured spatial dependence of the potential is consistent …

We propose coating spherical particles or droplets with anisotropic nanosized objects to
allow micron-scale colloids to link or functionalize with a 4-fold valence, similar to the sp3 …

A comprehensive account of the phenomena that occur when simple gases interact with
surfaces, this text takes a fundamental perspective. Physical adsorption involves atomic or …

A geometrically based fundamental-measure free-energy density functional unified the
scaled-particle and Percus-Yevick theories for the hard-sphere fluid mixture. It has been …