If colloidal solute particles are suspended in a solvent close to its critical point, they act as
cavities in a fluctuating medium and thereby restrict and modify the fluctuation spectrum in a …

In this Review, we present a critical analysis of various applications of the Flory-type theories
to a theoretical description of the conformational behavior of single polymer chains in dilute …

We present a theory for the interfacial wetting phase behavior of binary liquid mixtures on
rigid solid substrates, applicable to both miscible and immiscible mixtures. In particular, we …

Ouzo is a well-known drink in Mediterranean countries, with ingredients water, alcohol and
trans-anethole oil. The oil is insoluble in water, but completely soluble in alcohol, so when …

Recently there has been strong experimental and theoretical interest in studying the self-
assembly and the phase behavior of patchy and Janus particles, which form colloidal …

A binary solvent mixture close to critical demixing experiences fluctuations whose
correlation length, ξ, diverges as the critical point is approached. The solvent-mediated (SM) …

Colloids dispersed in a binary solvent mixture experience long-ranged solvent-mediated
interactions (critical Casimir forces) upon approaching the critical demixing point of the …