The rich and diverse dynamics of particle-based systems ultimately originates from the
coupling of their degrees of freedom via internal interactions. To arrive at a tractable …

Here, we review the basic concepts and applications of the phase-field-crystal (PFC)
method, which is one of the latest simulation methodologies in materials science for …

We present a study of homogeneous crystal nucleation from metastable fluids via the
seeding technique for four different systems: mW water, Tosi-Fumi NaCl, Lennard-Jones …

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

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 …

In many colloidal suspensions, the micrometer-sized particles behave like hard spheres, but
when non-adsorbing polymers are added to the solution a depletion attraction (of entropic …

Crystallization represents the prime example of a disorder–order transition. In realistic
situations, however, container walls and impurities are frequently present and hence …

Although long assumed to have an important role in the suppression of crystallization and
the development of glassformers, the effect of local fivefold symmetry has never been …

The formally exact framework of equilibrium Density Functional Theory (DFT) is capable of
simultaneously and consistently describing thermodynamic and structural properties of …

Crystallization is one of the most important phase transformations of first order. In the case of
metals and alloys, the liquid phase is the parent phase of materials production. The …