The flow-driven transport of interacting micron-sized particles occurs in many soft matter
systems spanning from the translocation of proteins to moving emulsions in microfluidic …

Colloids may be treated as “big atoms” so that they are good models for atomic and
molecular systems. Colloidal hard disks are, therefore, good models for 2d materials, and …

Droplet arrays in thin, freely suspended liquid-crystalline smectic A films can form two-
dimensional (2D) colloids. The droplets interact repulsively, arranging locally in a more or …

Strongly confined colloidal dispersions under shear can exhibit a variety of dynamical
phenomena, including depinning transitions and complex structural changes. Here, we …

Based on (overdamped) Stokesian dynamics simulations and video microscopy
experiments, we study the non equilibrium dynamics of a sheared colloidal cluster, which is …

Vortex patterns in ensembles of magnetic particles driven by a rotating field are studied. The
driving arises due to the lubrication forces between the rotating particles acting in the …

Self-assembly is a ubiquitous process that can generate complex and functional structures
via local interactions among a large set of simpler components. The ability to program the …

Based on Brownian dynamics simulations, we investigate the thermodynamic signatures of
nonequilibrium steady states in a confined colloidal suspension under shear flow …

We examine the response of a quasi-two-dimensional colloidal suspension to a localized
circular driving induced by optical tweezers. This approach allows us to resolve over 3 …

[eng] In this thesis, I study the behavior of confined colloidal particles in aqueous suspension
driven through an optical potential. For this purpose, I use micro-meter polystyrene particles …