Colloids in light fields: Particle dynamics in random and periodic energy landscapes

F Evers, RDL Hanes, C Zunke, RF Capellmann… - The European Physical …, 2013 - Springer
The dynamics of colloidal particles in potential energy landscapes have mainly been
investigated theoretically. In contrast, here we discuss the experimental realization of …

Fickian non-Gaussian diffusion in glass-forming liquids

F Rusciano, R Pastore, F Greco - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Fickian yet non-Gaussian diffusion (FnGD), a most intriguing open issue in soft matter, is
generically associated with some dynamical and/or structural heterogeneity of the …

Rapid Fickian yet non-Gaussian diffusion after subdiffusion

R Pastore, A Ciarlo, G Pesce, F Greco, A Sasso - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
The recently discovered Fickian yet non-Gaussian diffusion (FnGD) is here finely tuned and
investigated over a wide range of probabilities and timescales using a quasi-2D suspension …

A model-system of Fickian yet non-Gaussian diffusion: Light patterns in place of complex matter

R Pastore, A Ciarlo, G Pesce, A Sasso, F Greco - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Fickian yet non-Gaussian Diffusion (FnGD), widely observed for colloidal particles in a
variety of complex and biological fluids, emerges as a most intriguing open issue in Soft …

Growth modes of quasicrystals

CV Achim, M Schmiedeberg, H Löwen - Physical Review Letters, 2014 - APS
The growth of quasicrystals, ie, aperiodic structures with long-range order, seeded from the
melt is investigated using a dynamical phase field crystal model. Depending on the …

Proliferation of anomalous symmetries in colloidal monolayers subjected to quasiperiodic light fields

J Mikhael, M Schmiedeberg… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Quasicrystals provide a fascinating class of materials with intriguing properties. Despite a
strong potential for numerous technical applications, the conditions under which …

Twenty years of confined colloids: from confinement-induced freezing to giant breathing

H Löwen - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The physics of colloidal suspensions confined in slits and cavities has significantly
advanced during the last twenty years. In particular, freezing transitions in confinement have …

Confined colloidal crystals in and out of equilibrium

A Reinmüller, EC Oğuz, R Messina, H Löwen… - The European Physical …, 2013 - Springer
Recent studies on confined crystals of charged colloidal particles are reviewed, both in
equilibrium and out of equilibrium. We focus in particular on direct comparisons of …

Templated quasicrystalline molecular ordering

JA Smerdon, KM Young, M Lowe, SS Hars… - Nano …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Quasicrystals are materials with long-range ordering but no periodicity. We report scanning
tunneling microscopy (STM) observations of quasicrystalline molecular layers on 5-fold …

Particle dynamics in two-dimensional random-energy landscapes: Experiments and simulations

F Evers, C Zunke, RDL Hanes, J Bewerunge… - Physical Review E …, 2013 - APS
The dynamics of individual colloidal particles in random potential energy landscapes was
investigated experimentally and by Monte Carlo simulations. The value of the potential at …