Hard models for particle interactions have played a crucial role in the understanding of the
structure of condensed matter. In particular, they help to explain the formation of oriented …

Solutions of different polymers in the same solvent are incompatible as a rule and show
phase separation when they are mixed. H incompatibility is also to be observed in systems …

We present the binary self-assembly of two anisotropic nanoplate building blocks mediated
by shape complementarity. We use rhombic GdF3 and tripodal Gd2O3 nanoplates as …

The emergence of three-dimensional (3D) printing promises a disruption in the design and
on-demand fabrication of smart structures in applications ranging from functional devices to …

Here, we present the first observation of a smectic B (SmB) phase in a system of charged
colloidal gibbsite platelets suspended in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). The use of DMSO, a …

We investigate theoretically the effect of gravity on a plate-sphere colloidal mixture by means
of an Onsager-like density functional to describe the bulk, and sedimentation path theory to …

Using Monte Carlo computer simulations we explore the self-assembly and ordering
behavior of a hybrid, soft magnetic system consisting of small magnetic nanospheres in a …

Self-assembly of binary particle systems offers many new opportunities for materials
science. Here, we studied sedimentation equilibria of silica rods and spheres, using …

The stability of demixing phase transition in binary mixtures of hard plates (with thickness L
and diameter D) and hard spheres (with diameter σ) is studied by means of Parsons-Lee …

We study the structure and fluid-phase behaviour of binary mixtures of hard spheres (HSs)
and hard spherocylinders (HSCs) in isotropic and nematic states using the NP n AT …