Transport properties of nanofluids. A critical review

EE Michaelides - Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, 2013 - degruyter.com
Nanofluids are suspensions of nano-size particles (typically 2 to 100 nm) in liquids. Several
research projects in the late 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century indicated that the …

Heat and mass transfer in particulate suspensions

EES Michaelides - 2013 - books.google.com
Heat and Mass Transfer in Particulate Suspensions is a critical review of the subject of heat
and mass transfer related to particulate Suspensions, which include both fluid-particles and …

Predicting crystals of Janus colloids

T Vissers, Z Preisler, F Smallenburg… - The Journal of …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We present a numerical study on the phase diagram for a simple model of Janus colloids,
including ordered and disordered structures. Using a range of techniques, we generate a set …

Model, self-assembly structures, and phase diagram of soft Janus particles

ZW Li, ZY Lu, ZY Sun, LJ An - Soft Matter, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Janus particles exhibit interesting self-assembly behavior and functional performances. In
particular, soft and deformable Janus particles, as diverse as Janus micelles, Janus …

Homophily-based social group formation in a spin glass self-assembly framework

J Korbel, SD Lindner, TM Pham, R Hanel, S Thurner - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Homophily, the tendency of humans to attract each other when sharing similar features,
traits, or opinions, has been identified as one of the main driving forces behind the formation …

Phase diagram of one-patch colloids forming tubes and lamellae

Z Preisler, T Vissers, F Smallenburg… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We numerically calculate the equilibrium phase diagram of one-patch particles with 30%
patch coverage. It has been previously shown that in the fluid phase these particles organize …

Shear-induced breakdown and agglomeration in nanoparticles filled polymer: The shift of phase boundary and kinetics

B Li, Y Guo, P Steeman, M Bulters, W Yu - Journal of Rheology, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
For the nanoparticle-filled polymers, weak attractive interactions between nanoparticles lead
to agglomeration and even formation of a network of nanoparticles in the polymer matrix …

Bottom-up construction of the interaction between Janus particles

A Popov, R Hernandez - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2023 - ACS Publications
While the interaction between two uniformly charged spheres─ viz colloids─ is well-known,
the interaction between nonuniformly charged spheres such as Janus particles is not …

Phase separation and self-assembly of colloidal dimers with tunable attractive strength: from symmetrical square-wells to Janus dumbbells

G Munao, P O'Toole, TS Hudson, D Costa, C Caccamo… - Soft matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We numerically investigate colloidal dimers with asymmetric interaction strengths to study
how the interplay between molecular geometry, excluded volume effects and attractive …

A novel method of preparing metallic Janus silica particles using supercritical carbon dioxide

Q Yang, MH de Vries, F Picchioni, K Loos - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, we demonstrate a novel fabrication method to prepare metallic Janus silica
particles by embedding nanosized silica particles on a spherical polystyrene (PS) substrate …