The nucleation of crystals in liquids is one of nature's most ubiquitous phenomena, playing
an important role in areas such as climate change and the production of drugs. As the early …

Colloidal particles may be considered as building blocks for materials, just like atoms are the
bricks of molecules, macromolecules, and crystals. Periodic arrays of colloids (colloidal …

We attempt a classification of different colloidal gels based on colloid–colloid interactions.
We discriminate primarily between non-equilibrium and equilibrium routes to gelation, the …

The site‐specific engineering of colloidal surfaces has provided a powerful approach to
pushing the boundaries of today's materials research. The resulting surface‐anisotropic and …

Recently, an increasing experimental effort has been devoted to the synthesis of complex
colloidal particles with chemically or physically patterned surfaces and possible specific …

There has been uninterrupted interest in supercooled water ever since the pioneering
experiments of Speedy and Angell revealed sharp increases in this substance's response …

In this review we focus on the determination of phase diagrams by computer simulation, with
particular attention to the fluid–solid and solid–solid equilibria. The methodology to compute …

The phase separation of biomolecules has become the focus of intense research in the past
decade, with a growing body of research implicating this phenomenon in essentially all …

Noble metal nanocrystals (NCs) have become one of the hottest fields in nanoscience due
to their unique/strong interactions with extra electromagnetic field, which are known as …

Synthesis and self-assembly of structured colloids is a nascent field. Recent advances in this
area include the development of a variety of practical routes to produce robust photonic …