Colloidal hard spheres: Triumphs, challenges, and mysteries

CP Royall, P Charbonneau, M Dijkstra, J Russo… - Reviews of Modern …, 2024‏ - APS
The simplicity of hard spheres as a model system is deceptive. Although the particles
interact solely through volume exclusion, that nevertheless suffices for a wealth of static and …

Large-scale ordering of nanoparticles using viscoelastic shear processing

Q Zhao, CE Finlayson, DRE Snoswell, A Haines… - Nature …, 2016‏ - nature.com
Despite the availability of elaborate varieties of nanoparticles, their assembly into regular
superstructures and photonic materials remains challenging. Here we show how flexible …

A review of genetic resistance to disease in Bos taurus cattle

CA Morris - The Veterinary Journal, 2007‏ - Elsevier
Cattle show considerable variability in their responses to a wide range of disease
challenges, and much of the variability is genetic. This review highlights genetic variation in …

Ultrasound techniques for characterizing colloidal dispersions

RE Challis, MJW Povey, ML Mather… - Reports on progress in …, 2005‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Interest in the interaction of acoustic waves with particulate mixtures has a long history—
dating back to the work of Rayleigh in the 19th century. This interest has intensified over the …

Nonlinear optical scattering: The concept of effective susceptibility

S Roke, M Bonn, AV Petukhov - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2004‏ - APS
We present a general theoretical method for deriving effective susceptibilities for (non) linear
optical scattering processes of arbitrary order using the reciprocity principle. This method …

Polymer crystallization studies under processing-relevant conditions at the SAXS/WAXS DUBBLE beamline at the ESRF

G Portale, D Cavallo, GC Alfonso… - Applied …, 2013‏ - journals.iucr.org
Recent developments on the experimental infrastructure and the acquisition of new
detectors on the Dutch–Belgian beamline BM26B at the ESRF offer novel and promising …

Bragg rods and multiple X-ray scattering in random-stacking colloidal crystals

AV Petukhov, IP Dolbnya, D Aarts, GJ Vroege… - Physical review …, 2003‏ - APS
Synchrotron small-angle x-ray diffraction images of random-stacking-induced Bragg
scattering rods are obtained in a wide range of wave vectors from a single colloidal crystal …

Microradian X-ray diffraction in colloidal photonic crystals

AV Petukhov, JHJ Thijssen, A Imhof… - Applied …, 2006‏ - journals.iucr.org
Ultra-high-resolution small-angle X-ray scattering in various colloidal photonic crystals is
reported. It is demonstrated that an angular resolution of about two microradians is readily …

Particle shape effects in colloidal crystals and colloidal liquid crystals: Small-angle X-ray scattering studies with microradian resolution

AV Petukhov, JM Meijer, GJ Vroege - Current opinion in colloid & interface …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is an indispensable tool in structural investigations of
self-assembled colloidal crystals and colloidal liquid crystals. This paper reviews recent …

Fabrication of artificial opals by electric-field-assisted vertical deposition

KS Napolskii, NA Sapoletova, DF Gorozhankin… - Langmuir, 2010‏ - ACS Publications
We present a new technique for large-scale fabrication of colloidal crystals with controllable
quality and thickness. The method is based on vertical deposition in the presence of a DC …