Crystal nucleation in liquids: Open questions and future challenges in molecular dynamics simulations

GC Sosso, J Chen, SJ Cox, M Fitzner… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
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 …

The intertwined physics of active chemical reactions and phase separation

D Zwicker - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase separation is the thermodynamic process that explains how droplets form in
multicomponent fluids. These droplets can provide controlled compartments to localize …

Nucleation and growth of covalent organic frameworks from solution: the example of COF-5

H Li, AD Chavez, H Li, H Li, WR Dichtel… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The preparation of two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (2D COFs) with large
crystalline domains and controlled morphology is necessary for realizing the full potential of …

Evolved interactions stabilize many coexisting phases in multicomponent liquids

D Zwicker, L Laan - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Phase separation has emerged as an essential concept for the spatial organization inside
biological cells. However, despite the clear relevance to virtually all physiological functions …

Electrostatics-induced nucleated conformational transition of protein aggregation

C Duan, R Wang - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Despite the wide existence of protein aggregation in nature and its intimate connection to
many human diseases, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here, we develop a …

Nucleation of chemically active droplets

N Ziethen, J Kirschbaum, D Zwicker - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Driven chemical reactions can control the macroscopic properties of droplets, like their size.
Such active droplets are critical in structuring the interior of biological cells. Cells also need …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and numerical analysis of bubble nucleation in foaming polymer

J Yang, T Jiang, B Liu, C Zhang, X Zeng, L He… - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the bubble nucleation of polymer (LDPE) foams using nucleation
theory and establishes a mathematical model based on in-situ observations and …

[LIVRE][B] Sustainable flow chemistry: methods and applications

L Vaccaro - 2017 - books.google.com
This ready reference not only presents the hot and emerging topic of modern flow chemistry,
it is also unique in illustrating the important connection to sustainable chemistry. Focusing …

Transition pathways connecting crystals and quasicrystals

J Yin, K Jiang, AC Shi, P Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Due to structural incommensurability, the emergence of a quasicrystal from a crystalline
phase represents a challenge to computational physics. Here, the nucleation of …

Recent developments in computational modelling of nucleation in phase transformations

L Zhang, W Ren, A Samanta, Q Du - NPJ Computational Materials, 2016 - nature.com
Nucleation is one of the most common physical phenomena in physical, chemical, biological
and materials sciences. Owing to the complex multiscale nature of various nucleation events …