This article reviews the physics of colloidal dispersions in nematic liquid crystals as a novel
challenging type of soft matter. We first investigate the nematic environment of one particle …

The physics of soft-matter systems controlled by external fields is reviewed and previewed.
Particular emphasis is placed on statistical properties of well-characterized colloidal …

Natural composite materials are renowned for their mechanical strength and toughness:
despite being highly mineralized, with the organic component constituting not more than a …

Spontaneous pattern formation by self-assembly is of long-standing,, and continuing
interest, not only for its aesthetic appeal,, but also for its fundamental,,,,,,,,,, and technological …

Many fundamental issues in classical condensed matter physics can be addressed
experimentally using systems of individually visible mesoscopic particles playing the role of …

Magnetic skyrmion is a nanosized magnetic whirl with nontrivial topology, which is highly
relevant for applications on future memory devices. To enable the applications, theoretical …

Phase diagrams of hard and soft spheres with a fixed dipole moment are determined by
calculating the Helmholtz free energy using simulations. The pair potential is given by a …

We consider a single Brownian particle in a spatially symmetric, periodic system far from
thermal equilibrium. This setup can be readily realized experimentally. Upon application of …

We experimentally study the dynamics of active particles (APs) in a viscoelastic fluid under
various geometrical constraints such as flat walls, spherical obstacles and cylindrical …

We developed a new data analysis strategy, the so-called micro-rheo-map** technique,
based on multiparticle tracking experiments to obtain an accurate and direct visualization of …