Review articles and scientific commentaries

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20. Manuel Camargo, Christos N. Likos, and Dimitris Vlassopoulos, Perspectives on the rheology of telechelic star polymers, in preparation.

19. Michel Cloitre, Christos N. Likos, Dimitris Vlassopoulos, and Primoz Ziherl, Elasticity, deformability and penetrability of soft colloids, in preparation.

18. Charles M. Schroeder, Ralf Everaers, Kurt Kremer, Margarita Kruteva, Christos N. Likos, Gregory McKenna, J. Ravi Prakash, Dieter Richter, Rae Robertson-Anderson, Michael Rubinstein, Kenneth S. Schweizer, Charles E. Sing, and Dimitris Vlassopoulos, Ring Polymer Physics and Rheology: Challenges and Emerging Opportunities, submitted (2024).

17.  L. Tubiana, G. Alexander, A. Barbensi, D. Buck, J. Cartwright, M. Chwastyk, M. Cieplak, I. Coluzza, S. Copar, D. J. Craik, M. Di Stefano, R. Everaers, P. Faisca, F. Ferrari, A. Giacometti, D. Goundaroulis, E. Haglund, Y.-M. Hou, N. Ilieva, S. E. Jackson, A. Japaridze, N. Kaplan, A. Klotz, H. Li, C. N. Likos, E. Locatelli, T. Lopez-Leon, T. Machon, C. Micheletti, D. Michieletto, A. Niemi, W. Niemyska, S. Niewieczerzal, F. Nitti, E. Orlandini, S. Pasquali, A. P. Perlinska, R. Podgornik, R. Potestio, N. M. Pugno, M. Ravnik, R. Ricca, C. M. Rohwer, A. Rosa, J. Smrek, A. Souslov, A. Stasiak, D. Steer, J. Sulkowska, P. Sulkowski, D. W. L. Sumners, C. Svaneborg, P. Szymczak, T. Tarenzi, R. Travasso, P. Virnau, D. Vlassopoulos, P. Ziherl, and S. Zumer, Topology in soft and biological matter, Physics Reports 1075, 1 - 137 (2024). DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2024.04.002

16.  C. N. Likos, Maximizing space efficiency without order, analytically, Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics,  March 2022. DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2022_02

15.  C. N. Likos and J. Stenhammar, Electrostatics and Soft Matter: a Themed Collection in memory of Per Linse, Editorial, Soft Matter 14, 4019 (2018). DOI: 10.1039/C8SM90077A

14.  C. N. Likos, Colloidal Interactions: From Effective Potentials to Structure, Rivista del Nuovo Cimento 37(3) (2014). DOI: 0.1393/ncr/i2014-10098-1 Reproduced from Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Course 184, Physics of Complex Colloids, edited by C. Bechinger, F. Sciortino and P. Ziherl IOS Press, Amsterdam and SIF, Bologna) 2013, 1-60. DOI: 10.3254/978-1-61499-278-3-1

13.  The Soft Matter Editorial Board, Soft Matter, the future, Editorial, Soft Matter 9, 7889 (2013). DOI: 10.1039/C3SM90100A

12.  C. Dellago, G. Kahl, and C. N. Likos, Narrative: The Eighth Liquid Matter Conference, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 24, 280401 (2012). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/28/280401

11.  C. Dellago, G. Kahl, and C. N. Likos, Preface: The Eighth Liquid Matter Conference, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 24, 280301 (2012). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/28/280301

10.  J.-P. Hansen and C. N. Likos, Robert Evans FRS, Editorial, Molecular Physics 109, 997 - 998 (2011). DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2011.564464

9. E. Bianchi, R. Blaak, and C. N. Likos, Patchy colloids: state of the art and perspectives, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 13, 6397-6410 (2011). DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02296A

8.   A. Jusufi and C. N. Likos, Colloquium: Star-branched polyelectrolytes: the physics of their conformations and interactions, Reviews of Modern Physics 81, 1753 - 1772 (2009). DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.81.1753

7.  F. Lo Verso and C. N. Likos, End-functionalized polymers: versatile building blocks for soft materials, Polymer 49, 1425-1434 (2008). DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2007.11.051

6.  C. N. Likos, Soft matter with soft particles, Soft Matter 2, 478-498 (2006). DOI: 10.1039/B601916C

5.  C. N. Likos, Mathematical physics - Going to ground, Nature 440, 433-434 (2006). DOI: 10.1038/440433a

4.  M. Ballauff und C. N. Likos:  Dendrimere in Lösung - Erkentnisse aus Theorie und Simulation, Angewandte Chemie 116, 3060-3082 (2004), translated from the original English text by Ingo Götze. DOI: 10.1002/ange.200300602 [German version of review article 3 below].

3.  M. Ballauff and C. N. Likos: Dendrimers in Solution: Insight from Theory and Simulation, Angewandte Chemie International English Edition 43, 2998-3020 (2004). DOI: 10.1002/anie.200300602

2.  C. N. Likos and H. M. Harreis, Star polymers: From conformations to interactions to phase diagrams, Condensed Matter Physics 5, 173-200 (2002). DOI: 10.5488/CMP.5.1.173

1.  C. N. Likos, Effective interactions in soft condensed matter physics, Physics Reports 348, 267-439 (2001). DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(00)00141-1

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2025

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253. Konstantin Moser, Vittoria Sposini, Christos N. Likos, and Roman Stano: Microphase ordering and macrophase separation in ring polymer mixtures, in preparation.

252. Terpsichori S. Alexiou and Christos N. Likos: Bonding and fluctuations in DNA catenanes, in preparation.

251. Reyhaneh Afghahi Farimani and Christos N. Likos: Coarse-graining and phase behavior of star polymers in slit confinement, in preparation.

250. Dominik Schramm and Christos N. Likos, Effective interactions between topological insertions in self-avoiding, two-dimensional ring polymers, in preparation.

249. Roshan Akdar Mohamed Yunus, Utku Gürel, Aleksander Guzik, Philippe Dieudonné-George, Marc C. A. Stuart, Christos N. Likos, Patrizio Rafa, Domenico Truzzolillo, Andrea Giuntoli, and Daniele Parisi, Glass transition and yielding of ultrasoft charged spherical micelles, submitted.

248. Markus Reich, Thiago Escobar Colla, and Christos N. Likos, Structural transitions of ionic microgel solutions driven by circularly polarized electric fields, submitted.

247. Adam H. T. P. Höfler, Iurii Chubak, Christos N. Likos, and Jan Smrek, Entropic tug of war: Topological constraints sponaneously rectify the dynamics of a polymer with heterogeneous fluctuations, submitted.

246. Roman Stano, Christos N. Likos, Davide Michieletto, and Jan Smrek, Topology-driven phase separation and interconversion of twist and writhe domains in supecoiled annealed polyelectrolytes, submitted.

245. Clemens Jochum, Natasa Adzic, Emmanuel Stiakakis, Gerhard Kahl, and Christos N. Likos, Self-organization of planar and tripod-shaped DNA stars confinded to the water-air interface, submitted.

244. Marianne Korner and Christos N. Likos, On the design of a profession-oriented course on Theoretical Mechanics for Physics Education students, submitted.

2024

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243. Lisa Sappl, Christos N. Likos, and Andreas Zöttl, Polymer thermophoresis by mesoscopic simulations, Macromolecules XX, XXXX-XXXX (in press, 2024). DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01656

242. Xinbao Huang, Xiaohui Wen, Christos N. Likos, Deyin Wang, Linli He, Hai Li, and Rundong Li, Influence of the rigidity of the bakbone and arms on the dynamical and conformational properties of the comb polymer in shear flow, Journal of Chemical Physics 161, 154902 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0230750

241. Alla B. Dobroserdova, Elena S. Minina, Pedro A. Sanchez, Christos N. Likos, and Sofia S. Kantorovich, Core-shell nanogels: the effects of morphology, electro- and magnetostatic interactions, Soft Matter 20, 7797-7810 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SM00450G

240. Zahra Ahmadian Dehaghani, Iurii Chubak, Christos N. Likos, and Mohammad Reza Ejtehadi, Reply to the "Comment on “Effects of topological constraints on linked ring polymers in solvents of varying quality”" by M. Tsige and H. Guo, Soft Matter, 2024, 20, DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01614E, Soft Matter 20, 4651 - 4652 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SM00293H

239. Benedikt Vitecek, Christos N. Likos, and Ioana C. Garlea, Adsorption characteristics of Janus tadpole polymers, Journal of Chemical Physics 160, 224902 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0213433

238. Christoph Schneck, Jan Smrek, Christos N. Likos, and Andreas Zöttl, Supercoiled ring polymers under shear flow, Nanoscale 16, 8880 - 8899 (2024). DOI: 10.1039/D3NR04258H

237. Reyhaneh Afghahi Farimani, Zahra Ahmadian Dehaghanni, Christos N. Likos, and Mohammad Reza Ejtehadi, Effects of linking on the shear response of connected ring polymers: Catenanes and bonded rings flow differently, Physical Review Letters 132, 148101 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.148101 -- Editors' Suggestion

236. Esmaeel Moghimi, Iurii Chubak, Konstantinos Ntetsikas, George Polymeropoulos, Xin Wang, Consiglia Carillo, Antonia Statt, Luca Cipelletti, Kell Mortensen, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Christos N. Likos, and Dimitris Vlassopoulos, Interpenetrated and Bridged Nanocylinders from Self-Assembled Star Block Copolymers, Macromolecules 57, 926-939. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02088

235. Esmaeel Moghimi, Iurii Chubak, Maria Kaliva, Parvin Kiany, Taihyun Chang, Jungyoung Ahn, Nikolaos Patelis, Georgios Sakellariou, Sergei A. Egorov, Dimitris Vlassopoulos, and Christos N. Likos, Colloidal gelation induced by ring polymers, Physical Review Reseacrh 6, 013079 (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013079 -- Editors' Suggestion

234. Natasa Adzic, Clemens Jochum, Christos N. Likos and Emmanuel Stiakakis, Engineering ultrasoft interactions in stiff all-DNA dendrimers by site-specific control of scaffold flexibility, Small 2023, 2308763 (2024). DOI:10.1002/smll.202308763 

2023

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233. Vittoria Sposini, Christos N. Likos, and Manuel Camargo, Glassy phases of the Gaussian core model, Soft Matter 19, 9531 - 9540 (2023). DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01314F

232. Roman Stano, Christos N. Likos, and Sergei A. Egorov, Mixing linear chains with rings and catenanes: Bulk and interfacial behavior, Macromolecules 56, 8168 - 8182 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01267

231. Roman Stano, Jan Smrek, and Christos N. Likos, Cluster formation in solutions of polyelectrolyte rings, ACS Nano 17, 21369 - 21382 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c06083

230. Lisa Sappl, Christos N. Likos and Andreas Zöttl, Multi-Particle Collision Dynamics for a coarse-grained model of soft colloids applied to ring polymers, The Journal of Chemical Physics 159, 114904 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0165191

229. Terpsichori S. Alexiou and Christos N. Likos, Effective interactions between double-stranded DNA molecules in aqueous electrolyte solutions: effects of molecular architecture and counterion valency, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 127, 6969 - 6981 (2023). DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c02216

228. Roman Stano, Christos N. Likos, and Jan Smrek, To thread or not to thread? Effective potentials and threading interactions between asymmetric ring polymers, Soft Matter 19, 17 - 30 (2023). DOI: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/SM/D2SM01177H.

2022

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227. Mariarita Paciolla, Christos N. Likos, and Angel J. Moreno, On the validity of effective potentials in crowded solutions of linear and ring polymers with reversible bonds, Macromolecules 55, 2659-2674 (2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02610

226. Lisbeth Perez Ocampo, Lisa Weiss, Marie Jardat, Christos N. Likos, and Vincent Dahirel, Electroosmotic flow induced lift forces on polymer chains in nanochannels, ACS Polymers Au 2, 245-256 (2022). DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acspolymersau.1c00058

225. Jean-Marc Bomont, Christos N. Likos, and Jean-Pierre Hansen, Glass quantization of the Gaussian core model, Physical Review E 105, 024607 (2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.024607

224. Ivany Romero-Sanchez, Ilian Pihlajamaa, Natasa Adzic, Laura E. Castellano, Emmanuel Stiakakis, Christos N. Likos, and Marco Laurati, Blunt-end driven re-entrant ordering in quasi two-dimensional dispersions of spherical DNA brushes, ACS Nano 16, 2133 - 2146 (2022). DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.1c07799

223. Iurii Chubak, Stanard Mebwe Pachong, Kurt Kremer, Christos N. Likos, and Jan Smrek, Active topological glass confined within a spherical cavity, Macromolecules 55, 956 - 964 (2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02471

2021

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222. Emmanuel Stiakakis, Niklas Jung, Natasa Adzic, Taras Balandin, Emmanuel Kentzinger, Ulrich Rücker, Ralf Biehl, Jan K. G. Dhont, Ulrich Jonas, and Christos N. Likos, Self assembling cluster crystals from DNA based dendritic nanostructres, Nature Communications 12, 7167 (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27412-3

221. Daniele Parisi, Manuel Camargo, Kalliopi Makri, Mario Gauthier, Christos N. Likos, and Dimitris Vlassopoulos, Effects of softness on glass melting and reentrant solidification in mixtures of soft and hard colloids, Journal of Chemical Physics 155, 034901 (2021). DOI: aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0055381

220. Iurii Chubak, Christos N. Likos, and Sergei Egorov, Multiscale approaches for confined ring polymer solutions, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 125, 4910 - 4923 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c01953

219. Barbara Capone, Christos N. Likos, and Ivan Coluzza, Grafting density-induced reentrant disorder-order-disorder transition in planar diblock copolymer brushes, Soft Matter 17, 4719-4729 (2021). DOI: 10.1039/D0SM02154G

218. Iurii Chubak, Christos N. Likos, and Jan Smrek, Topological and threading effects in polydisperse ring polymer solutions, Molecular Physics 119, e1183140 (2021). DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2021.1883140

2020

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217. Iurii Chubak, Christos N. Likos, Kurt Kremer, and Jan Smrek, Emergence of active topological glass through directed chain dynamics and non-equilibrium phase segregation, Physical Review Research 2, 043239 (2020). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043249

216. Diego Jaramillo Cano, Manuel Camargo, Christos N. Likos, and Ioana C. Garlea, Dynamical properties of concentrated solutions of block copolymer stars in shear flow, Macromolecules 53, 10015-10027 (2020). DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01365

215. Ivonne Ventura Rosales, Emanuela Bianchi, Lorenzo Rovigatti, Christos N. Likos, and Emanuele Locatelli, Shape control of soft patchy nanoparticles under confinement, Nanoscale 12, 21188 - 21197 (2020). DOI: 10.1039/D0NR05058J

214. Maximilian Liebetreu and Christos N. Likos, Cluster prevalence in concentrated ring-chain mixtures under shear, Soft Matter 16, 8710-8719 (2020). DOI: 10.1039/D0SM01309A

213. Esmaeel Moghimi, Iurii Chubak, Dimitra Founta, Konstantinos Ntetsikas, George Polymeropoulos, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Christos N. Likos, and Dimitris Vlassopoulos, The influence of arm composition on the self-assembly of low-functionality telechelic star polymers in dilute solutions, Colloid and Polymer Science 299, 497-507 (2020). DOI: 10.1007/s00396-020-04742-0

212. Maximilian Liebetreu and Christos N. Likos, Shear-Induced Stack Orientation and Breakup in Cluster Glasses of Ring Polymers, ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2, 3505-3517 (2020). DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.0c00522

211. Zahra Ahmadian Dehaghani, Iurii Chubak, Christos N. Likos, and Mohammad Reza Ejtehadi, Effects of topological constraints on linked ring polymers in solvents of varying quality, Soft Matter 16, 3029-3038 (2020). DOI: 10.1039/c9sm02374g

210. Martin Jehser and Christos N. Likos, Aggregation shapes of amphiphilic ring polymers: from spherical to toroidal micelles, Colloid and Polymer Science 298, 735-745 (2020). DOI: 10.1007/s00396-020-04614-7

209. Maximilian Liebetreu and Christos N. Likos, Hydrodynamic inflation of ring polymers under shear, Communications Materials 1, 4 (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s43246-019-0006-5

208. Jan Smrek, Iurii Chubak, Christos N. Likos and Kurt Kremer, Active topological glass, Nature Communications 11, 26 (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13696-z

2019

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207. Lisa B. Weiss, Christos N. Likos, and Arash Nikoubashman, Spatial demixing of ring and chain polymers in pressure-driven flow, Macromolecules 52, 7858-7869 (2019). DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01629

206. José Ruiz Franco, Diego Jaramillo Cano, Manuel Camargo, Christos N. Likos, and Emanuela Zaccarelli, Multiparticle collision dynamics for a coarse-grained model of soft colloids, Journal of Chemical Physics 151, 074902 (2019). DOI: 10.1063/1.5113588. Correction, Journal of Chemical Physics 154, 079901 (2021). DOI: 10.1063/5.0045670

205. Martina Foglino, Emanuele Locatelli, Chris A. Brackley, Davide Michieletto, Christos N. Likos, and Davide Marenduzzo, Non-Equilibrium Effects of Molecular Motors on Polymers, Soft Matter 15, 5995-6005 (2019). DOI: 10.1039/C9SM00273A

204. Elena S. Minina, Pedro Sánchez, Christos N. Likos, and Sofia S. Kantorovich, Studying synthesis confinement effects on the internal structure of nanogels in computer simulations, Journal of Molecular Liquids 289, 111066 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111066

203. Esmaeel Moghimi, Iurii Chubak, Antonia Statt, Michael P. Howard, Dimitra Founta, George Polymeropoulos, Konstantinos Ntetsikas, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Christos N. Likos, and Dimitris Vlassopoulos, Self-organization and flow of low-functionality telechelic star polymers with varying attraction, ACS Macro Letters 8, 766-772 (2019). DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00211

202. Lisa B. Weiss, Mattia Marenda, Cristian Micheletti, and Christos N. Likos, Hydrodynamics and filtering of knotted ring polymers in nanochannels, Macromolecules 52, 4111−4119 (2019). DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00516

201. Ioana C. Garlea, Diego Jaramillo Cano and Christos N. Likos, Self-Organization of Gel Networks Formed by Block Copolymer Stars, Soft Matter 15, 3527-3540 (2019). DOI: 10.1039/c9sm00111e

200. Martin Jehser, Gerhard Zifferer, and Christos N. Likos, Scaling and interactions of linear and ring polymer brushes via DPD simulation, Polymers 11, 541 (2019). DOI:10.3390/polym11030541

199. D. Toneian, C. N. Likos, and G. Kahl, Controlled anisotropy of polymer-based nanoparticles employing shear flow and magnetic fields, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31, 24LT02 (2019). DOI:10.1088/1361-648X/ab0f6d

198. Clemens Jochum, Natasa Adzic, Emmanuel Stiakakis, Thomas L. Derrien, Dan Luo, Gerhard Kahl and Christos N. Likos, Structure and stimuli-responsiveness of all-DNA dendrimers: theory and experiment, Nanoscale 11, 1604 (2019). DOI:10.1039/c8nr05814h

2018

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197. Diego Jaramillo-Cano, Christos N. Likos and Manuel Camargo, Rotation dynamics of star block copolymers under shear flow, Polymers 10, 860 (2018). DOI: 10.3390/polym10080860

196. Iurii Chubak, Emanuele Locatelli and Christos N. Likos, Ring polymers are much stronger depleting agents than linear ones, Molecular Physics 116, 2911-2926 (2018). DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2018.1503744

195. Thiago Colla, Ronald Blaak and Christos N. Likos, Quenching of fully symmetric mixtures of oppositely charged microgels: the role of soft stiffness, Soft Matter 14, 5106-5120 (2018). DOI: 10.1039/c8sm00441b 

194. Elena S. Minina, Pedro A. Sánchez, Christos N. Likos and Sofia S. Kantorovich, The influence of the magnetic filler concentration on the properties of a microgel particle: Zero-field case, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 459, 226-230 (2018). DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2017.10.107

193. A.-K. Doukas, C. N. Likos and P. Ziherl, Structure formation in soft nanocolloids: liquid-drop model, Soft Matter 14, 3063-3072 (2018). DOI: 10.1039/C8SM00293B

192. Thiago Colla, Priti S. Mohanty, Sofi Nöjd, Erik Bialik, Aaron Riede, Peter Schurtenberger and Christos N. Likos, Self-Assembly of Ionic Microgels Driven by an Alternating Electric Field: Theory, Simulations and Experiments, ACS Nano 12, 4321-4337 (2018). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b08843

191. Diego Jaramillo-Cano, Maud Formanek, Christos N. Likos and Manuel Camargo, Star Block-Copolymers in Shear Flow, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 122, 4149-4158 (2018). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b12229

190. Maximilian Liebetreu, Marisol Ripoll and Christos N. Likos, Trefoil Knot Hydrodynamic Delocalization on Sheared Ring Polymers, ACS Macro Lett. 7, 447−452 (2018). DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00059

189. Ronald Blaak and Christos N. Likos, Self-assembly of magnetically functionalized star-polymer
nano-colloids
,The European Physical Journal E 41, (2018). DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2018-11614-y

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2017

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188. Lisa B. Weiss, Arash Nikoubashman,  and Christos N. Likos, Topology-Sensitive Microfluidic Filter for Polymers of Varying Stiffness, ACS Macro Lett. 6, 1426−1431 (2017). DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00768

187. Nathan A. Mahynski, Lorenzo Rovigatti, Christos N. Likos, and Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Void-Based Assembly of Colloidal Crystals, G.I.T. Laboratory Journal 5-6, 32 - 34 (2017). 

186. Emanuele Locatelli, Philip H. Handle, Christos N. Likos, Francesco Sciortino and Lorenzo Rovigatti, Condensation and Demixing in Solutions of DNA Nanostars and Their Mixtures, ACS Nano 11, 2094−2102 (2017). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b08287

185. Ioana C. Gârlea, Emanuela Bianchi, Barbara Capone, Lorenzo Rovigatti, Christos N. Likos, Hierarchical self-organization of soft patchy nanoparticles into morphologically diverse aggregates, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science 30, 1-7 (2017). DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2017.03.008

184. Emanuela Bianchi, Peter D.J. van Oostrum, Christos N. Likos, Gerhard Kahl, Inverse patchy colloids: Synthesis, modeling and self-organization, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science 30, 8-15 (2017). DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2017.03.010

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2016

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183.  L. Rovigatti, B. Capone, and C. N. Likos, Soft self-assembled nanoparticles with temperature-dependent properties, Nanoscale 8, 3288 (2016). DOI: 10.1039/C5NR04661K

182.  Peter Poier, Petra Bašová, Angel J. Moreno, Christos N. Likos and Ronald Blaak, Anisotropic effective interactions and stack formation in mixtures of semiflexible ring polymers, Soft Matter 12, 4805 (2016). DOI: 10.1039/C6SM00430J

181. Nathan A. Mahynski, Lorenzo Rovigatti, Christos N. Likos, and Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Bottom-Up Colloidal Crystal Assembly with a Twist, ACS Nano 10, 5459 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b01854

180. Dominic A. Lenz, Bianca M. Mladek, Christos N. Likos, and Ronald Blaak, Thermodynamic stability and structural properties of cluster crystals formed by amphiphilic dendrimers, The Journal of Chemical Physics 144, 204901 (2016). DOI: 10.1063/1.4950953

179. Peter Poier, Sergei A. Egorov, Christos N. Likos and Ronald Blaak, Concentration-induced planar-to-homeotropic anchoring transition of stiff ring polymers on hard walls, Soft Matter 12, 7983-7994 (2016). DOI: 10.1039/C6SM01453D

178. Emanuele Locatelli, Barbara Capone, and Christos N. Likos, Multiblob coarse-graining for mixtures of long polymers and soft colloids, The Journal of Chemical Physics 145, 174901 (2016). DOI: 10.1063/1.4965957

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2015

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177.  E. Bianchi, B. Capone, G. Kahl, and C. N. Likos, Soft-patchy nanoparticles: modeling and self-organization, Faraday Discussions 181, 123-138 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C4FD00271G

176.  C. Koch, A. Z. Panagiotopoulos, Lo Verso F., and C. N. Likos, Customizing wormlike mesoscale structures via self-assembly of amphiphilic star polymers, Soft Matter 11 , 3530 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C5SM00219B

175.  T. Escobar Colla, and C. N. Likos, Effective interactions in polydisperse systems of penetrable macroions, Molecular Physics 113, Nos. 17-18, 2496-2510 (2015). DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1026295

174.  C. Abaurrea Velasco, C. N. Likos, and G. Kahl, Effective interactions of DNA-stars, Molecular Physics 113, Nos. 17-18, 2699-2706 (2015). DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1048318

173.  P. Poier, C. N. Likos, A. Moreno, and R. Blaak, An anisotropic effective model for the simulation of semiflexible ring polymers, Macromolecules 48, 4983-4997 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00603

172.  S. Gupta, M. Camargo, J. Stellbrink, J. Allgaier, A. Radulescu, P. Lindner, E. Zaccarelli, C. N. Likos, and D. Richter, Dynamic phase diagram of soft nanocolloids, Nanoscale 7, 13924-13934 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C5NR03702F

171.  D. Marzi, B. Capone, J. Marakis, M. C. Merola, D. Truzzolillo, L. Cipelletti, F. Moingeon, M. Gauthier, D. Vlassopoulos, C. N. Likos, and M. Camargo, Depletion, melting and reentrant solidification in mixtures of soft and hard colloids, Soft Matter 11, 8296 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C5SM01551K

170.  S. Gupta, J. Stellbrink, E. Zaccarelli, C. N. Likos, M. Camargo, P. Holmqvist, J. Allgaier, L. Willner, and D. Richter, Validity of the Stokes-Einstein relation in soft colloids up to the glass transition, Physical Review Letters 115, 128302 (2015). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.128302

169.  A. Nikoubashman, N. A. Mahynski, B. Capone, A. Z. Panagiotopoulos, and C. N. Likos, Coarse-graining and phase behavior of model star polymer-colloid mixtures in solvents of varying quality, The Journal of Chemical Physics 143, 243108 (2015). DOI: 10.1063/1.4931410

168.  J. Riest, L. Athanasopoulou, S. A. Egorov, C. N. Likos, and P. Ziherl, Elasticity of polymeric nanocolloidal particles, Scientific Reports 5, 15854 (2015). DOI: 10.1038/srep15854

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2014

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167.  K. Müller, N. Osterman, D. Babic, C. N. Likos, J. Dobnikar, and A. Nikoubashman, Pattern formation and coarse-graining in 2D colloids driven by multiaxial magnetic fields, Langmuir 30, 5088 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/la500896e

166.  P. Poier, C. N. Likos, and R. Matthews, Influence of rigidity and knot complexity on the knotting of confined polymers, Macromolecules 47, 3394 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/ma5006414

165.  E. Bianchi, C. N. Likos, and G. Kahl, Tunable assembly of heterogeneously charged colloids, Nano Letters 14, 3412 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/nl500934v

164.  M. Z. Slimani, P. Bacova, M. Bernabei, A. Narros, C. N. Likos, and A. J. Moreno, Cluster glasses of semiflexible ring polymers, ACS Macro Letters 3, 611 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/mz500117v

163.  A. Narros, C. N. Likos, A. J. Moreno, and B. Capone, Multi-blob coarse graining for ring polymer solutions, Soft Matter 10, 9601 (2014). DOI: 10.1039/C4SM01904K

162.  T. Escobar Colla, C. N. Likos, and Y. Levin, Equilibrium properties of charged microgels: a Poisson-Boltzmann-Flory approach, The Journal of Chemical Physics 141, 234902 (2014). DOI: 10.1063/1.4903746

161.  C. Hanel, C. N. Likos, and R. Blaak, Effective interactions between multilayered ionic microgels, Materials 7, 7689-7705 (2014). DOI: 10.3390/ma7127689

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2013

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160.  M. Bernabei, P. Bacova, A. J. Moreno, A. Narros, and C. N. Likos, Fluids of semiflexible ring polymers: effective potentials and clustering, Soft Matter 9, 1287 (2013). DOI: 10.1039/C2SM27199K

159.  A. Nikoubashman, C. N. Likos, and G. Kahl, Computer simulations of colloidal particles under flow in microfluidic channels, Soft Matter 9, 2603 (2013). DOI: 10.1039/C2SM26727F

158.  A. Narros, A. J. Moreno, and C. N. Likos, Effective interactions of knotted ring polymers, Biochemical Society Transactions 41 (2), 630-634 (2013). DOI: 10.1042/BST20120286

157.  A. Narros, A. J. Moreno, and C. N. Likos, Effects of knots on ring polymers in solvents of varying quality, Macromolecules 46, 3654-3668 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/ma400308x

156.  S. A. Egorov, J. Paturej, C. N. Likos, and A. Milchev, Controlling the interactions between soft colloids via surface adsorption, Macromolecules 46, 3648-3653 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/ma400188s

155.  E. Bianchi, C. N. Likos, and G. Kahl, Self-assembly of heterogenously charged particles under confinement, ACS Nano 7 (5), 4657-4667 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/nn401487m

154.  R. Matthews and C. N. Likos, Structures and pathways for clathrin self-assembly in the bulk and on membranes, Soft Matter 9, 5794 (2013). DOI: 10.1039/C3SM50737H

153.  C. Koch, A. Z. Panagiotopoulos, F. Lo Verso, and C. N. Likos, Phase behavior of rigid, amphiphilic star polymers, Soft Matter 9, 7424 (2013). DOI: 10.1039/C3SM51135A

152.  R. Matthews and C. N. Likos, Dynamics of self-assembly of model viral capsids in the presence of a fluctuating membrane, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 117, 8283-8292 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/jp4037099

151.  B. Capone, I. Coluzza, R. Blaak, F. Lo Verso, and C. N. Likos, Hierarchical self-assembly of telechelic star polymers: from soft patchy particles to gels and diamond crystals, New Journal of Physics 15, 095002 (2013). DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/9/095002

150.  D. Truzzolillo, D. Marzi, J. Marakis, B. Capone, M. Camargo, A. Munam, F. Moingeon, M. Gauthier, C. N. Likos, and D. Vlassopoulos, Glassy states in asymmetric mixtures of soft and hard colloids, Physical Review Letters 111, 208301 (2013). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.208301

149.  A. Narros, A. J. Moreno, and C. N. Likos, Architecture-induced size asymmetry and effective interactions of ring polymers: simulation and theory, Macromolecules 46, 9437-9445 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/ma4016483

 

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2012

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148.  A. Nikoubashman, G. Kahl, and C. N. Likos: Flow quantization and nonequilibrium nucleation of soft crystals, Soft Matter 8, 4121-4131 (2012). DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06899G

147.  M. Camargo, S. A. Egorov, and C. N. Likos, Cluster formation in star-linear polymer mixtures: equilibrium and dynamical properties, Soft Matter 8, 4177-4184 (2012). DOI: 10.1039/C2SM06849D

146.  S. Huißmann, C. N. Likos, and R. Blaak, Explicit vs implicit water simulations of charged dendrimers, Macromolecules 45, 2562-2569 (2012). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/28/284119

145.  D. A. Lenz, R. Blaak, and C. N. Likos, Structural properties of dendrimer-colloid mixtures, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 24, 284119 (2012). DOI: 0953-8984/24/28/284119

144.  D. Marzi, C. N. Likos, and B. Capone, Coarse graining of star-polymer - colloid nanocomposites, Journal of Chemical Physics 137, 014902 (2012). DOI: 10.1063/1.4730751

143.  R. Blaak and C. N. Likos, Complexation and overcharging of polyelectrolyte stars and charged colloids, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 24, 322101 (2012). DOI:  10.1088/0953-8984/24/32/322101

142.  J. Riest, P. Mohanty, P. Schurtenberger, and C. N. Likos, Coarse-graining of ionic microgels: theory and experiment, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie 226, 711-735 (2012). DOI: 10.1524/zpch.2012.0258

141.  A. Jusufi, M. Konieczny, and C. N. Likos, Complexation of charged colloids with polyelectrolyte stars, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie 226, 585-596 (2012).DOI: 10.1524/zpch.2012.0261

140.  R. Matthews and C. N. Likos, Influence of fluctuating membranes on self-assembly of patchy colloids, Physical Review Letters 109, 178302 (2012). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.178302

139.  R. Matthews, Ard A. Louis, and C. N. Likos, Effect of bending rigidity on the knotting of a polymer under tension, ACS Macro Letters 1, 1352-1356 (2012). DOI: 10.1021/mz300493d

138.  D. A. Lenz, R. Blaak, C. N. Likos, and B. M. Mladek, Microscopically resolved simulations prove the existence of soft cluster crystals, Physical Review Letters 109, 228301 (2012). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.228301

137.  B. Capone, I. Coluzza, F. Lo Verso, C. N. Likos, and R. Blaak, Telechelic star polymers as self-assembling units from the molecular to the macroscopic scale, Physical Review Letters 109, 238301 (2012). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.238301

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2011

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136.  S. Huißmann, R. Blaak, and C. N. Likos, Effective interactions between charged dendrimers, Soft Matter 7, 8419-8427 (2011). DOI: 10.1039/C1SM05516J

135.  E. Bianchi, G. Kahl, and C. N. Likos, Inverse patchy colloids: from microscopic description to mesoscopic coarse-graining, Soft Matter 7, 8313-8323 (2011). DOI: 10.1039/C1SM05597F

134.  A. Nikoubashman, G. Kahl, and C. N. Likos, Cluster crystals under shear, Physical Review Letters 107, 068302 (2011). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.068302

133.  B. Lonetti, M. Camargo, J. Stellbrink, C. N. Likos, E. Zaccarelli, L. Willner, D. Richter, and P. Lindner, Ultrasoft colloid/polymer mixtures: structure and phase diagram, Physical Review Letters 106, 228301 (2011). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.228301

132.  R. Raccis, A. Nikoubashman, M. Retsch, U. Jonas, K. Koynov, H.-J. Butt, C. N. Likos, and G. Fytas, Confined diffusion in periodic porous nanostructures, ASC Nano 5 (6), 4607-4616 (2011). DOI: 10.1021/nn200767x

131.  M. Camargo and C. N. Likos, Interfacial and wetting behaviour of phase-separating ultrasoft mixtures, Molecular Physics 109, 7-10, 1121-1132 (2011). DOI:  10.1080/00268976.2010.548344

130.  D. A. Lenz, B. M. Mladek, C. N. Likos, G. Kahl, and R. Blaak, Monomer-resolved simulations of cluster-forming dendrimers, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 115 (22), 7218-7226 (2011).DOI: 10.1021/jp109132m

129.  T. Neuhaus and C. N. Likos, Phonons dispersions of cluster crystals, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 23, 234112 (2011). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/23/234112

128.  C. Koch, C. N. Likos, A. Z. Panagiotopoulos, and F. LoVerso, Self-assembly scenarios of block copolymer stars, Molecular Physics 109, 23-24, 3049-3060 (2011). DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2011.627385

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2010

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127.  S. Huißmann, C. N. Likos, and R. Blaak, Conformations of high-generation dendritic polyelectrolytes, Journal of Materials Chemistry 20, 10486-01494 (2010). DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01584A

126.  M. Camargo, A. J. Moreno, and C. N. Likos, Dynamics in binary cluster crystals, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, JSTAT P10015 (2010). DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2010/10/P10015

125.  A. Nikoubashman and C. N. Likos, Flow-induced polymer translocation through narrow and patterned channels, Journal of Chemical Physics 133, 074901 (2010). DOI:  10.1063/1.3466918

124.  A. Wilk, S. Huißmann, E. Stiakakis, J. Kohlbrecher, D. Vlassopoulos, C. N. Likos, G. Meier, J. K. G. Dhont, G. Petekidis, and R. Vavrin, Osmotic shrinkage in star-linear polymer mixtures, European Physical Journal E 32, 127-134 (2010). DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2010-10607-2

123.  J. Fornleitner, G. Kahl, and C. N. Likos, Tailoring the phonon band structure of binary colloidal mixtures, Physical Review E: Rapid Communications 81, 060401 (2010). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.060401

122.  A. Narros, A. J. Moreno, and C. N. Likos, Influence of topology on effective potentials: coarse-graining ring polymers, Soft Matter 6, 2435-2441 (2010). DOI: 10.1039/C001523G

121.  S. Huißmann, A. Wynveen, C. N. Likos, and R. Blaak, The effects of pH, salt and bond stiffness on charged dendrimers, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 22, 232101 (2010). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/23/232101

120.  A. Nikoubashman and C. N. Likos, Self-assembled structures of Gaussian nematic particles, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 22, 104107 (2010). DOI:  10.1088/0953-8984/22/10/104107

119.  M. Camargo and C. N. Likos, Unusual features of depletion interactions in soft polymer-based colloids mixed with linear homopolymers, Physical Review Letters 104, 078301 (2010). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.078301

118.  A. Nikoubashman and C. N. Likos, Branched polymers under shear, Macromolecules 43, 1610-1620 (2010). DOI:  10.1021/ma902212s

117.  A. Wynveen and C. N. Likos, Interactions between planar polyelectrolyte brushes: effects of stiffness and salt, Soft Matter 6, 163-171 (2010). DOI: 10.1039/B919808C

116.  F. Lo Verso, A. Z. Panagiotopoulos, and C. N. Likos, Phase behavior of low-functionality telechelic star block copolymers, Faraday Discussions 144, 143-157 (2010). DOI: 10.1039/B905073F

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2009

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115.  D. A. Lenz, R. Blaak, and C. N. Likos, Colloid-dendrimer complexation, Soft Matter 5, 4542-4548 (2009). DOI: 10.1039/B911357F

114.  A. Chremos and C. N. Likos, Crystal structures of two-dimensional binary mixtures of magnetic colloids in tilted external fields, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 113, 12316-12325 (2009). DOI: 10.1021/jp903820d

113.  A. Wynveen and C. N. Likos, Interactions between planar stiff polyelectrolyte brushes, Physical Review E Rapid communications 80, 080801(R) (2009). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.010801

112.  D. A. Lenz, R. Blaak, and C. N. Likos, Adsorption characteristics of amphiphilic dendrimers, Soft Matter 5, 2905-2912 (2009). DOI: 10.1039/B904163J

111.  M. Kahn, J.-J. Weis, C. N. Likos, and G. Kahl, Ordered equilibrium structures in soft matter systems between two and three dimensions, Soft Matter 5, 2852-2857 (2009). DOI: 10.1039/B906832E

110.  S. D. Overduin and C. N. Likos, Clustering in non-demixing mixtures of repulsive particles, Journal of Chemical Physics 131, 034902 (2009), DOI: 10.1063/1.3182848

109.  J. Fornleitner, F. Lo Verso, G. Kahl, and C. N. Likos, Ordering in two-dimensional dipolar mixtures, Langmuir 25, 7836-7846 (2009). DOI: 10.1021/la900421v

108.  M. Camargo and C. N. Likos, Phase separation in star-linear polymer mixtures, Journal of Chemical Physics 130, 204904 (2009). DOI: 10.1063/1.3141983

107.  T. Tückmantel, F. Lo Verso, and C. N. Likos, Ground states of ultrasoft particles with attractions: a genetic algorithm approach, Molecular Physics 107, 523-534 (2009). DOI: 10.1080/00268970902873562

106.  S. Huißmann, R. Blaak, and C. N. Likos, Star polymers in solvents of varying quality, Macromolecules 42, 2806-2816 (2009). DOI: 10.1021/ma8023359

105.  F. Lo Verso, A. Z. Panagiotopoulos, and C. N. Likos, Aggregation phenomena in telechelic star polymer solutions, Physical Review E Rapid Communications 79, 010401(R) (2009). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.010401 

104.  S. D. Overduin and C. N. Likos, Phase behaviour in binary mixtures of ultrasoft repulsive particles, Europhysics Letters 85, 26003 (2009). DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/85/26003

103.  C. Mayer, F. Sciortino, C. N. Likos, P. Tartaglia, H. Löwen, and E. Zaccarelli, Multiple glass transitions in star polymer mixtures: insight from theory and simulation, Macromolecules 42, 423-434 (2009). DOI: 10.1021/ma801894x

102.  S. van Teeffelen, A. J. Moreno, and C. N. Likos, Cluster crystals in confinement, Soft Matter 5, 1024-1038 (2009). DOI: 10.1039/B813916D

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2008

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101.  B. M. Mladek, P. Charbonneau, C. N. Likos, D. Frenkel, and G. Kahl, Multiple-occupancy crystals formed by purely repulsive, soft particles, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 20, 494245 (2008). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/49/494245

100.  C. N. Likos, R. Blaak, and A. Wynveen, Computer simulations of polyelectrolyte stars and brushes, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 20, 494221 (2008). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/49/494221

99.  S. van Teeffelen, H. Löwen, and C. N. Likos, Crystallization of magnetic dipolar monolayers: a density functional approach, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 20, 404217 (2008). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/40/404217

98.  R. Blaak, S. Lehmann, and C. N. Likos, Charge-induced conformational changes of dendrimers, Macromolecules 41, 4452-4458 (2008). DOI: 10.1021/ma800283z

97.  H. H. Wensink, H. Löwen, M. Rex, C. N. Likos, and S. van Teeffelen, Long-time self-diffusion for Brownian Gaussian-core particles, Computer Physics Communications 179, 77-81 (2008). DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2008.01.009

96.  C. N. Likos, B. M. Mladek, A. J. Moreno, D. Gottwald, and G. Kahl, Cluster-forming systems of ultrasoft repulsive particles: statics and dynamics, Computer Physics Communications 179, 71-76 (2008). DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2008.01.015

95.  C. Mayer, E. Zaccarelli, E. Stiakakis, C. N. Likos, F. Sciortino, A. Munam, M. Gauthier, N. Hadjichristidis, H. Iatrou, P. Tartaglia, H. Löwen, and D. Vlassopoulos, Asymmetric caging in soft colloidal mixtures, Nature Materials 7, 780-784 (2008). DOI: 10.1038/nmat2286

94.  K. Kegler, M. Konieczny, G. Dominguez-Espinosa, C. Gutsche, M. Salomo, F. Kremer, and C. N. Likos, Polyelectrolyte-compression forces between spherical DNA brushes, Physical Review Letters 100, 118302 (2008). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.118302

93.  S. van Teeffelen, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Colloidal crystal growth at externally imposed nucleation clusters, Physical Review Letters 100, 108302 (2008). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.108302

92.  J. Fornleitner, F. Lo Verso, G. Kahl, and C. N. Likos, Genetic algorithms predict formation of exotic ordered phases for two-component dipolar monolayers, Soft Matter 4, 480-484 (2008). DOI: 10.1039/B717205B

91.  B. M. Mladek, G. Kahl, and C. N. Likos, Computer assembly of cluster-forming amphiphilic dendrimers, Physical Review Letters 100, 028301 (2008). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.028301

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2007

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90.  B. M. Mladek, D. Gottwald, G. Kahl, M. Neumann, and C. N. Likos, Clustering in the absence of attractions: density functional theory and computer simulations, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111, 12799-12808 (2007). DOI: 10.1021/jp074652m

89.  F. Lo Verso, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Computer simulation of thermally sensitive telechelic star polymers, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111, 15803-15810 (2007). DOI:  10.1021/jp0737606

88.  N. Hoffmann, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Correlation of two-dimensional super-paramagnetic colloids in tilted external magnetic fields, Molecular Physics 105, 1849-1860 (2007). DOI: 10.1080/00268970701441892 

87.  A. J. Moreno and C. N. Likos, Diffusion and relaxation dynamics in cluster crystals, Physical Review Letters 99, 107801 (2007). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.107801

86.  M. Konieczny and C. N. Likos, From sea-urchins to starfishes: controlling the adsorption of star-branched polyelectrolytes on charged walls, Soft Matter 3, 1130 (2007). DOI: 10.1039/B708788H

85.  C. N. Likos, B. M. Mladek, D. Gottwald, and G. Kahl, Why do ultrasoft repulsive particles cluster and crystallize? Analytical results from density functional theory, Journal of Chemical Physics 126, 224502 (2007). DOI:  10.1063/1.2738064

84.  M. Konieczny and C. N. Likos, Fluid-fluid demixing transitions in colloid-polyelectrolyte star mixtures, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 19, 076105 (2007). DOI:  10.1088/0953-8984/19/7/076105

83.  C. Mayer, E. Stiakakis, E. Zaccarelli, C. N. Likos, F. Sciortino, H. Löwen, P. Tartaglia, and D. Vlassopoulos, Rheological transitions in asymmetric colloidal star mixtures, Rheologica Acta 46, 611 (2007). DOI: 10.1007/s00397-006-0145-8

82.  C. Mayer and C. N. Likos, A coarse-grained description of star-linear polymer mixtures, Macromolecules 40, 1196 (2007). DOI: 10.1021/ma062117z

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2006

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81.  F. Lo Verso. C. N. Likos, C. Mayer, and L. Reatto, Effects of attraction on the dynamical arrest of soft colloids, Molecular Physics 104, 3523 (2006). DOI: 10.1080/00268970600976733

80.  N. Hoffmann, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Microphase structuring in two-dimensional magnetic colloid mixtures, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 18, 10193-10221 (2006). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/18/45/007

79.  N. Hoffmann, F. Ebert, C. N. Likos, H. Löwen, and G. Maret, Partial clustering in binary two-dimensional colloidal suspensions, Physical Review Letters 97, 078301 (2006). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.078301

78.  S. van Teeffelen, C. N. Likos, N. Hoffmann, and H. Löwen, Density functional theory of freezing for soft interactions in two dimensions, Europhysics Letters 75, 583-589 (2006). DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2006-10140-7

77.  M. Konieczny and C. N. Likos, Polyelectrolyte stars in planar confinement, Journal of Chemical Physics 124, 214904 (2006). DOI: 10.1063/1.2202855

76.  F. Lo Verso, C. N. Likos, C. Mayer, and H. Löwen, Collapse of telechelic star polymers to water-melon structure, Physical Review Letters 96, 187802 (2006). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.187802

75.  F. Lo Verso, C. N. Likos, and L. Reatto, Star polymers with tunable attractions: cluster formation, phase separation, reentrant crystallization, Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science 133, 78-87 (2006). DOI: 10.1007/2882_067

74.  I. O. Götze, A. J. Archer, and C. N. Likos, Structure, phase behaviour and inhomogeneous fluid properties of binary dendrimer mixtures, Journal of Chemical Physics 124, 084901 (2006). DOI: 10.1063/1.2172596

73.  M. Rex, C. N. Likos, J. Duzbiella, and H. Löwen, Ultrasoft colloids in cavities of oscillating size or sharpness, Molecular Physics 104, 527-540 (2006). DOI: 10.1080/00268970500460382

72.  B. M. Mladek, D. Gottwald, G. Kahl, M. Neumann, and C. N. Likos, Formation of polymorphic cluster phases for a class of models of purely repulsive soft spheres, Physical Review Letters 96, 045701 (2006). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.045701

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2005

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71.  E. Zaccarelli, C. Mayer, A. Asteriadi, C. N. Likos, F. Sciortino, J. Roovers, H. Iatrou, N. Hadjichristidis, P. Tartaglia, H. Löwen, and D. Vlassopoulos, Tailoring the flow of soft glasses by soft additives, Physical Review Letters 95, 268301 (2005). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.268301

70.  E. Stiakakis, G. Petekidis, D. Vlassopoulos, C. N. Likos, H. Iatrou, N. Hadjichristidis, and J. Roovers, Depletion and cluster formation in soft colloid-polymer mixtures, Europhysics Letters 72, 664-670 (2005). DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10283-y

69.  H. Löwen, R. Messina, N. Hoffmann, C. N. Likos, C. Eisenmann, P. Keim, U. Gasser, G. Maret, and T. Palberg, Colloidal layers in magnetic fields and under shear flow, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 17, S3379-S3386 (2005). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/45/025

68.  C. N. Likos, C. Mayer, E. Stiakakis, and G. Petekidis, Clustering of soft colloids due to polymer additives, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 17, S3363-S3369 (2005). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/45/023

67.  R. L. C. Vink, A. Jusufi, J. Dzubiella, and C. N. Likos, Bulk and interfacial properties in colloid-polymer mixtures, Physical Review E Rapid Communications 72, 030401(R) (2005). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.030401

66.  M. Rex, H. Löwen, and C. N. Likos, Soft colloids driven and sheared by traveling wave fields, Physical Review E 72, 021404 (2005). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.021404

65.  D. Gottwald, G. Kahl, and C. N. Likos, Predicting equilibrium structures in freezing processes, Journal of Chemical Physics 122, 204503 (2005). DOI: 10.1063/1.1901585

64.  I. O. Götze and C. N. Likos, Microscopic and coarse-grained correlations of concentrated dendrimer solutions, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 17, S1777-S1797 (2005). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/20/008

63.  V. A. Froltsov, C. N. Likos, H. Löwen, C. Eisenmann, U. Gasser, P. Keim, and G. Maret, Anisotropic mean-square displacements in two-dimensional colloidal crystals of titled dipoles, Physical Review E 71, 031404 (2005). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.031404

62.  D. Gottwald, C. N. Likos, G. Kahl, and H. Löwen, Ionic microgels as model systems for colloids with an ultrasoft electrosteric repulsion: structure and thermodynamics, Journal of Chemical Physics 122, 074903 (2005). DOI: 10.1063/1.1850451

61.  B. Loppinet, G. Fytas, D. Vlassopoulos, C. N. Likos, G. Meier, and G. Liu, Dynamics of dense suspensions of star-like micelles with responsive fixed cores, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 206, 163-172 (2005). DOI: 10.1002/macp.200400165

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2004

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60.  M. Konieczny, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Soft effective interactions between weakly charged polyelectrolyte chains, Journal of Chemical Physics 121, 4913-4924 (2004). DOI: 10.1063/1.1781111

59.  A. Jusufi, C. N. Likos, and M. Ballauff, Counterion distributions and effective interactions of spherical polyelectrolyte brushes, Colloid and Polymer Science 282, 910-917 (2004). DOI: 10.1007/s00396-004-1129-9

58.  V. A. Froltsov, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Colloids in inhomogeneous external magnetic fields: particle tweezing, trapping and void formation, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 16, S4103-S4114 (2004). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/38/025

57.  N. Hoffmann, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Structure and phase behaviour of polyelectrolyte star solutions, Journal of Chemical Physics 121, 7009-7021 (2004). DOI: 10.1063/1.1790451

56.  C. Mayer, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Equilibrium properties of highly asymmetric star polymer mixtures, Physical Review E 709, 041402 (2004). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.041402

55.  I. O. Götze, H. M. Harreis, and C. N. Likos, Tunable effective interactions between dendritic macromolecules, Journal of chemical Physics 120, 7761-7771 (2004). DOI: 10.1063/1.1689292

54.  D. Gottwald, C. N. Likos, G. Kahl, and H. Löwen, Phase behaviour of ionic microgels, Physical Review Letters 92, 068301 (2004). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.068301

53.  E. Zaccarelli, H. Löwen, P. P. F. Wessels, F. Sciortino, P. Tartaglia, and C. N. Likos, Is there a reentrant glass in binary mixtures? , Physical Review Letters 92, 225703 (2004). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.225703

52.  N. Hoffmann, C. N. Likos, and J.-P. Hansen, Linear screening of the electrostatic potential around spherical particles with non-spherical charge patterns, Molecular Physics 102, 857-868 (2004). DOI: 10.1080/00268970410001695688

51.  A. J. Archer, C. N. Likos, and R. Evans, Soft core binary fluid exhibiting a Lambda-line and freezing to a highly delocalized crystal, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 16, L297-L303 (2004). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/23/L03

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2003

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50.  H. M. Harreis, C. N. Likos, and M. Ballauff, Can dendrimers be viewed as compact colloids? A simulation study of the fluctuations in a dendrimer of fourth generation, Journal of Chemical Physics 118, 1979-1988 (2003). DOI: 10.1063/1.1530577

49.  C. N. Likos, N. Hoffmann, A. Jusufi, and H. Löwen, Interactions and phase behaviour of polyelectrolyte star solutions, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 15, S233-S238 (2003). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/1/330

48.  J. Dzubiella and C. N. Likos, Mean-field dynamical density functional theory, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 15, L147-L154 (2003). DOI:  10.1088/0953-8984/15/6/102

47.  H. Löwen, E. Allahyarov, C. N. Likos, R. Blaak, J. Dzubiella, A. Jusufi, N. Hoffmann, and H. M. Harreis, Charged colloids, polyelectrolytes and biomolecules viewed as strongly coupled Coulomb systems, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 36, 5827-5834 (2003). DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/36/22/301

46.  H. M. Harreis, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Azimuthal frustration and bundling in columnar DNA aggregates, Biophysical Journal 84, 3607-3623 (2003). DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75092-9

45.  G. Foffi, F. Sciortino, P. Tartaglia, E. Zaccarelli, F. Lo Verso, L. Reatto, K. Dawson, and C. N. Likos, Structural arrest in dense star polymer solutions, Physical Review Letters 90, 238301 (2003). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.238301

44.  I. O. Götze and C. N. Likos, Conformations of flexible dendrimers: a simulation study, Macromolecules 36, 8189-8197 (2003). DOI: 10.1021/ma030137k

43.  J. Dzubiella, H. Löwen, and C. N. Likos, Depletion forces in non-equilibrium, Physical Review Letters 91, 248301 (2003). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.248301

42.  V. A. Froltsov, R. Blaak, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Crystal structures of two-dimensional magnetic colloids in tilted external magnetic fields, Physical Review E 68, 061406 (2003). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.061406

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2002

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41.  A. Jusufi, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Conformations and interactions of star-branched polyelectrolytes, Physical Review Letters 88, 018301 (2002). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.018301

40.  J. Dzubiella, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Star-polymers as depleting agents of colloidal hard spheres, Europhysics Letters 58, 133-139 (2002). DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2002-00615-y

39.  J. Dzubiella, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Phase behaviour and structure of star-polymer-colloid mixtures, Journal of Chemical Physics 116, 9518-9530 (2002). DOI: 10.1063/1.1474578

38.  A. Jusufi, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Counterion-induced entropic interactions in solutions of strongly stretched, osmotic polyelectrolyte stars, Journal of Chemical Physics 116, 11011-11027 (2002). DOI: 10.1063/1.1480007

37.  H. M. Harreis, A. A. Kornyshev, C. N. Likos, H. Löwen, and G. Sutmann, Phase behaviour of columnar DNA assemblies, Physical Review Letters 89, 018303 (2002). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.018303

Selected for publication in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, issue of 15 June, 2002.

36.  C. N. Likos, S. Rosenfeldt, N. Dingenouts, M. Ballauff, P. Lindner, N. Werner, and F. Vögtle, Gaussian effective interaction between flexible dendrimers of fourth generation: a theoretical and experimental study, Journal of Chemical Physics 117, 1869-1877 (2002). DOI: 10.1063/1.1486209

35.  C. N. Likos, N. Hoffmann, H. Löwen, and A. A. Louis, Exotic fluids and crystals of soft polymeric colloids, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 14, 7681-7698 (2002). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/14/33/309

Festschrift für Prof. Peter Pusey

34.  S. Rosenfeldt, N. Dingenouts, M. Ballauff, P. Lindner, C. N. Likos, N. Werner, and F. Vögtle, Determination of the structure factor of polymeric systems in solution by small-angle scattering: a SANS-study of a dendrimer of fourth generation, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 203, 1995-2004 (2002). DOI: 10.1002/1521-3935(200209)203:13<1995::AID-MACP1995>3.0.CO;2-6

33.  E. Stiakakis, D. Vlassopoulos, C. N. Likos, J. Roovers, and G. Meier, Polymer-mediated melting in ultrasoft colloidal gels, Physical Review Letters 89, 208302 (2002). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.208302

32.  A. J. Archer, C. N. Likos, and R. Evans, Binary star-polymer solutions: bulk and interfacial properties, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 14, 12031-12050 (2002). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/14/46/311

Selected for publication in the electronic archive IOP Select of the Institute of Physics Publishing, section of Condensed Matter Physics.

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2001

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31.  C. N. Likos, A. Lang, M. Watzlawek, and H. Löwen, Criterion for determining clustering versus reentrant melting behaviour for bounded interaction potentials, Physical Review E 63, 031206 (2001).DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.031206

30.  C. N. Likos, M. Schmidt, H. Löwen, M. Ballauff, D. Pötschke, and P. Lindner, Soft interaction between dissolved flexible dendrimers: theory and experiment, Macromolecules 34, 2914-2920 (2001). DOI: 10.1021/ma001346x

29.  J. Dzubiella, H. M. Harreis, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Sedimentation profiles of systems with reentrant melting behaviour, Physical Review E 64, 011405 (2001).DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.64.011405

28.  J. Dzubiella, A. Jusufi, C. N. Likos, C. von Ferber, H. Löwen, J. Stellbrink, J. Allgaier, D. Richter, A. B. Schofield, P. A. Smith, W. C. K. Poon, and P. N. Pusey, Phase separation in star polymer-colloid mixtures, Physical Review E 64, 010401(R) (2001).DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.64.010401

27.  A. Jusufi, J. Dzubiella, C. N. Likos, C. von Ferber, and H. Löwen, Effective interactions between star polymers and colloidal particles, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 13, 6177-6194 (2001).DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/13/28/303

26.  C. von Ferber, Y. Holovatch, A. Jusufi, C. N. Likos, H. Löwen, and M. Watzlawek, Colloids with polymer stars: the interaction, Journal of Molecular Liquids 93, 151-154 (2001). DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7322(01)00223-9

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2000

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25.  H. Löwen, M. Watzlawek, C. N. Likos, M. Schmidt, A. Jusufi, and A. R. Denton, Phase transitions in colloidal suspensions and star polymer solutions, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 12, A465-A469 (2000). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/12/8A/364

24.  C. N. Likos, K. A. Vaynberg, H. Löwen, and N. J. Wagner, Colloidal stabilization by adsorbed gelatin, Langmuir 16, 4100-4108 (2000). DOI: 10.1021/la991142d

23.  A. Lang, C. N. Likos, M. Watzlawek, and H. Löwen, Fluid and solid phases of the Gaussian core model, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 12, 5087-5108 (2000).DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/12/24/302

22.  C. von Ferber, A. Jusufi, C. N. Likos, H. Löwen, and M. Watzlawek, Triplet interactions in star polymer solutions, European Physical Journal E 2, 311-318 (2000).DOI: 10.1007/s101890050013

21.  C. von Ferber, A. Jusufi, M. Watzlawek, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Polydisperse star polymer solutions, Physical Review E 62, 6949-6956 (2000). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.6949

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1999

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20.  M. Watzlawek, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Phase diagram of star polymer solutions, Physical Review Letters 82, 5289-5292 (1999).DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5289

19.  A. Lang, G. Kahl, C. N. Likos, H. Löwen, and M. Watzlawek, Structure and thermodynamics of square-well and square-shoulder fluids, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 11, 10143-10161 (1999). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/11/50/308

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1998

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18.  C. N. Likos, H. Löwen, M. Watzlawek, B. Abbas, O. Jucknischke, J. Allgaier, and D. Richter, Star polymers viewed as ultrasoft colloidal particles, Physical Review Letters 80, 4450-4453 (1998). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.4450

17. C. N. Likos, M. Watzlawek, and H. Löwen, Freezing and clustering transitions for penetrable spheres, Physical Review E 58, 3135-3144 (1998). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.58.3135

16.  M. Watzlawek, H. Löwen, and C. N. Likos, The anomalous structure factor of dense star polymer solutions, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 10, 8189-8205 (1998). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/10/37/007

15.  C. N. Likos, H. Löwen, A. Poppe, L. Willner, J. Roovers, B. Cubitt, and D. Richter, Ordering phenomena of star polymer solutions approaching the Theta-state, Physical Review E 58, 6299-6307 (1998). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.58.6299

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1997

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14.  C. N. Likos, Anisotropic triangular Ising model in the extended mean-field renormalization group approach, Physical Review E 55, 2001-2004 (1997). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.55.2001

13.  C. N. Likos, S. Moroni, and G. Senatore, Density-functional theory of freezing of quantum liquids at zero temperature using exact liquid-state linear response, Physical Review B 55, 8867-8880 (1997). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.55.8867

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1996

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12.  Z. T. Németh, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Density functional study of solid-to-solid isostructural transitions in colloidal crystals, Magyar Kemiai Folyoirat 102, 515-522 (1996). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/6/50/007

11.  C. N. Likos and A. Maritan, Multi-interaction mean-field renormalization group, Physical Review E 53, 3303-3314 (1996). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.53.3303

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1995

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10.  C. N. Likos, K. R. Mecke, and H. Wagner, Statistical morphology of random interfaces in microemulsions, Journal of Chemical Physics 102, 9350-9361 (1995). DOI: 10.1063/1.468802

9.  C. N. Likos and G. Senatore, Nonperturbative density functional theory of solid-to-solid isostructural transitions, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 7, 6797-6808 (1995). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/7/34/005

8.  Z. T. Németh and C. N. Likos, Density-functional theory of solid-to-solid isostructural transitions: the case of attractive Yukawa potentials, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 7, L537-L543 (1995). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/7/41/002

7.  C. N. Likos, Z. T. Németh, and H. Löwen, Reply to comment on 'density-functional theory of solid-to-solid isostructural transitions', Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 7, 8215-8217 (1995). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/7/42/017

6.  C. N. Likos and N. W. Ashcroft, Comment on 'ability of nonperturbative density-functional theories to stabilize arbitrary solids', Physical Review E 52, 5714-5715 (1995). DOI: 10.1103/physreve.52.5714

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1994

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5.  C. N. Likos, Z. T. Németh, and H. Löwen, Density-functional theory of solid-to-solid isostructural transitions, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 6, 10965-10975 (1994). DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/6/50/007

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1993

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4.  C. N. Likos and C. L. Henley, Complex alloy phases for binary hard-disc mixtures, Philosophical Magazine B 68, 85-113 (1993). DOI: 10.1080/13642819308215284

3.  C. N. Likos and N. W. Ashcroft, Density-functional theory of nonuniform classical fluids: an extended modified weighted-density approximation, Journal of Chemical Physics 99, 9090-9102 (1993). DOI: 10.1063/1.465575

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1992

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2.  C. N. Likos and N. W. Ashcroft, Exact integral equations for the distribution functions of liquids and liquid mixtures, Journal of Chemical Physics 97, 9303-9310 (1992). DOI: 10.1063/1.463306

1.  C. N. Likos and N. W. Ashcroft, Self-consistent theory of freezing of the classical one-component plasma, Physical Review Letters 69, 316-319 (1992). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3134

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Book Contributions

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8. C. Dellago, D. Di Sante, C. Franchini, S. S. Kantorovich, and C. N. Likos, editors: Proceedings of the International School of Physics 'Enrico Fermi', Course CCXV on ’Topology and Materials’, to appear.

7. C. N. Likos, Depletion interactions on soft colloids: Glass formation, melting and demixing, in Proceedings of the International School of Physics 'Enrico Fermi', Course CXCII on 'Soft Matter Self-Assembly', edited by C. N. Likos, F. Sciortino, E. Zaccarelli, and P. Ziherl, IOS, Amsterdam; SIF, Bologna, 2016 (ISBN: 978-1-61499-661-3).

6. C. N. Likos, F. Sciortino, E. Zaccarelli, and P. Ziherl, editors: Proceedings of the International School of Physics 'Enrico Fermi', Course CXCII on ’Soft Matter Self-Assembly’, IOS, Amsterdam; SIF, Bologna, 2016 (ISBN: 978-1-61499-661-3).

5.  R. Blaak, B. Capone, C. N. Likos, and L. Rovigatti, Accurate Coarse-Grained Potentials for Soft Matter Systems, in Computational Trends in Solvation and Transport in Liquids - Lecture Notes, edited by G. Sutmann, J. Grotendorst, G. Gompper, and D. Marx. Forschungszentrum Jülich, IAS Series, Vol. 28, 2015 (ISBN 978-3-95806-030-2).

4.  C. N. Likos, Colloidal Interactions: From Effective Potentials to Structure, in Proceedings of the International School of Physics 'Enrico Fermi', Course CLXXXIV on 'Physics of Complex Colloids', edited by C. Bechinger, F. Sciortino and P. Ziherl, IOS, Amsterdam; SIF, Bologna, 2013 (ISBN: 978-1-61499-277-6).

3.  C. N. Likos, Structure and Thermodynamics of Ionic Microgels, in Microgel Suspensions - Fundamentals and Applications, edited by Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Hans Wyss, Johan Mattson, and David A. Weitz, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2011.

2.  C. N. Likos, Phase Behavior of Colloidal Systems, in Lecture Notes of the 37th Spring School 2006, Institute for Solid State Research (IFF), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 2006.

1.  C. N. Likos and M. Ballauff, Equilibrium Structure of Dendrimers - Results and Open Questions, in Functional Molecular Nanostructures of the series Topics in Current Chemistry 245, edited by A. D. Schlüter, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2005, 239-252.

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Conference articles (refereed)

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11.  H. Löwen, C. N. Likos, L. Assoud, R. Blaak, and S. van Teeffelen, Critical nuclei and crystallization in colloidal suspensions, Philosophical Magazine Letters 87, 847-854 (2007). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09500830701523033

10.  M. Konieczny and C. N. Likos, Computer simulations of of polyelectrolyte stars near walls, Macromolecular Symposia 245-246, 276-286 (2007). DOI: doi.org/10.1002/masy.200651338

9.  M.-J. Fernaud, G. Kahl, and C. N. Likos, Structural properties of a fluid of polymers in a porous matrix of star polymers, European Physical Journal J: Special Topics 141, 251-254 (2007). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2007-00048-4

8.  H. Löwen, A. Esztermann, A. Wysocki, E. Allahyarov, R. Messina, A. Jusufi, N. Hoffmann, D. Gottwald, G. Kahl, M. Konieczny, and C. N. Likos, Charged colloids and polyelectrolytes: from statics to electrokinetics, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 11, 207-222 (2005). DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/11/1/021

7.  H. Löwen, C. N. Likos, R. Blaak, S. Auer, V. Froltsov, J. Dzubiella, A. Wysocki, and H. M. Harreis, Colloidal suspensions driven by external fields, in AIP Conference Proceedings , Vol. 708, 3-7, edited by Michio Tokuyama and Irwin Oppenheim (2004). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1764052

6.  J. Stellbrink, J. Allgaier, D. Richter, A. Moussaid, A. B. Schofield, W. C. K. Poon, P. N. Pusey, P. Lindner, J. Dzubiella, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen, Partial structure factors in star polymer-colloid mixtures, Applied Physics A 74, S355-S357 (2002). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390101101

5.  H. Löwen, E. Allahyarov, J. Dzubiella, C. von Ferber, A. Jusufi, C. N. Likos, and M. Heni, Interactions and phase transitions of colloidal dispersions in bulk and at interfaces, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A 359, 909-920 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2000.0809

4.  H. Löwen, M. Watzlawek, C. N. Likos, M. Schmidt, A. Jusufi, J. Dzubiella, C. von Ferber, E. Allahyarov, A. Thünemann, and I. D'Amico, The hard physics of soft matter, Advances in Solid State Physics 40, 809-818, edited by B. Kramer (Vieweg Verlag, Braunschweig/Wiesbaden, 2000).

3.  H. Löwen, M. Watzlawek, C. N. Likos, M. Schmidt, A. Jusufi, H. Graf, A. R. Denton, and C. von Ferber, Phase transitions in soft matter systems, in Statistical Physics, Proceedings of the Third Tohwa University International Conference, 2000, Vol. 519, 140-149, edited by Michio Tokuyama and H. Eugene Stanley (American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, 2000).

2.  J. Stellbrink, J. Allgaier, M. Monkenbusch, D. Richter, A. Lang, C. N. Likos, M. Watzlawek, H. Löwen, G. Ehlers, and P. Schleger, Neither Gaussian chains nor hard spheres - star polymers seen as ultra-soft colloids, Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science 115, 88-92 (2000). DOI: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-46545-6_18

1.  J. Stellbrink, B. Abbas, J. Allgaier, M. Monkenbusch, D. Richter, C. N. Likos, H. Löwen, and M. Watzlawek, Structure and dynamics of star polymers, Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science 110, 25-28 (1998). DOI: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/BFb0118042

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1.  Single-Site Approximations for the Calculation of the Electrical Conductivity of Random, Substitutional Alloys in the Average T-Matrix Approximation, Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens (1988), in Greek.

2.  Density Functional Theory of Freezing of Classical Liquids and Packings of Binary Hard Disc Mixtures, Ph.D. Thesis, Cornell University (1993).

3.  Effective Interactions in Soft Condensed Matter Physics, Habilitation Thesis, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (2000).

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Popular science

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1.  M. Ballauff and C. N. Likos; Will the real dendrimer structure step forward?, in Highlights of ILL Research: Neutrons and Soft Matter (2005).

2.  D. Vlassopoulos and C. N. Likos, Vitrification and Melting Scenarios for Soft Colloidal Mixtures: The Star Polymer Paradigm, SoftComp Newsletter, No. 5, December 2007.