2017

 

Estimation of Nucleation Barriers from Simulations of Crystal Nuclei surrounded by Fluid in Equilibrium in High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering ‘16 (W. Nagel et al., eds) Springer, Berlin (2017)

A. Statt, P. Koß, P. Virnau, K. Binder

 

Estimation of the critical behavior in an active colloidal system with Vicsek-like interactions

B. Trefz, J.T. Siebert, T. Speck, K. Binder, P. Virnau

J. Chem. Phys. 146, 074901 (2017), 1-9.

 

Relaxation Processes and Glass Transition of Confined Polymer Melts: A Molecular Dynamcis Simulation of 1,4 polybutadiene between Graphite Walls M. Solar, K. Binder, W. Paul

J. Chem. Phys. 146, 203308 (2017), 1-13.

 

Numerical Evidence of hyperscaling violation in wetting transitions of the Random Bond Ising Model in d=3 dimensions

E.V. Albano, L. Luque, M.L. Trobo, K. Binder Phys. Rev. E95, 022801 (2017), 1-8.

 

Viewpoint: Coniglio-Klein droplets: a fruitful concept to understand phase transitions geometrically K. Binder, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 50 (2017) 061001, p. 1-3.

 

Semiflexible polymers confined in a split pore with attractive walls: Two-dimensional liquid crystalline orders versus capillary nematization

Soft A. Milchev, S.A. Egorov, K. Binder, Soft  Matter (2017)

 

The influence of block ionomer microstructure on polyplex properties: Can simulations help to understand differences in transfection efficiency? 
P. Heller, B. Weber, J. Zhou, D. Hobernik, M. Bros, F. Schmid, M. Barz, Small, at press (2017). 
doi:10.1002/smll.201603694 

Physical mechanisms of micro- and nanodomain formation in multicomponent lipid membranes 
F. Schmid, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1859, 509 (2017). 
doi:10.1016/j.bbamem.2016.10.021 

Adding cell-based hydrodynamics to hybrid particle-field simulations: Efficient and realistic simulation of structuring dynamics 
G. J. A. Sevink, F. Schmid, T. Kawakatsu, G. Milano, Soft Matter 13, 1594 (2017). 
doi:10.1039/C6SM02252A 

Moment-Preserving Theory of Vibrational Dynamics of Topologically Disordered Systems> 
V. Folli, G. Ruocco, W. Schirmacher, Frontiers in Physics 5, 29 (2017)

What is the right theory for Anderson localization of light? 
W. Schirmacher, B. Abaie, A. Mafi, G. Ruocco, M. Leonetti, arXiv:1705.03886 (2017)

Analytical description of the transverse Anderson localization of light 
W. Schirmacher, M. Leonetti, and G. Ruocco, J. Optics 19, 045602 (2017)

Disorder-induced single-mode transmission 
G. Ruocco, B. Abaie, W. Schirmacher, A. Mafi, and M. Leonetti Nature Communications 8, 14571 (2017)

 

Protein corona composition of PEGylated nanoparticles correlates strongly with amino acid composition of protein surface G. Settanni, J. Zhou, T. Suo, S. Schöttler, K. Landfester, F. Schmid, V. Mailänder, Nanoscale 9, 2138 (2017). 
doi:10.1039/C6NR07022A 

 

Thermodynamic formalism for transport coefficients with an application to the shear modulus and shear viscosity

T. Palmer and T. Speck, J. Chem. Phys. 146, 124130 (2017)

[abstract][arXiv]

 

Estimation of the critical behavior in an active colloidal system with Vicsek-like interactions

B. Trefz, J.T. Siebert, T. Speck, K. Binder, and P. Virnau, J. Chem. Phys. 146, 074901 (2017)

[abstract][arXiv]

 

Phase behavior of active Brownian disks, spheres, and dimers

J.T. Siebert, J. Letz, T. Speck, and P. Virnau, Soft Matter 13, 1020 (2017)

[abstract][arXiv]

 

Nonequilibrium Markov state modeling of the globule-stretch transition

F. Knoch and T. Speck, Phys. Rev. E95, 012503 (2017)

[abstract][arXiv]

 

Sum Frequency Generation Spectra from Velocity-Velocity Correlation Functions R. Khatib and . Sulpizi,
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00207
[online link]

 

Trimesic acid on Cu in ethanol: potential-dependent transition from 2-D adsorbate to 3-D metal-organic framework P. Schäfer, A. Lalitha, P. Sebastian, S. K. Meena, J. Feliu, M. Sulpizi, M. A. van der Veen, K.F. Domke,
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry DOI:10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.01.025
[online link]

 

 

2016

 

The ensemble switch method and related approaches to obtain interfacial free energies between coexisting phases from simulations: A brief review

P. Virnau, F. Schmitz, K. Binder, Molecular Simulation 42, 549-562 (2016)

 

Monte Carlo Simulation of Crystal-Liquid Phase Coexistence in High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering’ 15

 A. Statt, F. Schmitz, P. Virnau, K. Binder, (W. Nagel et al., eds) Springer, Berlin (2016)

 

On the polymer origins of protein folding thermodynamics

M.P. Taylor, W. Paul, K. Binder, J. Chem. Phys. 145, 174903 (2016), p. 1-10.

 

Activity Mediated Phase Separation: Can we understand phase behavior of the nonequilibrium problem from an equilibrium approach?

B. Trefz, S.K. Das, S.A. Egorov, P. Virnau, K. Binder J. Chem. Phys. 144, 144902 (2016), 1-11.

 

Understanding the stiffness of macromolecules: from linear chains to bottle-brushes

K. Binder, H.-P. Hsu, W. Paul, European Physical Journal-Special Topics 225 (2016) 1663-1671.

 

Anomalous fluctuations of nematic order in solutions of semiflexible polymers

S.A. Egorov, A. Milchev, K. Binder, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 187801 (2016), 1-5.

 

Semiflexible Polymers Under Good Solvent Conditions Interactive With Repulsive Walls

S.A. Egorov, A. Milchev, P. Virnau, K. Binder J. Chem. Phys. 144, 174902 (2016), 1-14.

 

NIC Symposium 2016, 11-12 February 2016, Jülich, Germany, Proceedings

K. Binder, M. Müller, M. Kremer, A. Schnurpfeil (Eds.), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich (2016), pp.1-417.

 

Condensed Matter. Introduction” in NIC Symposium 2016, 11 February 2016, Jülich, Germany, Proceedings (K. Binder, M. Müller, M. Kremer, A. Schnurpfeil (Eds.), pp. 227-228 (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, 2016)

 

Droplets Pinned at Chemically Inhomogeneous Substrates: A Simulation Study of the Two-Dimensional Case

M.L. Trobo, E.V. Albano, K. Binder, Phys. Rev. E 93 (2016) 052805

 

A New Insight into Isotropic-Nematic Phase Transition in Lyotropic Solutions of Semiflexible Polymers: Density Functional Theory tested by Molecular Dynamics

S.A. Egorov, A. Milchev, P. Virnau, K. Binder,  Soft Matter 12 (2016) 4944-4959

 

Overview: Understanding nucleation phenomena from simulations of lattice gas models

K. Binder, P. Virnau, J. Chem. Phys. 145, 211701 (2016), 1-23.

 

Semiflexible Polymers in the bulk and confined by planar walls

S.A. Egorov, A. Milchev, K. Binder, Polymers 8 (2016), 296, 1-26.

 

Physical mechanisms of micro- and nanodomain formation in multicomponent lipid membranes F. Schmid, to appear in BBA-Biomembranes (invited) (2016).
doi:10.1016/j.bbamem.2016.10.021

Shear-aligned block copolymer monolayers as seeds to control the orientational order in cylinder-forming block copolymer thin films
A. Abate, G. Vu, A. Pezzutti, N. Garcia, R. Davis, F. Schmid, R. Register, D. Vega, Macromolecules 49, 7588 (2016).
doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00816

A hybrid particle-continuum resolution method and its application to a homopolymer solution
S. Qi, H. Behringer, T. Raasch, F. Schmid, Eur.
Phys. J. Spec. Top. (2016).
doi:10.1140/epjst/e2016-60096-8

Computing bulk and shear viscosities from simulations of fluids with dissipative and stochastic interactions
G. Jung, F. Schmid, J. Chem.
Phys. 144, 204104 (2016).

Complex formation between polyelectrolytes and oppositely charged oligoelectrolytes
J. Zhou, M. Barz, F. Schmid, J. Chem.
Phys. 144, 164902 (2016).

Modeling size controlled nanoparticle precipitation with the co-solvency method by spinodal decomposition
S. Keßler, F. Schmid, K. Drese, Soft matter 12, 7231 (2016).

Collective behavior of quorum-sensing run-and-tumble particles in confinement
M. Rein, N. Heinß, F. Schmid, T. Speck, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 058102 (2016).

 

Theory of heterogeneous viscoelasticity 
W. Schirmacher, G. Ruocco, and V. Mazzone, Philos. Magazine 96, 620 (2016)

 

Nucleation pathway and kinetics of phase-separating active Brownian particles
D. Richard, H. Löwen, and T. Speck
Soft Matter (2016)
abstract preprint

Collective Behavior of Quorum-Sensing Run-and-Tumble Particles under Confinement
M. Rein, N. Heinß, F. Schmid, and T. Speck
Phys.
Rev. Lett. 116, 058102 (2016)
abstract preprint

Transmission of torque at the nanoscale
I. Williams, E.C. Oğuz, T. Speck, P. Bartlett, H. Löwen, and C.P. Royall
Nature Phys. 12, 98 (2016)
abstract

 

From Gold Nanoseeds to Nanorods: The Microscopic Origin of the Anisotropic Growth S.K. Meena and M. Sulpizi
Angewandte Chemie International Edition DOI: 10.1002/anie.201604594
[online link]

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of SFG Librational Modes Spectra of Water at the Water-Air Interface R. Khatib, T. Hasegawa, M. Sulpizi, E. H. G. Backus, M. Bonn, and Y. Nagata
J. Phys.
Chem. C, 2016, 120 (33), 18665–18673 [online link]

 

pKa at Quartz/Electrolyte Interfaces
M. Pfeiffer-Laplaud, M.-P. Gaigeot, and M. Sulpizi
J. Phys. Chem. Letters 2016
[online link]

 

A new force field including charge directionality for TMAO in aqueous solution
K. Usui, Y. Nagata, J. Hunger, M. Bonn, and M. Sulpizi J. Chem.
Phys. 145(6), 064103 [online link]

 

Water orientation and hydrogen-bond structure at the fluorite/water interface
R. Khatib, E. H. G. Backus, M. Bonn, M.-J. Perez-Haro, M.-P. Gaigeot and M. Sulpizi Scie. Rep. 2016
[online link]

Molecular Mechanism of Crystal Growth Inhibition at the Calcium Oxalate/Water Interfaces
L. Salimi Parvaneh, D. Donadio, and M. Sulpizi J. Phys.
Chem. C 2016 [online link]

The role of halide ions in the anisotropic growth of gold nanoparticles: a microscopic, atomistic perspective
S. K. Meena, S. Celiksoy, P. Schaefer, A. Henkel, C. Sonnichsen and M. Sulpizi Phys.
Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016 [online link]

 

 

2015

 

A Guide to Monte Carlo Simulations in Statistical Physics 4th Ed.

K. Binder, D.P. Landau, (Cambridge, Univ. Press, Cambridge, 2015) 519 pages.

 

Finite Size Effects on liquid-solid phase coexistence and the estimation of crystal nucleation barriers

A. Statt, P. Virnau, K. Binder, Phys. Rev. Letters 114, 026101 (2015), 1-5.

 

Crystal nuclei in melts: A Monte Carlo simulation of a model for attractive colloids

A. Statt, P. Virnau, K. Binder, Molecular Physics 113, 2556-2570 (2015)

 

Semiflexible Polymer Brushes and the Brush-Mushroom Crossover

S.A. Egorov, H.-P. Hsu, A. Milchev, K. Binder, Soft Matter 11, 2604-2616 (2015)

 

Simulations of critical phenomena: From Ising models to fluids

K. Binder, Molecular Physics 113, 2389-2390 (2015)

 

Semiflexible macromolecules in quasi-one-dimensional confinement: discrete versus continuous bond angles

A. Huang, H.-P. Hsu, A. Bhattacharya, K. Binder, J. Chem. Phys. 143, 243102 (2015), 1-14.

 

Book Review: Colloids and the Depletion Interaction

K. Binder by Henk N.W. Lekkerkerker and Remco Tuinier” Eur. Phys. J.E. (2015) 38, 73.

 

Molecular dynamics simulations of the initial adsorption stages of fibrinogen on mica and graphite surfaces
S. Köhler, F. Schmid, G. Settanni, Langmuir 48, 13180 (2015).
doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00371

Statistical properties of linear-hyperbranched graft copolymers prepared via ''hypergrafting'' of ABm monomers from linear B-functional core chains: A Molecular Dynamics simulation
H. Rabbel, H. Frey, and F. Schmid, J. Chem.
Phys. 143, 243125 (2015).

Interplay of curvature-induced micro- and nanodomain structures in multicomponent lipid bilayers
L. Brodbek, F. Schmid, Int J Adv Eng Sci Appl Math 8, 111 (2016).
doi:10.1007/s12572-015-0152-z

Computer simulations of single particles in external electric fields
J. Zhou and F. Schmid, Soft matter 11, 6728 (2015).

Stimuli-responsive brushes with active minority components: Monte Carlo study and analytical theory
S. Qi, L. I. Klushin, A. M. Skvortsov, A. A. Polotsky, F. Schmid, Macromolecules 48, 3775 (2015).

The internal dynamics of fibrinogen and its implications for coagulation and adsorption
S. Köhler, F. Schmid, G. Settanni, PLOS Comput.
Biol. 11, e1004346 (2015).
doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004346

Solvent determines nature of effective interactions between nanoparticles in polymer brushes
Z. Lian, S. Qi, J. Zhou, F. Schmid, J. Phys.
Chem. B 119, 4099 (2015).
doi:10.1021/jp511911g

Morphology control in biphasic hybrid systems of semiconducting materials
F. Mathias, A. Fokina, K. Landfester, W. Tremel, F. Schmid, K. Char, R. Zentel, Macromolecular Rapid Communications 36, 959 (2015).
doi:10.1002/marc.201400688

An efficient dissipative particle dynamics-based algorithm for simulating electrolyte solutions
S. Medina, J. Zhou, Z.-G. Wang, F. Schmid, J. Chem.
Phys. 142, 024103 (2015).

Flows and mixing in channels with misaligned superhydrophobic walls
T. V. Nizkaya, E. S. Asmolov, J. Zhou, F. Schmid, O. I. Vinogradova, Phys.
Rev. E 91, 033020

 

Anomalous magnetotransport in disordered structures: classical edge-state percolation 
W. Schirmacher, B. Fuchs, F. Höfling, and Th. Franosch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 240602 (2015)

Heterogeneous viscoelasticity: a combined theory of dynamic and elastic heterogeneity 
W. Schirmacher, G. Ruocco, and V. Mazzone, Phys.
Rev. Lett. 115, 015901 (2015)

 

Cycle representatives for the coarse-graining of systems driven into a non-equilibrium steady state
F. Knoch and T. Speck
New J. Phys. 17, 115004 (2015)
abstract preprint

The role of shear in crystallization kinetics: From suppression to enhancement
D. Richard and T. Speck
Sci.
Rep. 5, 14610 (2015)
abstract preprint

Negative Interfacial Tension in Phase-Separated Active Brownian Particles
J. Bialké, J.T. Siebert, H. Löwen, and T. Speck
Phys.
Rev. Lett. 115, 098301 (2015)
abstract preprint

Dynamical mean-field theory and weakly non-linear analysis for the phase separation of active Brownian particles
T. Speck, A.M. Menzel, J. Bialké, and H. Löwen
J. Chem.
Phys. 142, 224109 (2015)
abstract preprint

Active colloidal suspensions: Clustering and phase behavior
J. Bialké, T. Speck, and H. Löwen
J. Non-Cryst. Solids 407, 367 (2015)
abstract preprint

Simulations and Experiments in Protein Folding, Settanni, G.
Molecular Modeling of Proteins 2015 1215:289-306

 

The Bi-modal Acidity at the Amorphous Silica/water Interface
M. Pfeiffer-Laplaud, D. Costa, F. Tielens, M.-P. Gaigeot, and M. Sulpizi J. Phys. Chem. C 2015
[online link]

Lipid Carbonyl Groups Terminate the Hydrogen-Bond Network of Membrane-Bound Water
T. Ohto, E.H.G. Backus, C.-S. Hsieh, M. Sulpizi, M. Bonn, Y. Nagata J. Phys.
Chem. Lett. 2015 [online link]

Ab Initio Liquid Water Dynamics in Aqueous TMAO Solution
K. Usui, J. Hunger, M. Sulpizi, T. Ohto, M. Bonn, Y. Nagata J. Phys.
Chem. B 2015 [online link]

 

Scaling behavior to topologically constrained polymer rings in a melt

Tretz, Benjamin, Virnau Peter, Joh. of Phys.: Condensed Matter, Volume 27, Issue 35, Article Number: 354110

 

The ensemble switch method for computing interfacial tensions

Schmitz, Fabian, Virnau, Peter, Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 142, Article Number: 144108

 

Sequence Determines Degree of Knottdness in a Coarse-Grianed Protein Model

Wuest, Thomas, Reith Daniel, Virnau, Peter, Phys. Rev. Letters Vol. 114, Issue: 2, Article Number: 028102

 

 

2014

 

Anisotropic Interfacial Tension, Contact Angles, Contact Line Tensions: A GPU-based Monte Carlo study of the Ising model

B.J. Block, S. Kim, P. Virnau, K. Binder, Phys. Rev.  E90 (2014) 062106, 1-13

 

Commentary: Simulations clarify when supercooled water freezes into glassy structures,

K. Binder in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 111, 9374 (2014)

 

Perspective: The Asakuara-Oosawa Model, A Colloid Prototype for Bulk and Interfacial Phase Behavior

K. Binder, P. Virnau, A. Statt, J. Chem. Phys. 141 (2014) 140901, 1-10.

 

Logarithmic Finite-Size Effect on Interfacial Free Energies: Phenomenological Theory and Monte Carlo Studies

F. Schmitz, P. Virnau, K. Binder, Phys. Rev. E90 (2014) 012128, 1-19

 

First-order and tricritical wetting transitions in the two-dimensional Ising model caused by interfacial pinning at a defect line

M.L. Trobo, E.V. Albano, K. Binder, Phys. Rev. . E90, 022406 (2014), 1-11.

 

Critical Absorption of a single macromolecule in polymer brushes,

A. Milchev, S.A. Egorov, K. Binder, Soft Matter 10 (2014) 5974-5990.

 

Polymer Absorption in Dense Polymer Brushes Versus Polymer Adsorption on the Brush-Solvent Interface

A. Milchev, K. Binder, EPL 106 (2014) 58001, 1-6.

 

Polymer Dynamics in the Polymer-Solid Interphase: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of 1,4 Polybutadiene at Graphite

M. Solar, L. Yelash, P. Virnau, K. Binder, W. Paul, Soft Materials (2014) 12, S80-S89

 

Critical and Tricritical Wetting in the Two-Dimensional Blume-Capel,

E.V. Albano, K. Binder, Model J. Stat. Phys. 157 (2014), 436-455

 

Nonlinear Response of Single Particles in Glassforming Fluids in External Forces,

K. Binder, J. Horbach, P. Virnau, D. Winter, INSIDE 12, No1, p. 49-51 (2014)

 

Determination of the origin and magnitude of logarithmic finite size effects on interfacial tension: Role of interfacial fluctuations and domain breathing

F. Schmitz, P. Virnau, K. Binder, Physical Review Letters 112, 126701 (2014)

 

Coil-bridge transition in a single polymer chain as an unconventional phase transition: Theory and simulation

L.I. Klushin, A.M. Skvortsov, A.A. Polotsky, H.-P. Hsu, K. Binder, J. Chem. Phys. 140, 204908 (2014), 1-11.

 

Conformations, Transverse Fluctuations, and Crossover Dynamics of a Semi-Flexible Chain in Two Dimensions

A. Huang, A. Bhattacharya, K. Binder J. Chem. Phys. 140, 214902 (2014), 1-12.

 

Unconventional ordering behavior of semi-flexible polymers in dense brushes under compression, A. Milchev, K. Binder, Soft Matter 10 (2014), 3783-3797.

 

Phase Separation of Colloid Polymer Mixtures Under Confinement,

A. Statt, A. Winkler, P. Virnau, K. Binder in High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering ’13 (W.E. Nagel et al., eds.) Springer, Berlin

 

NIC Symposium 2014 Proceedings (NIC Jülich 2014),  K. Binder, G. Münster, M. Kremer (eds.)

p. 1 – 424.

 

Dielectric relaxation of a polybutadiene melt at a crystalline graphite surface: atomistic Molecular Dynamics simulations

M. Solar, K. Binder and W. Paul, in Advances in Dielectrics (F. Kremer. Ed.)

 

Condensed Matter: Structure and Properties Explained by Simulations Based on Many-Body Quantum Mechanics

K. Binder, A. Muramatsu, NIC Symposium 2014 Proceedings

p. 241 – 242 (K. Binder, G. Münster, M. Kremer, eds.) NIC Jülich (2014)

 

Computer simulation of heterogeneous nucleation of colloidal crystals at planar walls

B.-J. Block, D. Deb, F. Schmitz, A. Statt, A. Tröster, A. Winkler, T. Zykova-Timann, P. Virnau, K. Binder, EPJST 223 (2014) 347-361.

 

Conformational Properties of Semiflexible Chains at Nematic Ordering Transitions in Thin Films: A Monte Carlo Simulation

V.A. Ivanov, A.S. Rodionova, M M.R. Stukan, M. Müller, W. Paul, K. Binder, Macromolecules 47, 1206 (2014)

 

Simulations of Interfacial Phenomena in Soft Condensed Matter and Nanoscience

K. Binder, CCP 2013 Conference Proceedings, J. Phys.: Conference Series 510 (2014) 012002,

p. 1-5.

 

Pulling single adsorbed bottle-brush polymers off a flat surface: A Monte Carlo Simulation

H.-P. Hsu, W. Paul, K. Binder, Macromolecules 47 (2014) 427 – 437.

 

Conformational Properties of Semiflexible Chains at Nematic Ordering Transitions in Thin Films: A Monte Carlo Simulation V.A. Ivanov, A.S. Rodionova, J.A. Martemyanova, M.R. Stukan, M. Müller, W. Paul, K. Binder, Macromolecules 47, 1206 (2014)

 

Computer simulation of heterogeneous nucleation of colloidal crystals at planar walls,

B.-J. Block, D. Deb, F. Schmitz, A. Statt, A. Tröster, A. Winkler, T. Zykova-Timann, P. Virnau, K. Binder, EPJST 223 (2014) 347-361.

 

Condensed Matter: Structure and Properties Explained by Simulations Based on Many-Body Quantum Mechanics K. Binder, A. Muramatsu, NIC Symposium 2014 Proceedings p. 241 – 242 (K. Binder, G. Münster, M. Kremer, eds.) NIC Jülich (2014)

 

Universal monomer dynamics of a two-dimensional semiflexible chain

A. Huang, R, Adhikari, A. Bhattacharya, K. Binder, EPL 105 (2014) 18002, p. 1 – 6.

 

Conformational Properties of Semiflexible Chains at Nematic Ordering Transitions in Thin Films: A Monte Carlo Simulation V.A. Ivanov, A.S. Rodionova, J.A. Martemyanova, M.R. Stukan, M. Müller, W. Paul, K. Binder,  Macromolecules 47, 1206 (2014)

 

Structure Formation of Polymeric Building Blocks: Complex Polymer Architectures K. Binder H.-J. Butt, G. Floudas, H. Frey, H.-P. Hsu, K. Landfester, U. Kolb, A. Kühnle, M. Maskos, K. Müllen, W. Paul, M. Schmidt, H.W. Spiess, P. Virnau Adv. Polym. Sci. 260 (2014) 115-210.

 

Mechanical Properties of Single Molecules and Polymer Aggregates R. Berger, K. Binder, G. Diezemann, J. Gauss, M. Helm, H.-P. Hsu, A. Janshoff, T. Metzroth, I. Mey, A. Milchev, W. Paul, V.G. Rostiashvili, T.A. Vilgis, Adv. Polym. Sci. 260 (2014) 1-60.

 

Transitions of tethered chain molecules under tension J. Luettmer-Strathmann, K. Binder, The Journal of Chemical Physics 141, 114911 (2014), 1-8. J.

 

The structure of cholesterol in lipid rafts
L. Toppozini, S. Meinhardt, C. L. Armstrong, Z. Yamani, N. Kuvcerka, F. Schmid, M. Rheinstädter, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 228101 (2014).

Flows and mixing in channels with misaligned superhydrophobic walls
T. V. Nizkaya, E. S. Asmolov, J. Zhou, F. Schmid, O. I. Vinogradova, Phys. Rev. E 91, 033020 (2014).

Sharp and fast: Sensors and switches based on polymer brushes with adsorption-active minority chains
L.I. Klushin, A.M. Skvortsov, A.A. Polotsky, S. Qi, F. Schmid, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 068303 (2014).
See also APS focus story in
Physics 7, 83 (2014).

Sharp and fast: Sensors and switches based on polymer brushes with adsorption-active minority chains
L.I. Klushin, A.M. Skvortsov, A.A. Polotsky, S. Qi, F. Schmid, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 068303 (2014).
See also APS focus story in Physics 7, 83 (2014).

Computational studies of biomembrane systems: Theoretical considerations, computer simulation models, and applications
M. Deserno, K. Kremer, H. Paulsen, C. Peter, F. Schmid, Advances in Polymer Science 260, 237 (2014).

On ripples and rafts: Curvature induced nanoscale structures in lipid membranes
F. Schmid, S. Dolezel, O. Lenz, S. Meinhardt, J. Physics: Conference Series 487, 012004 (2014).

Computer simulation of flow past superhydrophobic striped surfaces
J. Zhou, A. V. Belyaev, E. S. Asmolov, O. I. Vinogradova, F. Schmid, NIC Series 47, 407 (2014).

Theory of vibrational anomalies in glasses 
W. Schirmacher, T. Scopigno and G. Ruocco, J. Noncryst. Sol. 407, 133 (2014)

The flexibility of fibrinogen and its initial adsorption stages at graphite and mica surfaces
S. Köhler, F. Schmid, G. Settanni, NIC Series 47, 117 (2014).

A Dissipative-Particle-Dynamics model for simulating dynamics of charged colloids
J. Zhou, F. Schmid, in 'High performance computing in Science and Engineering' 13, W. E. Nagel et al eds., Springer (2014).

 

Meta-work and the analogous Jarzynski relation in ensembles of dynamical trajectories

R.M. Turner, T. Speck, and J.P. Garrahan, J. Stat. Mech., P09017 (2014)

 

Effective Cahn-Hilliard equation for the phase separation of active Brownian particles

T. Speck, J. Bialké, A.M. Menzel, and H. Löwen, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 218304 (2014)

 

Intrinsic Acidity of Surface Sites in Calcium Silicate Hydrates and Its Implication to Their Electrokinetic Properties
S.V. Churakov, C. Labbez, L. Pegado, and M. Sulpizi, J. Phys. Chem. C 2014
[online link]

 

Interaction of Charged Amino-Acid Side Chains with Ions: An Optimization Strategy for Classical Forcefields
J. Kahlen, L. Salimi, M. Sulpizi, C. Peter, D. Donadio, J. Phys. Chem. B 2014
[online link]

 

The Amorphous Silica-Liquid Water Interface Studied by Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics (AIMD): Local Organization in a Global Disorder
A. Cimas, F. Tielens, M. Sulpizi, MP Gaigeot, and D. Costa, to appear in J. Phys. Cond. Matt. 2014

 

Redox Potentials and Acidity Constants from Density Functional Theory Based Molecular Dynamics J. Cheng, X. Liu, J. VandeVondele, M. Sulpizi, and M. Sprik Acc. Chem. Res. 2014 [online link]

 

How molecular knots can pass through each other

Trefz, Benjamin, Siebert, Jonathan, Virnau, Peter

PROCESSDINGS OF THE NATIOBAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

Volume 111, Issue: 22, p. 7983-7951 (2014)

 

Phase behaviour of active swimmers in depletants: Molecular dynamics and integral equation theory

S. Das, S. Egorov, B. Trefz, P. Virnau, K. Binder, Phys. Rev. Lett. Volume 112, Issue: 19, Artiel Number: 198301

 

Perspective: The Asakuara Oosawa model: A colloid prototype for bulk and interfacial phase behavior

K. Binder, P. Virnau, A. Satt, Journal of Chemical Physics, Volume 141, Issue: 14, Article Number: 140901 (2014)

 

Determination of the origin and magnitude of logarithmic finite-size effects on interfacial tension: role of interfacial fluctuations and domain breathing

F. Schmitz, P. Virnau, K. Binder, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 125701 (2014).

 

Heterogenous nucleation and microstructure formation: Steps towards a system and scale bridging understanding

H. Emmerich, P. Virnau, G. Wilde et al. European Physical-Special Topics, Vol. 223, Issue 3, p. 347-361. 

 

Computer simulation of heterogeneous nucleation of colloidal crystals at planar walls

B.J. Block, D. Deb, F. Schmitz et al, EPJ-ST 223, 347 (2014).

 

Polymer Dynamics in a Polymer-Solid Interphase: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of 1,4-Polybutadiene at a Graphite Surface

M. Solar, L. Yelash, P. Virnau et al. Soft Materials, Volume 12, Special Issue: SI Suppl. 1, p. S80-S89

 

 

2013

 

Hydrodynamic Mechanisms of Spinodal Decomposition in Confined Colloid-Polymer Mixtures: A Multiparticle Collision Dynamics Study

A. Winkler, P. Virnau, K. Binder, R.G. Winkler, G. Gompper, J. Chem. Phys. 138, 054901 (2013), 1-14.

 

Estimation of Persistence Lengths of Semiflexible Polymers: insight from Simulations

H.-P. Hsu, W. Paul, K. Binder, Polymer Science C (Russia) 55 (2013), 39-55.

 

Applications of the Wang-Landau algorithm to phase transitions of a single polymer chain

M.P. Taylor, W. Paul, K. Binder, Polymer Science C (Russia) 55 (2013), 23-38.

 

Phase transitions and phase equilibrium in spherical confinement

A. Winkler, A. Statt, P. Virnau, K. Binder, Phys. Rev. E 87 (2013) 032307, 1-13.

 

Adsorption of a Single Polymer Chain on a Surface: Effects of the Potential Range

L.I. Klushin, A.A. Polotsky, H.-P. Hsu, D.A. Markelov, K. Binder, A.M. Skvortsov,

Phys. Rev. E 87, 022604 (2013). 1-15.

Effect of Chain Stiffness on the Adsorption Transition of Polymers,

H.-P. Hsu, K. Binder, Macromolecules 46, 2496-2515 (2013)

 

Phase Separation in Colloidal Suspensions by Collective Growth of Domains

A. Winkler, P. Virnau, K. Binder, R. G. Winkler, G. Gompper, INSIDE 11, No 1 (2013) p. 30-35.

Structure and Dynamics at a Polymer-Solid Interface

K. Binder, W. Paul, M. Solar, P. Virnau, L. Yelash, INSIDE (Innovative Supercomputing in Deutschland) 11, No 1 (2013) p. 36-41.

Dynamics of macromolecules grafted in spherical brushes under good solvent conditions

F. LoVerso, L. Yelash, K. Binder, Macromolecules 2013, 46 (11), pp 4716 – 4722.

Wall-Induced Orientational Order in Athermal Semidilute Solutions of Semiflexible Polymers: Monte Carlo Simulations of a Lattice Model

 

V. A. Ivanov, A. S. Rodionova, J. A. Martemyanova, M. R. Stukan, M. Müller, W. Paul, K. Binder, J. Chem. Phys. 138 (2013) 234903, 1-10

 

Monte Carlo tests of nucleation concepts in the lattice gas model

F. Schmitz, P. Virnau, K. Binder, Phys. Rev. E 87, 053302 (2013), 1-15.

 

Semi-flexible polymer chains in quasi one-dimensional confinement: A Monte Carlo Study on the Square Lattice

H.-P. Hsu, K. Binder, Soft Matter 9, 10512–10521 (2013)

 

Bending or Buckling: Compression-Induced Phase Transition in a Semi-Flexible Brush

A. Milchev, K. Binder, EPL 102 (2013) 58003, 1-6.

 

 

Star Polymers confined in a Nanoslit: A Simulation Test of Scaling and Self-Consistent Field Theories

J. Paturej, A. Milchev, S.A. Egorov, K. Binder, Soft Matter 9, 10522 (2013).

 

Non mean-field behavior of critical wetting transition for short-range forces

P. Bryk, K. Binder, Phys. Rev. E 86, (2013) 030401 (R), 1-4.

 

Phase Separation in Thin Films: Effect of Temperature Gradients

P.K. Jaiswal, S. Puri, K. Binder, EPL 103 (2013) 66003, 1-6.

 

Can one Detach a Fully Adsorbed Chain by an Ultra-Small External Force?

A.M. Skvortsov, L.I. Klushin, A.A. Polotsky, K. Binder, EPL 104 (2013) 18009, 1-5.

 

Semiflexible macromolecules with discrete bond angles confined in nanoslits: A Monte Carlo test of scaling concepts

H.-P. Hsu, K. Binder, Macromolecules 46 (2013), 8017-8025.

 

The dielectric -relaxation in polymer films: A comparison between experiments and atomistic simulations

M. Solar, E.Z. Mapesa, K. Binder, F. Kremer, W. Paul, EPL 104 (2013) 66004, 1-6.

 

Mixtures of Anisotropic and Spherical Colloids: Phase behavior, confinement, percolation phenomena, and kinetics

T. Schilling, S. Dorosz, M. Radu, M. Mathew, S. Jungblut, K. Binder, EPJ-ST 222, 3039-3052 (2013)

 

Computer Simulations of Structure, Dynamics, and Phase Behavior of Colloidal Fluids in Confined Geometry and Under Shear

A. Winkler, D. Winter, P. Chaudhuri, A. Statt, P. Virnau, J. Horbach, K. Binder, EPJ-ST 222, 2787-2801 (2013)

 

Effects of boundaries on structure formation in low-dimensional colloid model systems near the liquid-solid-transition in equilibrium and in external fields and under shear

S. Deutschländer, U. Siems, B. Heinze, K. Franzrahe, P. Henseler, P. Keim, N. Schwierz, P. Virnau, D. Wilms, K. Binder, G. Maret, and P. Nielaba, EPJ-ST 222, 2973-2993 (2013)

 

Adsorption of Oligomers and Polymers into a Polymer Brush Formed form Grafted Ring Polymers A. Milchev, K. Binder, Macromolecules 46 (2013) 8724 – 8731.

 

The escape transition of a compressed star polymer: Self-consistent field predictions tested by simulation J. Paturej, A. Milchev, S. Egorov, K. Binder, Macromolecules 46 2013 8009 – 8016.

 

Computer simulations of charged colloids in alternating electric fields
J. Zhou, F. Schmid, Eur. Phys. J.: Special topics 222, 2911 (2013).

 

Effective slippage on superhydrophobic trapezoidal grooves
J. Zhou, E.S. Asmolov, F. Schmid, O.I. Vinogradova, J. Chem. Phys. 139, 1748708 (2013).

 

Self-consistent field approach for crosslinked copolymer materials
F. Schmid, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 028303 (2013).

 

Elastic properties and line tension of self-assembled bilayer membranes
J. Li, K.A. Pastor, A.-C. Shi, F. Schmid, J. Zhou, Phys. Rev. E 88, 012718 (2013).

 

Hyperbranched graft-copolymers by "Hypergrafting" of ABm monomers from polydisperse macroinitiator cores: Theory meets synthesis
C. Schüll, H. Rabbel, F. Schmid, H. Frey, Macromolecules 46, 5823 (2013).
doi:10.1002/ma401119r

 

Dynamic and dielectric response of charged colloids in electrolyte solutions to external electric fields
J. Zhou, R. Schmitz, B. Dünweg, F. Schmid, J. Chem. Phys. 139, 024901 (2013).

 

Using field theory to construct hybrid particle-continuum simulation schemes with adaptive resolution

S. Qi, H. Behringer, F. Schmid, NIC Series 46, 193 (2013).

 

A hybrid particle-continuum model in soft-condensed matter simulations
S. Qi, H. Behringer, F. Schmid, NIC Series 46, 193 (2013).

 

The effective slip-length tensor for a flow over weakly stripping stripes
E.S. Asmolov, J. Zhou, F. Schmid, O.I. Vinogradova, Phys. Rev. E 88, 023004 (2013).

 

Monolayer curvature stabilizes nanoscale raft domains in mixed lipid bilayers
S. Meinhardt, R.L.C. Vink, F. Schmid, PNAS 110, 4476 (2013).

 

AC-field induced polarization for uncharged colloids in salt solution: A Dissipative Particle Dynamics simulation
J. Zhou, F. Schmid, Eur. Phys. J. E 36, 33 (2013).

 

A model for rod-coil block copolymers
S. Dolezel, H. Behringer, F. Schmid, Polymer Science, Ser. C 55, 70 (2013).

 

Exploiting seeding of random number generators for efficient domain decomposition parallelization of dissipative particle dynamics
Y. Afshar, F. Schmid, A. Pishevar, S. Worley, Comp. Phys. Comm. 184, 1119 (2013).

 

Fluctuations in lipid bilayers: Are they understood?
F. Schmid, Biophys. Rev. and Lett. 8, 1 (2013).

 

High-frequency vibrational density of states of a disordered solid 
C. Tomaras and W. Schirmacher, J. Phys.
Condens. Matter 25, 495402 (2013)

Coherent-Potential approximation for diffusion and wave propagation in topologically disordered systems 
S. Köhler, G. Ruocco and W. Schirmacher, Phys.
Rev. B 88, 064203 (2013)

Acoustic dynamics of network-forming glasses at mesoscopic wavelength 
C. Ferrante, E. Pontecorvo, G. Cerullo, A. Chiasera, G. Ruocco, W. Schirmacher and T. Scopigno Nature Communications 4, 937 (2013)

The boson peak 
W. Schirmacher Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 250, 937 (2013)

Heterogeneous shear elasticity of glasses: the origin of the boson peak 
A. Marruzzo, W. Schirmacher, A. Fratalocchi and G. Ruocco Nature Scientific Reports 3, 1407 (2013)

Vibrational anomalies and marginal stability of glasses 
A. Marruzzo, S. Köhler, A. Fratalocchi, G. Ruocco and W. Schirmacher Eur.
Phys. J. Spcial Topics 216, 83 (2013)

 

Stochastic thermodynamics of fluctuating density fields: Non-equilibrium free energy differences under coarse-graining

T. Leonard, B. Lander, U. Seifert, and T. Speck, J. Chem. Phys. 139, 204109 (2013) [abstract][preprint]

 

Application of classical nucleation theory to the formation of adhesion domains

R.L.C. Vink and T. Speck, Soft Matter 9, 11197 (2013) [abstract]

 

Microscopic theory for the phase separation of self-propelled repulsive disks

J. Bialké, H. Löwen, and T. Speck, EPL 103, 30008 (2013) [abstract][preprint]

 

Gaussian field theory for the Brownian motion of a solvated particle

T. Speck, Phys. Rev. E 88, 014103 (2013) [abstract][preprint]

 

Dynamical clustering and phase separation in suspensions of self-propelled colloidal particles

I. Buttinoni, J. Bialké, F. Kümmel, H. Löwen, C. Bechinger, and T. Speck, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 238301 (2013) [abstract][preprint]

 

Crystallization in a sheared colloidal suspension (JCP Editors' Choice for 2013)

B. Lander, U. Seifert, and T. Speck, J. Chem. Phys. 138, 224907 (2013) [abstract][preprint]

 

Understanding the microscopic origin of gold nanoparticles anisotropic growth from molecular dynamics simulations S.K. Meena and M. Sulpizi, Langmuir 2013 DOI: 10.1021/la403843n [online link]

 

Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy of the Water Liquid-Vapor Interface from Density Functional Theory Based Molecular Dynamics Simulations
M. Sulpizi, M. Salanne, M. Sprik and M-P. Gaigeot, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 4 (1), 83 (2013),
[online link]

 

Finite size effects on liquid-solid phase coexistence and the estimation of crystal nucleation barriers,

A. Statt, P. Virnau, K. Binder, Physical Rev. Letters, Vol. 114, Issue 2, p. 026101, (2015)

 

Sequence determines degree of knottednes in a coarse-grained protein model.

T. Wust, D. Reith, P. Virnau, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 114, Issue 2, p. 028102, (2015)

 

Anisotropic interfacial tension, contact angles, and line tensions: A graphics-processing-unit based on the Monte Carlo study of the Ising Model,

B. Block, S. Kim, P. Virnau, et al., Physical Review, Vol, 90, Issue 6, p. 062106, (2014)

 

Perspective: The Asakura-Oosawa model: A colloid prototype for bulk and interfacial phase behavior, K. Binder, P. Virnau, A. Statt, Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol 114, Issue 14, p. 140901,

2014

 

Logarithmic finite size effects on interfacial free energies: Phenomenological theory and Monte Carlo studies,

F. Schmitz, P. Virnau, K. Binder, Physical Review, Vol. 90, Issue 1, (2014)

 

Determination of the Origin and Magnitude of Logarithmic Finite-Size Effects on Interfacial Tension: Role of Interfacial Fluctuations and Domain Breathing,

F. Schmitz, P. Virnau, K. Binder, Vol 112, 125701, 2014

 

How molecular knots can pass through each other

B. Trefz, J. Siebert, P. Virnau in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol 111, p. 7948-7951, (2014)

 

Heterogenous nucleation and microstructure formation: Steps towards a system and scale bridging understanding,

H. Emmerich, P. Virnau, G. Wilde, et al., European Physical Journal Special Topics, Volume 223, pages 337-346, (2014)

 

Computer simulation of heterogeneous nucleation of colloidal crystals at planar walls,

B. Block, D. Deb; F. Schmitz, et al., European Physical Journal Special Topics, Vol. 223, Issue 3, pages 347-361, (2014)

 

Polymer Dynamics in a Polymer-Solid Interphase: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of 1,4 Polybutadiene at a Graphite Surface,

M. Solar, L. Yelash, P. Virnau, et al., Soft Materials, Volume 12, Supplement 1, p. S80-S89, (2014)

 

Stick-slip motion and plastic flow of a two-dimensional colloidal crystal confined to moving corrugated rigid boundaries

D. Wilms, P. Virnau, K. Binder, Mol. Phys. 111, 22 (2013).

 

Computer simulations of structure, dynamics, and phase behaviour of colloidal fluids in confined geometry and under shear

A.Winkler, D. Winter, P. Chaudhuri et al., EPJ-ST 222, 2787 (2013).

 

Effects of boundaries on structure formation in low-dimensional colloid model systems near the liquid-solid-transition in equilibrium and in external fields and under shear

S. Deutschländer, K. Franzrahe, B. Heinze et al., EPJ-ST 222, 2973 (2013).

 

Monte Carlo tests of nucleation concepts in the lattice gas model

F. Schmitz, P. Virnau, K. Binder, Phys. Rev. E 87, 053302 (2013).

 

Influence of chain stiffness on knottedness in single polymers

P. Virnau, F. Rieger, D. Reith, Biochem. Soc. Trans. 41, 528 (2013).

 

Phase transitions and phase equilibria in spherical confinement                   

A.Winkler, A. Statt, P. Virnau, K. Binder, Phys. Rev. E 87, 032307 (2013).

 

Hydrodynamic mechanisms of spinodal decomposition in confined colloid-polymer mixtures: A multiparticle collision dynamics study

A. Winkler, P. Virnau, K. Binder,  R.G. Winkler, G. Gompper, J. Chem. Phys. 138, 054901 (2013).