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Critical surface phase behavior governs hydrophobic attraction between extended solutes
Nigel B. Wilding, Francesco Turci
Hydrophobic interactions are central to biological self-assembly and soft matter organization, yet their microscopic origins remain debated. A key hallmark is the strengthening of…
Coarsening in Bent-core Liquid Crystals: Intermediate Splay Bend State en route to the Twist Bend Phase
Nishant Birdi, Nigel B. Wilding, Sanjay Puri +1
We use molecular dynamics simulations to study coarsening dynamics in achiral banana-shaped bent-core liquid crystals following a quench from the high concentration polar smectic (…
What is the best simulation approach for measuring local density fluctuations near solvo/hydrophobes?
Nigel B. Wilding, Robert Evans, Francesco Turci
Measurements of local density fluctuations are crucial to characterizing the interfacial properties of equilibrium fluids. A specific case that has been well-explored involves the…
Sensitivity of solid phase stability to the interparticle potential range: studies of a new Lennard-Jones like model
Olivia S. Moro, Vincent Ballenegger, Tom L. Underwood +1
In a recent article, Wang et al (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 22, 10624 (2020)) introduced a new class of interparticle potential for molecular simulations. The potential is defined by…
Partial and complete wetting of droplets of active Brownian particles
Francesco Turci, Robert L. Jack, Nigel B. Wilding
We study wetting droplets formed of active Brownian particles in contact with a repulsive potential barrier, in a wedge geometry. Our numerical results demonstrate a transition bet…
Grain boundary segregation and phase separation in ceria-zirconia from atomistic simulation
Tom L. Underwood, Susanna Vigorito, Marco Molinari +4
Doping is the most common strategy employed in the development of new and improved materials. However, predicting the effects of doping on the atomic-scale structure of a material…