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Publications
A. Díaz-Acosta, I. Adroher-Benítez, I. Zerón, A. Patti, Atomistic Insights into Liquid Crystals of Board-Like Molecules via Molecular Dynamics Simulation, The Journal of Chemical Physics, accepted, 2024
F. A. García Daza, A. M. Puertas, A. Cuetos, A. Patti, Superdiffusion and heterogeneous dynamics in liquid crystals by microrheology, Molecular Physics, accepted, 2024
This work is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Luis Felipe Rull Fernández, whose profound contributions to the field of liquid crystals are deeply missed since his passing in February 2022.
L. Tonti, F. A. García Daza, J. M. Romero Enrique, A. Patti, Structural and dynamical equilibrium properties of hard board-like particles in parallel confinement, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 160, 124903, 2024
F. A. García Daza, A. M. Puertas, A. Cuetos, A. Patti, An Insight into the Viscoelasticity of Self-Assembling Smectic Liquid Crystals of Colloidal Rods from Active Microrheology Simulations, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 20, 1579-1589, 2024
I. Adroher-Benítez, A. Díaz Acosta, A. Patti, Observing liquid crystals through a liquid crystal, Liquid Crystals Today, 32, 67-71, 2023
J. Šlepavičius, A. Patti, J. L. McDonagh, C. Avendaño, Application of machine-learning algorithms to predict the transport properties of Mie fluids, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 159, 024127, 2023
S.K. Garlapati, S. Faraji, D. Tate, A. Rahmanudin, P. Valliappan, A. Patti, K. Persaud, M. Turner, Detection
of Volatile Organic Compounds Using Solution Processed Organic Field-Effect Transistors, in Microactuators,
Microsensors and Micromechanisms. Mechanisms and Machine Science, 126, 310-322, 2023
L. Tonti, F. A. García Daza, A. Patti, Kinetics of isotropic to string-like phase switching in electrorheological fluids of nanocubes, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 157, 224906, 2022
A. Rodríguez-Rivas, A. Patti, A. Cuetos, Dynamics in field-induced biaxial nematic liquid crystals of board-like particles, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 367, 120371, 2022
E. Mirzad Rafael, L. Tonti, F. A. García Daza, A. Patti, Active microrheology of colloidal suspensions of hard cuboids, Physical Review E, 106, 034612, 2022
F. A. García Daza, A. M. Puertas, A. Cuetos, A. Patti, Microrheology of isotropic and liquid-crystalline phases of hard rods by dynamic Monte Carlo simulations, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 365, 120146, 2022
J. Šlepavičius, C. Avendaño, B. Ó Conchúir, A. Patti, Structural relaxation dynamics of colloidal nanotrimers, Physical Review E, 106, 014604, 2022
F. A. García Daza, A. M. Puertas, A. Cuetos, A. Patti, Microrheology of colloidal suspensions via Dynamic Monte Carlo simulations, Journal of Colloid & Interface Science, 605, 182-192, 2022
D. Cywiak, A. Gil-Villegas and A. Patti, Long-time relaxation dynamics in nematic and smectic liquid crystals of soft repulsive colloidal rods, Physical Review E, 105, 014703, 2022
A. Patti and A. Cuetos, Dynamics of Colloidal Cubes and Cuboids in Cylindrical Nanopores, Physics of Fluids, 33, 097103, 2021
L. Tonti, F. A. García Daza, A. Patti, Diffusion of Globular Macromolecules in Liquid Crystals of Colloidal Cuboids, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 338, 116640, 2021
E. Mirzad Rafael, L. Tonti, D. Corbett, A. Cuetos, A. Patti, Dynamics of uniaxial-to-biaxial nematics switching in suspensions of hard cuboids, Physics of Fluids, 33, 067115, 2021
Editor's Pick
J. J. Burgos-Mármol and A. Patti, Molecular Dynamics of Janus Nanodimers Dispersed in Lamellar Phases of a Block Copolymer, Polymers, 13, 1524, 2021
F. J. Lobo-Cabrera, A. Patti, F. Govantes, A. Cuetos, Polymer-induced microcolony compaction in early biofilms: A computer simulation study, Physical Review E, 103, 052407, 2021
G. Campos-Villalobos, M. Dijkstra, A. Patti, Nonconventional phases of colloidal nanorods with a soft corona, Physical Review Letters, 126, 158001, 2021
L. Tonti and A. Patti, Fast overlap detection between hard-core colloidal cuboids and spheres. The OCSI algorithm, Algorithms, 14, 72, 2021
M. Chiappini, A. Patti, M. Dijkstra, Helicoidal dynamics of biaxial curved rods in twist-bend N phases unveiled by unsupervised machine learning techniques, Physical Review E, 102, 040601(R), 2020
F. A. García Daza, A. Cuetos, A. Patti, Dynamic Monte Carlo Simulations of Inhomogeneous Colloidal Suspensions, Physical Review E, 102, 013302, 2020
E. M. Rafael, A. Cuetos, D. Corbett, A. Patti, Self-assembly of Freely-rotating Polydisperse Cuboids: Unveiling the Boundaries of the Biaxial Nematic Phase, Soft Matter, 16, 5565-5570, 2020
A. Cuetos and A. Patti, Dynamics of Hard Colloidal Cuboids in Nematic Liquid Crystals, Physical Review E, 101, 052702, 2020
G. Campos-Villalobos, F. R. Siperstein, A. Charles, A. Patti, Solvent-induced morphological transitions in methacrylate-based block-copolymer aggregates, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 572, 133-140, 2020
G. Campos Villalobos, F. R. Siperstein, C. D'Agostino, Luke Forster, A. Patti, Self-diffusion of glycerol in g-alumina nanopores. The neglected role of pore saturation in the dynamics of confined polyalcohols, Applied Surface Science, 146089, 2020
N. Morillo, A. Patti, A. Cuetos, Brownian dynamics simulations of oblate and prolate colloidal particles in nematic liquid crystals, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 150, 204905, 2019
V. Zeleňák, M. Skřínska, F. R. Siperstein, and A. Patti, Phase Evolution During One-pot Synthesis of Amine Modified Silica Materials: Preparation, Properties, Carbon Dioxide Adsorption, Applied Surface Science, 476, 886-896, 2019
A. Cuetos, E. Mirzad Rafael, D. Corbett, and A. Patti, Biaxial Nematics of Hard Cuboids in an external field, Soft Matter, 15, 1922-1926, 2019
G. Campos-Villalobos, F. R. Siperstein, and A. Patti, Transferable Coarse-Grained Model for Methacrylate-Based Copolymers, Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 4, 186-198, 2019
A. Cuetos, N. Morillo, and A. Patti, Fickian Yet Non-Gaussian Diffusion is not Ubiquitous in Soft Matter, Physical Review E, 98, 042129, 2018
D. Corbett, A. Cuetos, M. Dennison, and A. Patti, Dynamic Monte Carlo algorithm for out-of-equilibrium processes in colloidal dispersions, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20, 15118-15127, 2018
2018 PCCP HOT ARTICLE
A. Patti and A. Cuetos, Monte Carlo Simulation of Binary Mixtures of Hard Colloidal Cuboids, Molecular Simulation, 44, 516-522, 2018
A. Osman, L. Goehring, A. Patti, H. Stitt, and N. Shokri, Fundamental Investigation of the Drying of Solid Suspensions, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 56, 10506-10513, 2017
A. Patti, S. Sacanna, K. Velikov, Patchy Colloidal Particles. Editorial Overview, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 30, A1-A2, 2017
A. Cuetos, M. Dennison, A. Masters, and A. Patti, Phase Behaviour of Hard Board-like Particles, Soft Matter, 13, 4270-4732, 2017
J. Burgos-Mármol, Ó. Álvarez and A. Patti, Modeling the Effect of Polymer Chain Stiffness on the Behavior of Polymer Nanocomposites, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 121, 6245-6256, 2017
J. Burgos-Mármol and A. Patti, Unveiling the Impact of Nanoparticles Polydispersity on the Behavior of Polymer Nanocomposites, Polymer, 113, 92-104, 2017
J. Burgos-Mármol, C. Solans, and A. Patti, Effective short-range Coulomb correction to model the aggregation behavior of ionic surfactants, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 144, 234904, 2016
A. Cuetos and A. Patti, Equivalence of Brownian Dynamics and Dynamic Monte Carlo Simulations in Binary Mixtures of Colloidal Fluids, Physical Review E, 92, 022302, 2015
A. Patti, Molecular Dynamics of Spherical Nanoparticles in Dense Polymer Melts, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 118, 3731-3742, 2014
A. Patti, Modeling the aggregation behavior of amphiphiles in the continuous phase of highly concentrated emulsions, Colloids and Surf. A: Physicochem. and Eng. Aspects, 437, 90-100, 2013
M. Llinàs, G. Calderó, M. J. García-Celma, A. Patti, and C. Solans, New insights on the mechanisms of drug release from highly concentrated emulsions, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 394, 337-345, 2013
G. Calderó, A. Patti, M. Llinàs, and M. J. García-Celma, Diffusion in highly concentrated emulsions, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 17, 255-260, 2012
A. Patti and A. Cuetos, Brownian dynamics and dynamic Monte Carlo simulations of isotropic and liquid crystal phases of anisotropic colloidal particles: a comparative study, Physical Review E, 86, 011403, 2012
M. Marechal, A. Patti, M. Dennison, and M. Dijkstra, Frustration of the isotropic-columnar phase transition of colloidal hard platelets by a transient cubatic phase, Physical Review Letters, 108, 206101, 2012
A. Patti, R. Ramsch, and C. Solans, Solvent-free model for self-assembling amphiphilic cyclodextrins. An off-lattice Monte Carlo approach in two dimensions, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116, 2687-2695, 2012
S. Belli, A. Patti, M. Dijkstra, and R. van Roij, Polydispersity stabilizes biaxial nematic liquid crystals, Physical Review Letters, 107, 148303 , 2011
A. Patti, S. Belli, R. van Roij, and M. Dijkstra, Relaxation dynamics in the columnar liquid crystal phase of hard platelets, Soft Matter, 7, 3533, 2011
S. Belli, A. Patti, R. van Roij, and M. Dijkstra, Heterogeneous dynamics in columnar liquid crystals of parallel hard rods, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 133, 154514, 2010
A. Patti, D. El Masri, R. van Roij, and M. Dijkstra, Collective diffusion of colloidal hard rods in smectic liquid crystals: effect of particle anisotropy, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 132, 224907, 2010
A. Patti, Monte Carlo simulations of self-assembling star-block copolymers in dilute solutions, Colloids and Surf. A: Physicochem. and Eng. Aspects, 361, 81, 2010
R. Matena, M. Dijkstra, and A. Patti, Non-Gaussian dynamics in smectic liquid crystals of parallel hard rods, Physical Review E, 81, 021704, 2010
A. Patti, D. El Masri, R. van Roij, and M. Dijkstra, Stringlike clusters and cooperative interlayer permeation in smectic liquid crystals formed by colloidal rods, Physical Review Letters, 103, 248304, 2009
A. Patti, A. D. Mackie, and F. R. Siperstein, Monte Carlo simulations of self-assembling hexagonal and cage-like bifunctional periodic mesoporous materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19, 7848, 2009
A. Patti and M. Dijkstra, Do multilayer crystals nucleate in suspensions of colloidal rods?, Physical Review Letters, 102, 128301, 2009
A. Patti, A. D. Mackie, V. Zeleňák, and F. R. Siperstein, One-pot synthesis of amino functionalized mesoporous silica materials: Using simulations to understand transitions between different structures, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19, 724, 2009
A. Patti, A. D. Mackie and F. R. Siperstein, Phase behavior of model surfactants in the presence of hybrid particles, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 16035, 2007
C. Prosenjak, A. Patti, F. R. Siperstein and N. A. Seaton, Modeling the synthesis of periodic mesoporous silicas, Studies in surface science and catalysis, 170, 1652-1659, 2007
A. Patti, A. D. Mackie and F. R. Siperstein, Monte Carlo simulation of self-assembled ordered hybrid materials, Langmuir, 23, 6771-6780, 2007
A. Patti, A. D. Mackie and F. R. Siperstein, Molecular simulation study on the structure of templated porous materials obtained from different inorganic precursors, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 160, 495-502, 2006
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