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| Francesco SciortinoSummaryAffiliation: University of Rome La Sapienza Country: Italy Publications
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Study of the ST2 model of water close to the liquid-liquid critical pointFrancesco Sciortino
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
Phys Chem Chem Phys 13:19759-64. 2011..Therefore, the bimodal shape of the density of states, and hence the critical point itself, is a purely liquid-state phenomenon that is distinct from the crystal-liquid transition...- A numerical study of one-patch colloidal particles: from square-well to JanusFrancesco Sciortino
Dipartimento di Fisica and CNR ISC, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale A Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
Phys Chem Chem Phys 12:11869-77. 2010..The stability of this cluster phase generates a very peculiar shape of the gas and liquid coexisting densities, with a gas coexistence density that increases on cooling, approaching the liquid coexistence density at very low T... 
A spherical model with directional interactions: II. Dynamics and landscape propertiesChristian Mayer
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, I 00185 Rome, Italy
J Phys Condens Matter 22:104110. 2010..We find that the configurational entropy, for densities within the optimal network-forming region, is finite even in the ground state and obeys a logarithmic dependence on the energy...- Association of limited valence patchy particles in two dimensionsPiero Tartaglia
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, I 00185 Rome, Italy
J Phys Condens Matter 22:104108. 2010..At low temperatures, the system reaches its ground state with particles forming a fully bonded network which spans the system... - The vibrational density of states of a disordered gel modelLorenzo Rovigatti
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale A Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
J Chem Phys 135:104502. 2011.... - Self-assembling DNA dendrimers: a numerical studyJulio Largo
Dipartimento di Fisica and INFM CNR SOFT, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale A Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
Langmuir 23:5896-905. 2007..Finally, we demonstrate a relation between bonding and dynamics, by showing that the temperature dependence of the diffusion constant is controlled by the number of fully unbonded dendrimers... - How do self-assembling polymers and gels age compared to glasses?John Russo
Dipartimento di Fisica and CNR ISC, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Piazzale A Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
Phys Rev Lett 104:195701. 2010..The experimental implications of the discovered sensitivity to the choice of the probe are discussed, in particular, with respect to the existing experimental results... - Phase diagram of janus particlesFrancesco Sciortino
Dipartimento di Fisica, , Piazzale A Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
Phys Rev Lett 103:237801. 2009..The coexistence curve is found to be negatively sloped in the temperature-pressure plane, suggesting that Janus particles can provide a colloidal system with anomalous thermodynamic behavior... - Reversible gels of patchy particles: Role of the valenceJohn Russo
Dipartimento di Fisica and INFM CNR SOFT, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale A Moro 2, 00185 Roma, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica and INFM CNR SMC, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale A Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
J Chem Phys 131:014504. 2009.... - Patterning symmetry in the rational design of colloidal crystalsFlavio Romano
Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Piazzale A Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
Nat Commun 3:975. 2012.... - Tuning effective interactions close to the critical point in colloidal suspensionsNicoletta Gnan
Dipartimento di Fisica and CNR ISC, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale A Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
J Chem Phys 137:084903. 2012..Our study provides a guidance for a design of the interaction potential which can be exploited to control the stability of colloidal systems... - Phase diagram of trivalent and pentavalent patchy particlesFlavio Romano
Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
J Phys Condens Matter 24:064113. 2012.... - No evidence of gas-liquid coexistence in dipolar hard spheresLorenzo Rovigatti
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
Phys Rev Lett 107:237801. 2011..The analysis of the low temperature configurations shows that at low densities particles preferentially self-assemble into closed rings, strongly suppressing the chain ends concentration... - Observation of empty liquids and equilibrium gels in a colloidal clayBarbara Ruzicka
CNR IPCF and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale A Moro 2, I 00185, Rome, Italy
Nat Mater 10:56-60. 2011..Here we report the first observation of empty liquids and equilibrium gels in a complex colloidal clay, and support the experimental findings with numerical simulations... - Assembly kinetics in binary mixtures of strongly attractive colloidsNeda Ghofraniha
Dipartimento di Fisica, Dipartimento di Chimica, and SOFT INFM CNR, c o Universita La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
J Phys Chem B 113:6775-81. 2009..The dependence of S-L and L-L aggregation rate constants on the ratio between concentration of small and large particles is investigated, to detect the concentration at which aggregation of large particles is most effective... - Phase diagram of patchy colloids: towards empty liquidsEmanuela Bianchi
Dipartimento di Fisica and CNR-INFM-SMC, , Piazzale A Moro 2, Roma, Italy
Phys Rev Lett 97:168301. 2006..e., stable equilibrium gels... - Simulated silicaIvan Saika-Voivod
Dipartimento di Fisica and Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, , Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
Philos Transact A Math Phys Eng Sci 363:525-33; discussion 534-5. 2005....