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Cluster Crystals under Shear


Colloidal cluster crystals rearrange in intriguing ways when exposed to shear flow.

Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 068302 and Soft Matter (advance article)




Flowing cluster crystal system viewed from perpendicular directions.




Archimedean tilings formed by patchy particles


We investigate if ordered equilibrium structures formed by patchy particle systems can tile a plane in very distinct ways.

JPCM Cover article J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 23, 404206




Equilibrium structures of a binary mixture of patchy particles at different pressure values.




Open Positions and Theses


Diploma Thesis

Computer simulation of self-assembly and crystallization of proteins
Contacts: Gerhard Kahl, Elisabeth Schöll-Paschinger

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Technische Universität Wien
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