Papers

2014

  1. J. Harder, C. Valeriani and A. Cacciuto, Activity induced collapse and re-expansion of rigid polymers, Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. E (2014)
  1. M. Asai, A. Cacciuto and S. Kumar, Quantitative Analogy Between Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles and Patchy Particles , Accepted for publication in Soft Matter (2014)
  1. S. A. Mallory, C. Valeriani and A. Cacciuto, Curvature-induced activation of a passive tracer in an active bath , Phys. Rev. E 90, 032309 (2014)
  1. J. Harder, S. A. Mallory, C. Tung, C. Valeriani and A. Cacciuto, The role of particle shape in active depletion , J. Chem. Phys. 141, 194901 (2014) [Cover of the issue]
  1. S. A. Mallory, A. Šarić, C. Valeriani and A. Cacciuto, Anomalous thermomechanical properties of fluids of self-propelled particles , Phys. Rev. E 89, 052303 (2014)

2013

  1. C. Tung and A. Cacciuto, Phase separation of mixed polymer brushes on surfaces with nonuniform curvature J. Chem. Phys 139, 194902, (2013) [Cover of the issue]
  2. B. M. Mognetti, A. Šarić, S. Angioletti-Uberti, A. Cacciuto, C. Valeriani, and D. Frenkel, Living clusters and crystals from low densities suspensions of active colloids , Phys. Rev. Lett. 111 245702 (2013) [see also the highlight in Phys. Rev Focus http://physics.aps.org/articles/v6/134 ]
  3. B. Bozorgui, D. Meng, S. Kumar, C. Chakravarty and A. Cacciuto, Fluctuation-Driven Anisotropic Assembly in Nanoscale Systems Nano Letters 13, 2732,(2013)
  4. J. A. Napoli, A. Šarić and A. Cacciuto, Collapse Transition of Nanoparticle-laden Nanotubes Soft Matter 9, 8881 (2013)
  5. A. Šarić and A. Cacciuto, Self-assembly of nanoparticles adsorbed on fluid and elastic membranes, Soft Matter 9, 6677 (2013)

2012

  1. L. Hong and A. Cacciuto, Self-assembly of Janus dipolar particles and amphiphilic particles, Janus Particle Synthesis, Self-assembly and Applications (2012), (S. Jiang and S. Granick Eds), RSC Smart Materials.
  2. A. Šarić and A. Cacciuto Mechanism of membrane tube formation induced by adhering nanocomponents Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 188101, (2012) [Cover of the issue]
  3. J. Schwarz-Linek, C. Valeriani, A. N. Morozov, M. E. Cates, A. Cacciuto, D. Marenduzzo, W. C. K. Poon Phase separation and self-assembly in active particle suspensions PNAS 109, 4052 (2012)
  4. A. Šarić and A. Cacciuto Fluid membranes can drive linear aggregation of adsorbed spherical nanoparticles. Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 118101 (2012).

2011

  1. W. L. Miller, B. Bozorgui, K. Klymko, and A. Cacciuto Free energy of alternating two-component polymer brushes on cylindrical templates. J. Chem. Phys 135, 244902 (2011).
  2. K. Klymko and A. Cacciuto. Free Energy of Multiple Overlapping Chains. Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 278302 (2011).
  3. A. Šarić and A. Cacciuto Soft elastic surfaces as a platform for particle self-assembly. Soft Matter 7, 8324 (2011).
  4. W. L. Miller and A. Cacciuto. Two-dimensional packing of soft particles and the soft generalized Thomson problem. Soft Matter 7, 7552 (2011).
  5. J. C. Pàmies and A. Cacciuto. Reshaping elastic nanotubes via self-assembly of surface-adhesive nanoparticles. Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 045702 (2011) (Cover paper of the weekly issue) see also NSF Highlight
  6. A. Šarić and A. Cacciuto. Particle self-assembly on soft elastic shells. Soft Matter 7, 1874 (2011).

2010

  1. W. L. Miller and A. Cacciuto. On the phase behavior of hard aspherical particles. J. Chem. Phys. 133, 234903 (2010).
  2. W. L. Miller and A. Cacciuto. Exploiting classical nucleation theory for reverse self-assembly. J. Chem. Phys. 133, 234108 (2010). (Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology).
  3. A. Šarić, B. Bozorgui, and A. Cacciuto. Packing of soft asymmetric dumbbells. J. Phys. Chem. B (2010). (Selected for Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research).
  4. A. Šarić, J. C. Pàmies, and A. Cacciuto. Effective elasticity of a flexible filament bound to a deformable cylindrical surface. Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 226101 (2010).
  5. W. L. Miller, B. Bozorgui, and A. Cacciuto. Crystallization of hard aspherical particles. J. Chem. Phys. 132, 134901 (2010).
  6. B. Bozorgui, M. Sen, W. L. Miller, J. C. Pàmies, and A. Cacciuto. Phase behavior of repulsive polymer-tethered colloids. J. Chem. Phys. 132, 014901 (2010).

2009

  1. W. L. Miller and A. Cacciuto. Hierarchical self-assembly of asymmetric amphiphatic spherical colloidal particles. Phys. Rev. E 80, 021404 (2009). (Selected for Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research).
  2. J. C. Pàmies, A. Cacciuto, and D. Frenkel. Phase diagram of Hertzian spheres. J. Chem. Phys. 131, 044514 (2009).
  3. D. A. Goldfeld and A. Cacciuto. Packaging of a polyelectrolyte into a neutral spherical cavity. Macromolecules 42 (13) 4874 (2009).

Before 2009

  1. L. Hong, A. Cacciuto, E. Luijten, and S. Granick. Clusters of amphiphilic colloidal spheres. Langmuir 24 (3) 621 (2008).
  2. E. Luijten and A. Cacciuto. Translocation of polymers out of confined geometries. Comp. Phys. Comm. 177, 150 (2007).
  3. L. Hong, A. Cacciuto, E. Luijten, and S. Granick. Clusters of charged Janus spheres. Nano Lett. 6 (11) 2510 (2006).
  4. A Cacciuto and E. Luijten. Confinement-driven translocation of a flexible polymer. Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (23) 238104 (2006).
  5. A. Cacciuto and E. Luijten. Self-avoiding flexible polymers under spherical confinement. Nano Lett. 6 (5) 901 (2006).
  6. M. J. Bowick, A. Cacciuto, D. R. Nelson, and A. Travesset. Crystalline particle packings on a sphere with long-range power-law potentials. Phys. Rev. B 73 (2) 024115 (2006).
  7. A. Cacciuto and D. Frenkel. Simulation of colloidal crystallization on finite structured templated. Phys. Rev. E 72 (4) 041604 (2005).
  8. A. Cacciuto and D. Frenkel. Stresses inside critical nuclei. J. Phys. Chem. B 109 (14):6587 (2005).
  9. G. Koster, A. Cacciuto, I. Derényi, D. Frenkel, and M. Dogterom. Force barriers for membrane tube formation. Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (6) 068101 (2005).
  10. A. Cacciuto, S. Auer, and D. Frenkel. Breakdown of classical nucleation theory near isostructural phase transitions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 166105 (2004).
  11. A. Cacciuto, S. Auer, and D. Frenkel. Onset of heterogeneous crystal nucleation in colloidal suspensions. Nature 428, 404 (2004).
  12. A. Cacciuto, S. Auer, and D. Frenkel. Solid-liquid interfacial free energy of small colloidal hard-sphere crystals. J. Chem. Phys. 119, 7467 (2003).
  13. A. R. Baush, M. J. Bowick, A. Cacciuto, A. D. Dinsmore, H. S. Hsu, D. R. Nelson, M. J. Nikolaides, A. Travesset, and D. A. Weitz. Grain boundary scars and spherical crystallography. Science 299, 1716 (2003).
  14. M. J. Bowick, A. Cacciuto, D. R. Nelson, and A. Travesset. Crystalline order on a sphere and the generalized Thomson problem. Phy. Rev. Lett. 89, 185502 (2002).
  15. M. J. Bowick, A. Cacciuto, and A. Travesset. Formation of vortex loops (strings) in contonuous phase transitions. Phys. Rev. E 65, 026133 (2002).
  16. M. J. Bowick, A. Cacciuto, G. Thorliefsson, and A. Travesset. Universal negative Poisson ratio of self-avoiding fixed-connectivity membranes. Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 148103 (2001).
  17. M. J. Bowick, A. Cacciuto, G. Thorleifsson, and A. Travesset. Universality classes of self-avoiding fixed-connectivity membranes. Eur. Phys. J. E 5, 149 (2001).
  18. A Cacciuto, E. B. Gregory, and A. Travesset. The renormalization group and its finite lattice approximations. J. Stat. Phys. 97, Nos. 3/4, 541 (1999).
  19. A. Cacciuto, E. Marinari, and G. Parisi. A numerical study of ultrametricity in finite-dimensional spin glasses. J Phys. A. 30 (9): L263 (1997).