Order, Disorder, and Dynamics in Colloidal Systems

Presentations

• Comparative Computational Models for Diffusion and Reconfiguration in DNA-Based Meso-structures

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:12 AM

  Publication: Planned Papers:
  (1) Three-Dimensional Mesoscale Patterning within Nanoscale Lattice Organizations
  (2) Dynamic Switching of Cubic and Hexagonal Diamond DNA origami lattices

  Presenters

  • Kate Jensen

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Kate Jensen

    • University of Michigan

  • Tim Moore

    • University of Michigan

  • Tobias Dwyer

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)

  • Yiyang Zhang

  • Sajib Barua

  • Dayoung Lee

  • Mingxin He

  • Crystal Lee

  • Keanna Luo

  • Kim Kisslinger

  • Oleg Gang

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

  • Sharon Glotzer

    • University of Michigan

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• Impact of particle-size polydispersity on colloidal crystallization and thin-film structures

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:24 AM

  Publication: Impact of particle-size polydispersity on the quality of thin-film colloidal crystals
  (Link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/sm/d5sm00754b)

  Presenters

  • Mariam Arif

    • The University of Edinburgh

  Authors

  • Mariam Arif

    • The University of Edinburgh

  • Andrew Schofield

  • Fraser Laidlaw

  • Wilson Poon

  • Job Thijssen

    • University of Edinburgh

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• Interaction of Spin and Lattice Defects in Buckled Colloidal Monolayers

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:24 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Henrik Barck

    • Harvey Mudd College

  Authors

  • Henrik Barck

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Aaron Galper

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Conor Floyd

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Ian McGuire

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Sharon Gerbode

    • Harvey Mudd College

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• Efficient Monte Carlo Simulation of Faceted Nanoparticles Interacting with Analytical Potentials

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Publication: Callioglu, S., Yang, Q., Shao, Y., Lee, B. H., & Arya, G. (2025). Efficient Monte Carlo Simulation of Faceted Nanoparticles Using Analytical Interaction Potentials. ChemRxiv. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-kwkm7.

  Presenters

  • Safak Callioglu

    • Duke University

  Authors

  • Safak Callioglu

    • Duke University

  • Quanpeng Yang

  • Yuanchuan Shao

    • Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering

  • Brian H. Lee

  • Gaurav Arya

    • Duke University

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• Playing with Polydispersity: A Systematic Study of the Rheological Behaviour of Colloidal Suspensions as a Function of Polydispersity.

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Publication: R. A. Crothers, et al. Revealing the Role of Polydispersity in the Dynamics Across the Colloidal Glass Transition (in preparation)

  Presenters

  • Ruth Crothers

    • Georgetown University

  Authors

  • Ruth Crothers

    • Georgetown University

  • Marieke Reijneveld

  • Roel Dullens

  • Daniel Blair

    • Georgetown University

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• Morphogenic Behavior in Colloidal Droplets

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Florent Fessler

    • New York University (NYU)

  Authors

  • Florent Fessler

    • New York University (NYU)

  • Adam Hauser

    • New York University (NYU)

  • Hailiang Liu

  • Paul Chaikin

    • New York University (NYU)

  • Stefano Sacanna

    • New York University

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• Unifying two-dimensional melting in diverse systems with repulsive potentials

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Cao Huiming

    • University of Science and Technology of China

  Authors

  • Cao Huiming

    • University of Science and Technology of China

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• Microgel crystals

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Alberto Fernandez-Nieves

    • University de Barcelona

  Authors

  • Alberto Fernandez-Nieves

    • University de Barcelona

  • Urs Gasser

    • Paul Scherrer Institute

  • Boyang Zhou

    • University of Fribourg

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• Dense Packings of Rounded Tetrahedra in Cylindrical Confinement

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Gabrielle Jones

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Gabrielle Jones

    • University of Michigan

  • Adil Mughal

  • Philipp Schonhofer

    • University of Michigan

  • Sharon Glotzer

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• Grain Boundary and Impurity Interactions in Colloidal Crystals

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Ian McGuire

    • Harvey Mudd College

  Authors

  • Ian McGuire

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Henrik Barck

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Sharon Gerbode

    • Harvey Mudd College

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• Broadband Optical Limiting via Reversible Polystyrene Nanoparticle Clouding: Phase Diagram for Laser Intensity and Concentration Thresholds

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • H Daniel Ou-Yang

    • Lehigh University

  Authors

  • Simin Xia

    • Lehigh University

  • Jr Perez

  • Xinlin Chen

    • Lehigh University

  • Ivan Biaggio

    • Lehigh University

  • H Daniel Ou-Yang

    • Lehigh University

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• Depletion Forces from Weakly Attractive Crowders

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Gopal Parthasarathy

    • University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • Gopal Parthasarathy

    • University of Minnesota

  • Kevin Dorfman

    • University of Minnesota

  • Xiang Cheng

    • University of Minnesota

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• Diffusiophoresis and diffusioosmosis-driven dynamics of modified polystyrene colloids in long double-junction microchannels

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Publication: Diffusiophoresis and diffusioosmosis-driven dynamics of polystyrene colloids in long microchannels, manuscript planned for submission 2025 (first author)

  Presenters

  • Christina Puijk

    • University College London

  Authors

  • Christina Puijk

    • University College London

  • Adnan Chakra

  • Goran Vladisavljevic

  • Guido Bolognesi

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• Rotational irreversibility in dense colloidal suspensions under flow.

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Austin Walker

    • Georgetown University

  Authors

  • Austin Walker

    • Georgetown University

  • Emanuela Gado

    • Georgetown University

  • Jeffrey Urbach

    • Georgetown University

  • Daniel Blair

    • Georgetown University

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