sample of publications

• articles 

  • Density-functional theory for clustering of two-dimensional hard particle fluids.  JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS.  397:124044-1-124044-11. 2024
  • Prediction of the liquid-crystal phase behavior of hard right triangles from fourth-virial density-functional theories.  Physical review E: covering statistical, nonlinear, biological, and soft matter physics.  108:014603-1-014603-9. 2023
  • Effect of combined roundness and polydispersity on the phase behavior of hard-rectangle fluids.  Physical review E: covering statistical, nonlinear, biological, and soft matter physics.  106:1-15. 2022
  • Effect of clustering on the orientational properties of a fluid of hard right isosceles triangles.  PHYSICS OF FLUIDS.  34:037110-037124. 2022
  • Failure of standard density functional theory to describe the phase behavior of a fluid of hard right isosceles triangles.  Physical review E: covering statistical, nonlinear, biological, and soft matter physics.  104:054132-1-054132-11. 2021
  • Orientational ordering in a fluid of hard kites: A density-functional-theory study.  Physical review E: covering statistical, nonlinear, biological, and soft matter physics.  102:1-15. 2020
  • Domain walls in vertically vibrated monolayers of cylinders confined in annuli.  Physical Review Research.  2:1-11. 2020
  • Highly confined mixtures of parallel hard squares: A density-functional-theory study.  Physical review E: covering statistical, nonlinear, biological, and soft matter physics.  100:1-14. 2019
  • Defects in vertically vibrated monolayers of cylinders.  NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS.  21. 2019
  • Uniform phases in fluids of hard isosceles triangles: one-component fluid and binary mixtures.  Physical review E: covering statistical, nonlinear, biological, and soft matter physics.  97:052703-1-052703-11. 2018
  • Positional ordering of hard adsorbate particles in tubular nanopores.  Physical review E: covering statistical, nonlinear, biological, and soft matter physics.  97. 2018
  • Dynamical properties of heterogeneous nucleation of parallel hard squares.  Soft Matter.  13:9246-9258. 2017
  • Role of length polydispersity in the phase behavior of freely rotating hard-rectangle fluids.  Physical review E: covering statistical, nonlinear, biological, and soft matter physics.  95:1-14. 2017
  • Clustering in vibrated monolayers of granular rods.  Soft Matter.  13:2571-2582. 2017
  • Ordering of hard rectangles in strong confinement.  JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS.  146. 2017
  • Biaxial nematic phase stability and demixing behaviour in monolayers of rod-plate mixtures.  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS.  18:24569-24581. 2016
  • Phase behaviour and correlations of parallel hard squares: from highly confined to bulk systems.  JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER.  28:1-15. 2016
  • Effect of orientational restriction on monolayers of hard ellipsoids.  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS.  18:4547-4556. 2016
  • Effect of shape biaxiality on the phase behavior of colloidal liquid-crystal monolayers.  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS.  17:6389-6400. 2015
  • Capillary and winding transitions in a confined cholesteric liquid crystal.  Soft Matter.  11:7038-7045. 2015
  • Hard-body models of bulk liquid crystals.  JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER.  26:1-60. 2014
  • Phase behaviour of liquid-crystal monolayers of rod-like and plate-like particles.  JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS.  140. 2014
  • Hard rods in a cylindrical pore: The nematic-to-smectic phase transition.  JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER.  26. 2014
  • Interplay between columnar and smectic stability in suspensions of polydisperse colloidal platelets.  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS.  16:765-775. 2014
  • Liquid-crystal patterns of rectangular particles in a square nanocavity.  Physical review E: statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics.  88. 2013
  • Two-dimensional nematics in bulk and confined geometries.  JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS.  185:13-19. 2013
  • Dimensional crossover of hard parallel cylinders confined on cylindrical surfaces.  Physical review E: statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics.  87. 2013
  • Effect of polydispersity, bimodality, and aspect ratio on the phase behavior of colloidal platelet suspensions.  JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS.  137. 2012
  • Biaxial nematic phases in fluids of hard board-like particles.  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS.  13:13247-13254. 2011
  • Theory and simulation of the confined Lebwohl-Lasher model.  Physical review E: statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics.  83:1-17. 2011
  • Effect of polydispersity and soft interactions on the nematic versus smectic phase stability in platelet suspensions.  JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS.  134:1-12. 2011
  • Phase behaviour of mixtures of hard ellipses: a scaled particle density functional study.  LIQUID CRYSTALS.  38:697-707. 2011
  • Fluid-fluid versus fluid-solid demixing in mixtures of parallel hard hypercubes.  JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS-THEORY AND EXPERIMENT.  2011:1-19. 2011
  • Phase Transitions in Nanoconfined Binary Mixtures of Highly Oriented Colloidal Rods.  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS.  12:10831-10841. 2010
  • Competition between Capillarity, Layering and Biaxiality in a Confined Liquid Crystal.  EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E.  32:89-101. 2010
  • Surface and Smectic Layering Transitions in Binary Mixtures of Parallel Hard Rods.  Physical review E: statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics.  81:21706. 2010
  • Stable Smectic Phase in Suspensions of Polydisperse Colloidal Platelets with Identical Thickness.  Physical review E: statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics.  80:1-6. 2009
  • Smectic and Columnar Ordering in Length-Polydisperse Fluids of Parallel Hard Cylinders.  MOLECULAR PHYSICS.  107:415-422. 2009
  • Enhanced Stability of the Tetratic Phase due to Clustering.  Physical review E: statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics.  79:1-9. 2009
  • Non-Uniform Liquid-Crystalline Phases of Parallel Hard Rod-Shaped Particles: From Ellipsoids to Cylinders.  JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS.  129:54907. 2008
  • Biaxial Nematic and Smectic Phases of Parallel Particles with Different Cross Sections.  Physical review E: statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics.  78:31705. 2008
  • Phase Behavior of Parallel Hard Cylinders.  JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS.  128:194901. 2008
  • Fundamental-Measure Density Functional for Mixtures of Parallel Hard Cylinders.  Physical review E: statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics.  77:51205. 2008

• book chapters 

  • Novel Symmetries and Clustering Effects in Two-dimensional Anisotropic Fluids. In: Modeling and simulation of new materials: tenth Granada Lectures: Granda, Spain, 15-19 September 2008.  AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS. 237-240. 2009
  • Density Functional Theories of Hard Particle Systems. In: Theory and Simulation of Hard-Sphere Fluids and Related Systems.  SPRINGER. 247-341. 2008

• conference contributions 

  • Exotic liquid crystalline phases in monolayers of vertically vibrated granular particles.  1261-1278. 2023
  • Prediction of the liquid-crystal phase behavior of hard right triangles from fourth-virial density functional theories 2023
  • Effect of clustering on the orientational properties of a fluid of hard right isosceles triangles 2022
  • Liquid crystalline patterns of exotic symmetries in monolayers of vertically vibrated granular particles 2022
  • Effect of nano-confinement in the phase behaviour of hard platelets.  125-125. 2019
  • Nematic and Triatic phases of hard isosceles triangles: One component fluid and binary mixtures.  95-95. 2019
  • Vertically-vibrated granular rods: topological defects and influence of imposed geometry.  244-244. 2019
  • Confinement-induced topological deffects in a tetratic liquid crystal 2017
  • Dynamics of heterogeneous crystallization of parallel hard squares: A dynamic density functional theory study. 2017
  • Dynamics of heterogeneous nucleation of parallel hard squares using dynamical density functional theories 2017
  • Estructura de un fluido de partículas rectangulares en un canal estrecho bidimensional 2017
  • Liquid-crystalline patterns in vibrated granular rods 2017
  • Polydisperse hard rectangles: A simple model for vibrated monolayers of granular rods 2017
  • Clustering effects in vibrated monolayers of rods 2016
  • Clustering in monolayers of vibrated granular rods 2016
  • Polydisperse hard rectangles: A simple model for vibrated monolayers of granular rods 2016
  • Capillary and winding transitions in a confined cholesteric liquid crystal 2015
  • Clustering effects in vibrated monolayers of rods 2015
  • Interplay between columnar and smectic stability in suspensions of polydisperse colloidal platelets.  82-82. 2014
  • Liquid-crystal patterns of rectangular particles in a square nanocavity 2014
  • Liquid-crystal patterns of rectangular particles in a square nanocavity 2014
  • Phase behavior of liquid-crystal monolayers of rod-like and plate-like particles 2014
  • Phase behavior of liquid-crystal monolayers of rod-like and plate-like particles 2014
  • 2D liquid crystal confined in a square cavity.  115. 2012
  • Efecto de la polidispersidad y asimetría de partículas oblatas en los diagramas de fases de emulsiones coloidales.  140. 2012
  • Effect of polydispercity and soft interactions on the nematic versus smectic phase stability in platelet suspensions 2011
  • Fases nemáticas biaxiales en fluidos de partículas duras con geometría tipo losa 2011
  • Biaxial Nematic and Smectic Phases of Parallel Particles with Different Cross Sections 2009
  • Funcional de medidas fundamentales para mezclas de cilindros duros paralelos 2008
  • Novel Symmetries and Clustering Effects in Two-Dimensional Anisotropic Fluids 2008
  • Potenciales de depleción extremadamente atractivos en mezclas de esferas blandas 2008