Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Physik der weichen kondensierten Materie
- Aktive weiche Materie
- Aktive und passive kolloidale Teilchen
- Biophysik
- Mikroskopische Herleitung von Feldtheorien
- Klassische dynamische Dichtefunktionaltheorie
- Phasenfeldkristallmodelle
Vita
Preise
- Forschungsstipendium (07/2015-09/2016) – Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
- Rückkehrstipendium (01/2015-06/2015) – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Forschungsstipendium (01/2013-12/2014) – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Forschungsstipendium (05/2012-12/2012) – Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
- Teilnahmestipendium – Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Stiftung
- Auszeichnung als "Emerging Leader" – Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (IOP Publishing)
- Aufnahme als ordentliches Mitglied in das Junge Kolleg der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste – Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste (NRW-AdW)
- Emmy Noether-Programm – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Beste Dissertation in der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät 2012 – Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
- Stipendium für Studierende – Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
- Buchpreis – Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
Mitgliedschaft oder Aktivität in einem Gremium
- Mitglied im Jungen Kolleg der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste
Projekte
Auswahl
- Steuerung der Dynamik aktiver kolloidaler Flüssigkristalle durch externe Felder ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: DFG - Emmy Noether-Programm | Förderkennzeichen: WI 4170/3-1
Gesamtliste
- Steuerung der Dynamik aktiver kolloidaler Flüssigkristalle durch externe Felder ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: DFG - Emmy Noether-Programm | Förderkennzeichen: WI 4170/3-1
- SFB 1459 B01 - Auf dem Weg zu intelligenten lichtgetriebenen Nano- und Mikrosystemen ( – )
Teilprojekt in DFG-Verbund koordiniert an WWU: DFG - Sonderforschungsbereich | Förderkennzeichen: SFB 1459, B01 - Steuerung der Dynamik aktiver kolloidaler Flüssigkristalle durch externe Felder ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: DFG - Emmy Noether-Programm | Förderkennzeichen: WI 4170/3-1
- Steuerung der Dynamik aktiver kolloidaler Flüssigkristalle durch externe Felder ( – )
Publikationen
Auswahl
- 10.1126/sciadv.1501850. . ‘Light-induced self-assembly of active rectification devices.’ Science advances 2: e1501850. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.188302. . ‘Active Model H: scalar active matter in a momentum-conserving fluid.’ Physical Review Letters 115: 188302. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.018301. . ‘Activity-induced phase separation and self-assembly in mixtures of active and passive particles.’ Physical Review Letters 114: 018301. doi:
- 10.1038/ncomms5829. . ‘Gravitaxis of asymmetric self-propelled colloidal particles.’ Nature Communications 5: 4829. doi:
- 10.1038/ncomms5351. . ‘Scalar ϕ^4 field theory for active-particle phase separation.’ Nature Communications 5: 4351. doi:
Gesamtliste
- . . ‘Perspective: New directions in dynamical density functional theory.’ Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 35, Nr. 4: 041501. doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/ac8633.
- . . ‘Thermodynamics of an Empty Box.’ Entropy 25, Nr. 2: 315. doi: 10.3390/e25020315.
- . . ‘From a microscopic inertial active matter model to the Schrödinger equation.’ Nature Communications 14: 1302. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35635-1.
- . . ‘Pressure drives rapid burst-like coordinated cellular motion from 3D cancer aggregates.’ Advanced Science 9, Nr. 6: 2104808. doi: 10.1002/advs.202104808.
- . . ‘Acoustically propelled nano- and microcones: fast forward and backward motion.’ Nanoscale Advances 4, Nr. 1: 281–293. doi: 10.1039/D1NA00655J.
- . . ‘Orientation-dependent propulsion of triangular nano- and microparticles by a traveling ultrasound wave.’ ACS Nano 16, Nr. 3: 3604–3612. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.1c02302.
- . . ‘Propulsion of bullet- and cup-shaped nano- and microparticles by traveling ultrasound waves.’ Physics of Fluids 34, Nr. 5: 052007. doi: 10.1063/5.0089367.
- 10.1039/D2CP00060A. . ‘Topological fine structure of smectic grain boundaries and tetratic disclination lines within three-dimensional smectic liquid crystals.’ Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 24, Nr. 26: 15691–15704. doi:
- . . ‘Analytical approach to chiral active systems: suppressed phase separation of interacting Brownian circle swimmers.’ Journal of Chemical Physics 156, Nr. 19: 194904. doi: 10.1063/5.0085122.
- . . ‘Collective guiding of acoustically propelled nano- and microparticles.’ Nanoscale Advances 4, Nr. 13: 2844–2856. doi: 10.1039/D2NA00007E.
- . . ‘Acoustic propulsion of nano- and microcones: dependence on the viscosity of the surrounding fluid.’ Langmuir 38, Nr. 35: 10736–10748. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00603.
- . . ‘Inertial dynamics of an active Brownian particle.’ Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics 106, Nr. 3: 034616. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.106.034616.
- . . ‘Derivation and analysis of a phase field crystal model for a mixture of active and passive particles.’ Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 30, Nr. 8: 084001. doi: 10.1088/1361-651X/ac856a.
- . . ‘ASEVis: Visual Exploration of Active System Ensembles to Define Characteristic Measures.’ In 2022 IEEE Visualization and Visual Analytics (VIS), edited by , 150–154. Oklahoma City: IEEE Press. doi: 10.1109/VIS54862.2022.00039.
- . . ‘Containing a pandemic: nonpharmaceutical interventions and the 'second wave'.’ Journal of Physics Communications 5, Nr. 5: 055008. doi: 10.1088/2399-6528/abf79f.
- . . ‘Mori-Zwanzig formalism for general relativity: a new approach to the averaging problem.’ Physical Review Letters 127, Nr. 23: 231101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.231101.
- . . ‘Master equations for Wigner functions with spontaneous collapse and their relation to thermodynamic irreversibility.’ Journal of Computational Electronics 20, Nr. 6: 2209–2231. doi: 10.1007/s10825-021-01804-6.
- . . ‘Jerky active matter: a phase field crystal model with translational and orientational memory.’ New Journal of Physics 23, Nr. 6: 063023. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/abfa61.
- . . ‘Pair-distribution function of active Brownian spheres in two spatial dimensions: simulation results and analytic representation.’ Journal of Chemical Physics 152, Nr. 19: 194903. doi: 10.1063/1.5140725.
- . . ‘Relations between angular and Cartesian orientational expansions.’ AIP Advances 10, Nr. 3: 035106. doi: 10.1063/1.5141367.
- . . ‘Predictive local field theory for interacting active Brownian spheres in two spatial dimensions.’ Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 32, Nr. 21: 214001. doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/ab5e0e.
- . . ‘On the shape-dependent propulsion of nano- and microparticles by traveling ultrasound waves.’ Nanoscale Advances 2, Nr. 9: 3890–3899. doi: 10.1039/D0NA00099J.
- . . ‘Active Brownian motion with orientation-dependent motility: theory and experiments.’ Langmuir 36, Nr. 25: 7066–7073. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03617.
- . . ‘Collective dynamics of active Brownian particles in three spatial dimensions: a predictive field theory.’ Physical Review Research 2, Nr. 3: 033241. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033241.
- . . ‘Projection operators in statistical mechanics: a pedagogical approach.’ European Journal of Physics 41, Nr. 1: 045101. doi: 10.1088/1361-6404/ab8e28.
- . . ‘Classical dynamical density functional theory: from fundamentals to applications.’ Advances in Physics 69, Nr. 2: 121–247. doi: 10.1080/00018732.2020.1854965.
- . . ‘Orientational order parameters for arbitrary quantum systems.’ Annalen der Physik 532, Nr. 12: 2000266. doi: 10.1002/andp.202000266.
- . . ‘Effects of social distancing and isolation on epidemic spreading modeled via dynamical density functional theory.’ Nature Communications 11: 5576. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19024-0.
- . . ‘Mori-Zwanzig projection operator formalism for far-from-equilibrium systems with time-dependent Hamiltonians.’ Physical Review E - Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics 99, Nr. 6: 062118. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.99.062118.
- 10.1039/C7CP07026H. . ‘Liquid crystals of hard rectangles on flat and cylindrical manifolds.’ Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20, Nr. 7: 5285–5294. doi:
- . . ‘Active crystals on a sphere.’ Physical Review E - Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics Vol. 97, Iss. 5 — May 2018. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.97.052615.
- . . ‘Hydrodynamic resistance matrices of colloidal particles with various shapes.’ arXiv.org 2018.
- . . ‘Active crystals on a sphere.’ Physical Review E 97, Nr. 5: 052615. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.97.052615.
- 10.1088/1367-2630/aa8195. . ‘Nonequilibrium dynamics of mixtures of active and passive colloidal particles.’ New Journal of Physics 19, Nr. 10: 105003. doi:
- 10.1063/1.4998605. . ‘Helical paths, gravitaxis, and separation phenomena for mass-anisotropic self-propelling colloids: experiment versus theory.’ Journal of Chemical Physics 147, Nr. 8: 084905. doi:
- 10.1063/1.4967876. . ‘Hard rectangles near curved hard walls: tuning the sign of the Tolman length.’ Journal of Chemical Physics 145, Nr. 20: 204508. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevE.94.052606. . ‘Symmetry breaking in clogging for oppositely driven particles.’ Physical Review E 94, Nr. 5: 052606. doi:
- 10.1126/sciadv.1501850. . ‘Light-induced self-assembly of active rectification devices.’ Science advances 2: e1501850. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.188302. . ‘Active Model H: scalar active matter in a momentum-conserving fluid.’ Physical Review Letters 115: 188302. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.198301. . ‘Pressure and phase equilibria in interacting active Brownian spheres.’ Physical Review Letters 114: 198301. doi:
- 10.1088/0953-8984/27/19/194110. . ‘Can the self-propulsion of anisotropic microswimmers be described by using forces and torques?’ Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 27: 194110. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.018301. . ‘Activity-induced phase separation and self-assembly in mixtures of active and passive particles.’ Physical Review Letters 114: 018301. doi:
- 10.1038/ncomms5829. . ‘Gravitaxis of asymmetric self-propelled colloidal particles.’ Nature Communications 5: 4829. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.029802. . ‘Reply to “Comment on ‘Circular motion of asymmetric self-propelling particles’ ”.’ Physical Review Letters 113: 029802. doi:
- 10.1038/ncomms5351. . ‘Scalar ϕ^4 field theory for active-particle phase separation.’ Nature Communications 5: 4351. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevE.88.050301. . ‘Brownian motion and the hydrodynamic friction tensor for colloidal particles of complex shape.’ Physical Review E 88: 050301(R). doi:
- 10.1063/1.4820416. . ‘Dynamics of a deformable active particle under shear flow.’ Journal of Chemical Physics 139: 104906. doi:
- 10.1088/1751-8113/46/35/355003. . ‘Microscopic approach to entropy production.’ Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 46: 355003. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.052406. . ‘Structure and dynamics of interfaces between two coexisting liquid-crystalline phases.’ Physical Review E 87: 052406. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.198302. . ‘Circular motion of asymmetric self-propelling particles.’ Physical Review Letters 110: 198302. doi:
- 10.1140/epjst/e2013-02073-0. . ‘Differently shaped hard body colloids in confinement: from passive to active particles.’ European Physical Journal Special Topics 222: 3023–3037. doi:
- 10.1063/1.4769101. . ‘Extended dynamical density functional theory for colloidal mixtures with temperature gradients.’ Journal of Chemical Physics 137: 224904. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.021406. . ‘Self-propelled Brownian spinning top: dynamics of a biaxial swimmer at low Reynolds numbers.’ Physical Review E 85: 021406. doi:
- 10.1080/00018732.2012.737555. . ‘Phase-field-crystal models for condensed matter dynamics on atomic length and diffusive time scales: an overview.’ Advances in Physics 61: 665–743. doi:
- 1. Aufl. Aachen: Shaker Verlag. doi: 10.2370/9783844013689. . Brownian dynamics of active and passive anisotropic colloidal particles.
- 10.1080/00268976.2011.609145. . ‘Dynamical density functional theory for colloidal particles with arbitrary shape.’ Molecular Physics 109: 2935–2943. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.041708. . ‘Microscopic and macroscopic theories for the dynamics of polar liquid crystals.’ Physical Review E 84: 041708. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.031105. . ‘Brownian dynamics of a self-propelled particle in shear flow.’ Physical Review E 84: 031105. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.061712. . ‘Stability of liquid crystalline phases in the phase-field-crystal model.’ Physical Review E 83: 061712. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.061706. . ‘Polar liquid crystals in two spatial dimensions: the bridge from microscopic to macroscopic modeling.’ Physical Review E 83: 061706. doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.031708. . ‘Derivation of a three-dimensional phase-field-crystal model for liquid crystals from density functional theory.’ Physical Review E 82: 031708. doi:
- 10.1002/ctpp.200910009. . ‘Mean motion in stochastic plasmas with a space-dependent diffusion coefficient.’ Contributions to Plasma Physics 49: 55–69. doi:
Promotionen
te Vrugt, Michael Skalenübergreifende Feldtheorien für Nichtgleichgewichtssysteme Bickmann, Jens Feldtheorien für aktive kolloidale Flüssigkristalle Voß, Johannes Selbstakustophoretische Teilchen Bröker, Stephan Aktive Materialien in externen Feldern Nitschke, Tobias Aktive kolloidale Teilchen in externen Feldern Sitta, Christoph Struktur und Dynamik weicher Materie: Von zweidimensionalen Flüssigkristallen zu makromolekularer Diffusion durch Gele