Search Results - "MacDowell, Luis G"

Micelle-directed chiral seeded growth on anisotropic gold nanocrystals by González-Rubio, Guillermo, Mosquera, Jesús, Kumar, Vished, Pedrazo-Tardajos, Adrián, Llombart, Pablo, Solís, Diego M., Lobato, Ivan, Noya, Eva G., Guerrero-Martínez, Andrés, Taboada, José M., Obelleiro, Fernando, MacDowell, Luis G., Bals, Sara, Liz-Marzán, Luis M.

“…Groovy chiral gold particles Although plasmonic optical activity can arise from chiral assemblies of gold and silver nanoparticles, there are few examples of…”
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How ice grows from premelting films and water droplets by Sibley, David N., Llombart, Pablo, Noya, Eva G., Archer, Andrew J., MacDowell, Luis G.

“…Close to the triple point, the surface of ice is covered by a thin liquid layer (so-called quasi-liquid layer) which crucially impacts growth and melting…”
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Surface phase transitions and crystal habits of ice in the atmosphere by Llombart, Pablo, Noya, Eva G., MacDowell, Luis G.

“…Atomic-scale description of the ice structure predicts ice crystal growth rates and explains snow crystal shapes. With climate modeling predicting a raise of…”
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Dielectric Constant of Ice Ih and Ice V: A Computer Simulation Study by MacDowell, Luis G, Vega, Carlos

“…In this work, we exploit an efficient algorithm for the sampling of hydrogen-bond networks in order to study the order/disorder transition and the dielectric…”
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Comment on 'Finite size effect on the existence of the liquid-vapour spinodal curve' by MacDowell, Luis G.

“…In a recent paper, Díaz-Herrera et al. [Mol. Phys. 122, e1989071 (2022)] have studied the condensation transition of spherical droplets in finite closed…”
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Lifshitz theory of wetting films at three phase coexistence: The case of ice nucleation on Silver Iodide (AgI) by Luengo-Márquez, Juan, MacDowell, Luis G.

“…[Display omitted] As a fluid approaches three phase coexistence, adsorption may take place by the successive formation of two intervening wetting films. The…”
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Ice friction at the nanoscale by Baran, Łukasz, Llombart, Pablo, Rżysko, Wojciech, MacDowell, Luis G

“…The origin of ice slipperiness has been a matter of great controversy for more than a century, but an atomistic understanding of ice friction is still lacking…”
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Nanocapillarity and Liquid Bridge-Mediated Force between Colloidal Nanoparticles by MacDowell, Luis G, Llombart, Pablo, Benet, Jorge, Palanco, Jose G, Guerrero-Martinez, Andrés

“…In this work, we probe the concept of interface tension for ultrathin adsorbed liquid films on the nanoscale by studying the surface fluctuations of films down…”
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Femtosecond laser reshaping yields gold nanorods with ultranarrow surface plasmon resonances by González-Rubio, Guillermo, Díaz-Núñez, Pablo, Rivera, Antonio, Prada, Alejandro, Tardajos, Gloria, González-Izquierdo, Jesús, Bañares, Luis, Llombart, Pablo, Macdowell, Luis G., Palafox, Mauricio Alcolea, Liz-Marzán, Luis M., Peña-Rodríguez, Ovidio, Guerrero-Martínez, Andrés

“…The irradiation of gold nanorod colloids with a femtosecond laser can be tuned to induce controlled nanorod reshaping, yielding colloids with exceptionally…”
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Premelting-Induced Smoothening of the Ice-Vapor Interface by Benet, Jorge, Llombart, Pablo, Sanz, Eduardo, MacDowell, Luis G

“…We perform computer simulations of the quasiliquid layer of ice formed at the ice-vapor interface close to the ice Ih-liquid-vapor triple point of water. Our…”
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Disconnecting Symmetry Breaking from Seeded Growth for the Reproducible Synthesis of High Quality Gold Nanorods by González-Rubio, Guillermo, Kumar, Vished, Llombart, Pablo, Díaz-Núñez, Pablo, Bladt, Eva, Altantzis, Thomas, Bals, Sara, Peña-Rodríguez, Ovidio, Noya, Eva G, MacDowell, Luis G, Guerrero-Martínez, Andrés, Liz-Marzán, Luis M

“…One of the major difficulties hindering the widespread application of colloidal anisotropic plasmonic nanoparticles is the limited robustness and…”
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Rounded Layering Transitions on the Surface of Ice by Llombart, Pablo, Noya, Eva G, Sibley, David N, Archer, Andrew J, MacDowell, Luis G

“…Understanding the wetting properties of premelting films requires knowledge of the film's equation of state, which is not usually available. Here we calculate…”
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Structure and fluctuations of the premelted liquid film of ice at the triple point by Benet, Jorge, Llombart, Pablo, Sanz, Eduardo, MacDowell, Luis G.

“…In this paper, we study the structure of the ice/vapour interface in the neighbourhood of the triple point for the TIP4P/2005 model. We probe the fluctuations…”
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Structural transitions and bilayer formation of CTAB aggregates by Llombart, Pablo, Palafox, Mauricio Alcolea, MacDowell, Luis G., Noya, Eva G.

“…[Display omitted] Controlled CTAB self-assembly is an essential prerequisite for the formation of gold nanorods with tailored shape and monodispersity. In this…”
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Capillary fluctuations and film-height-dependent surface tension of an adsorbed liquid film by MacDowell, Luis G, Benet, Jorge, Katcho, Nebil A

“…Our understanding of both structure and dynamics of adsorbed liquids heavily relies on the capillary wave Hamiltonian, but a thorough test of this model is…”
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Disjoining Pressure, Healing Distance, and Film Height Dependent Surface Tension of Thin Wetting Films by Benet, Jorge, Palanco, Jose G, Sanz, Eduardo, MacDowell, Luis G

“…In this work, we simulate the adsorption of wetting liquid argon films on a model substrate. We calculate the disjoining pressure isotherm and show that it is…”
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Disjoining pressure and the film-height-dependent surface tension of thin liquid films: New insight from capillary wave fluctuations by MacDowell, Luis G., Benet, Jorge, Katcho, Nebil A., Palanco, Jose M.G.

“…In this paper we review simulation and experimental studies of thermal capillary wave fluctuations as an ideal means for probing the underlying disjoining…”
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Premelting-Induced Smoothening of the Ice-Vapor Interface by Benet, Jorge, Llombart, Pablo, Sanz, Eduardo, MacDowell, Luis G.

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Analytic perturbative FMSA equation of state and thermodynamic properties from Monte Carlo simulation of the Kihara potential with a spherical core by Palanco, José M.G., MacDowell, Luis G.

“…A new equation of state is found to reproduce analytically the thermodynamic properties of fluids interacting with a spherical Kihara potential formulated for…”
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Liquid−Vapor Phase Equilibria and Surface Tension of Ethane As Predicted by the TraPPE and OPLS Models by Benet, Jorge, MacDowell, Luis G, Menduiña, Carlos

“…In this work we combine two recently proposed computer simulation techniques: the wandering interface method for the calculation of surface tensions and…”
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