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Mosaic two-lengthscale quasicrystals by Dotera, T., Oshiro, T., Ziherl, P.

“…The unusual structures of quasicrystals, such as the 18-fold symmetry observed in polymer micelles, lack the repeating cell pattern of conventional hard…”
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Field-induced self-assembly of suspended colloidal membranes by Osterman, N, Poberaj, I, Dobnikar, J, Frenkel, D, Ziherl, P, Babić, D

“…We report experiments that probe the self-assembly of micrometer-size colloids into one-particle-thick, robust, and self-healing membranes. In a magic-angle…”
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Maximizing Entropy by Minimizing Area:  Towards a New Principle of Self-Organization by Ziherl, P, Kamien, Randall D

“…We propose a heuristic explanation for the numerous non-close-packed crystal structures observed in various colloidal systems. By developing an analogy between…”
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Many-body contact repulsion of deformable disks by Šiber, A, Ziherl, P

“…We use a spring-and-plaquette network model to analyze the repulsion between elastic disks in contact. By studying various 2D geometries, we find that as disks…”
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Aggregates of two-dimensional vesicles: rouleaux, sheets, and convergent extension by Ziherl, P

“…Using both numerical and variational minimization of the bending and adhesion energy of two-dimensional lipid vesicles, we study their aggregation, and we find…”
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From Lumps to Lattices: Crystallized Clusters Made Simple by Ziherl, P, Kamien, Randall D

“…Using a minimal model based on the continuum theory of a two-dimensional hard-core/square-shoulder ensemble, we reinterpret the main features of cluster…”
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Observation of condensed phases of quasiplanar core-softened colloids by Osterman, N, Babic, D, Poberaj, I, Dobnikar, J, Ziherl, P

“…We experimentally study the condensed phases of repelling core-softened spheres in two dimensions. The dipolar pair repulsion between superparamagnetic spheres…”
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Flat and sigmoidally curved contact zones in vesicle-vesicle adhesion by Ziherl, P, Svetina, S

“…Using the membrane-bending elasticity theory and a simple effective model of adhesion, we study the morphology of lipid vesicle doublets. In the weak adhesion…”
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Soft spheres make more mesophases by Glaser, M. A, Grason, G. M, Kamien, R. D, Košmrlj, A, Santangelo, C. D, Ziherl, P

“…We use both mean-field methods and numerical simulation to study the phase diagram of classical particles interacting with a hard core and repulsive, soft…”
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Topology of dividing planar tilings: Mitosis and order in epithelial tissues by Ladan, M Kokalj, Ziherl, P, Šiber, A

“…We investigate a range of rule-based models of the in-plane structure of growing single-cell-thick epithelia represented by the distribution of frequencies of…”
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Nonaxisymmetric phospholipid vesicles: Rackets, boomerangs, and starfish by Ziherl, P, Svetina, S

“…Within the area difference elasticity model, we numerically minimize the bending energy of phospholipid vesicles to study the nonaxisymmetric shapes at the…”
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Soap froths and crystal structures by Ziherl, P, Kamien, RD

“…We propose a physical mechanism to explain the crystal symmetries found in macromolecular and supramolecular micellar materials. We argue that the packing…”
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Morphology of small aggregates of red blood cells by Svetina, S., Ziherl, P.

“…Blood can be considered a two-phase liquid composed of plasma as well as cells and cell aggregates. The degree of cell aggregation is an important determinant…”
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Composite contact of binary lipid membranes by Jelerčič, U., Ziherl, P.

“…Upon adhesion, binary lipid membranes may retain their structural identity but they may also undergo partial fusion promoted by microscopic phase separation of…”
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Continuum Theory for Cluster Morphologies of Soft Colloids by Košmrlj, A, Pauschenwein, G. J, Kahl, G, Ziherl, P

“…We introduce a continuum description of the thermodynamics of colloids with a core-corona architecture. In the case of thick coronas, their overlap can be…”
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Morphometry and structure of natural random tilings by Hočevar, A., El Shawish, S., Ziherl, P.

“… A vast range of both living and inanimate planar cellular partitions obeys universal empirical laws describing their structure. To better understand this…”
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Pseudo-casimir structural force drives spinodal dewetting in nematic liquid crystals by Ziherl, P, Podgornik, R, Zumer, S

“…We analyze theoretically the fluctuation-induced force in thin nematic films subject to competing surface interactions, and we find that the force is…”
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Colloids on free-standing smectic films by CONRADI, M, ZIHERL, P, SARLAH, A, MUSEVIC, I

“…We study the structure of a free-standing smectic-A film around a micron-size polystyrene colloid adsorbed onto the film. We find that a colloid or a cluster…”
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Morphology and structure of thin liquid-crystalline films at nematic-isotropic transition by Ziherl, P, Zumer, S

“…We review the main features of very thin nematic liquid-crystalline films on solid substrates, focusing on 5CB on oxidized silicon wafers. By discussing the…”
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Casimir force in liquid crystals close to the nematic–isotropic phase transition by Ziherl, P., Podgornik, R., Žumer, S.

“…We show that in nematic liquid crystals, the Casimir effect induced by thermal fluctuations of the orientational order is characterized by a short-range force…”
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