Soft matter and statistical physics
Computational design of probes to detect bacterial genomes by multivalent binding
T. Curk, C. A. Brackley, J. D. Farrell, Z. Xing, D. Joshi, S. Direito, U. Bren, S. Angioletti-Uberti, J. Dobnikar, E. Eiser, D. Frenkel and R. J. Allen
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
A simulation study of aggregation mediated by production of cohesive molecules
G. Melaugh, D. Marenduzzo, A. Morozov and R. J. Allen
Soft Matter 15, 9120 (2019)
Phase behaviour of active Brownian particles: The role of dimensionality
- J. Stenhammar, D. Marenduzzo, R. J. Allen and M. E. Cates
Soft Matter 10, 1489-1499 (2014).
Scalar phi^4 theories for active-particle phase separation
- R. Wittkowski, A. Tiribocchi, J. Stenhammar, R. J. Allen, D. Marenduzzo and M. E. Cates
Nature Communications 5, 4351 (2014).
A continuum theory of phase separation kinetics for active Brownian particles
- J. Stenhammar, A. Tiribocchi, R. J. Allen, D. Marenduzzo and M. E. Cates
Phys. Rev. Lett.,111, 145702 (2013)
A mixed population of competing TASEPs with a shared reservoir of particles
- P. Greulich^, L. Ciandrini^, R. J. Allen* and M. C. Romano*
Phys. Rev. E 85, 011142 (2012) (* and ^=equal contribution)
Non-equilibrium dynamics of an active colloidal "chucker"
- C. Valeriani, R. J. Allen* and D. Marenduzzo*
J. Chem. Phys. 132, 204904 (2010) (*=equal contribution).
Nucleation in a sheared two-dimensional Ising model: effects of external field (Conference Proceeding)
- R. J. Allen, C. Valeriani and S. Tanase-Nicola,
Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement 175, 144 (2008).
- R. J. Allen, C. Valeriani, S. Tanase-Nicola, P. R. ten Wolde and D. Frenkel
J. Chem. Phys. 129, 134704 (2008)
Complexation and phase behavior of oppositely charged polyelectrolyte/macroion systems
- R. J. Allen and P. B. Warren,
Langmuir 20, 1997 (2004).
Phase behaviour of oppositely charged polymer/surfactant mixtures
- R. J. Allen and P. B. Warren,
Europhys. Lett. 64, 468 (2003).
C12E2 reverse micelle: A molecular dynamics study.
- R. Allen, S. Bandyopadhyay and M. L. Klein
Langmuir 16, 10547 (2000).
Sedimentation equilibria of colloidal hard rod dispersions.
- R. Allen, D. Goulding and J.-P. Hansen.
PhysChemComm 2, 30 (1999).
01/11/2022
A warm welcome to our new group assistant Mr Moritz Wiegand!
30/10/2022
Congratulations to Nia Verdon who has submitted her PhD thesis!
15/10/2022
We are advertising an experimental postdoc position on biophysics of microbial aggregation in the context of the human gut microbiome. Please publicise it! Deadline is 22nd November.
01/10/2022
Check out our student Patrick Sinclair's paper in Physical Review Letters presenting a model for stochastic initiation of bacterial biofilms - and a commentary on it in Nature Reviews Physics.
30/09/2022
Congratulations to Patrick Sinclair who has successfully defended his PhD thesis!