Frenkel | Department of Chemistry

Professor Daan Frenkel ForMemRS

Telephone: 01223 336376
01223 336341

The research in my research group focuses on the numerical exploration of routes to design novel, self-assembling structures and materials. In particular, I am interested in the possibilities that bio-molecular recognition and motor action offer to create complex, nano-structured materials.

The main aspects of the research are

Develop novel Monte Carlo techniques to predict the thermodynamic stability of complex structures (e.g. DNA-coated colloids – fig 1).
Explore novel dynamical simulation techniques to predict the rate at which novel structures form from a meta-stable parent phase (e.g. crystal nucleation – fig 2).
Quantify the disorder in granular packings.
Coarse-grained models for molecular motors.

Fig.1. Snapshot of condensation of a low-density (left) to high-density (right) system of colloids (shown as red and green spheres) linked by DNA coils (shown as small spheres in left snapshot).

Fig.2. Heterogeneous crystal nucleation on disordered substrates is facilitated by wetting and capillary condensation.

Publications

DYNAMICS OF THE FREDERIKS TRANSITION IN NEMATICS CONSISTING OF DISC-LIKE MOLECULES - THERMAL-DEPENDENCE OF A BEND VISCOSITY COEFFICIENT

TW WARMERDAM, D FRENKEL, RJJ ZIJLSTRA - LIQ CRYST (1988) 3, 1105
(DOI: 10.1080/02678298808086565)

DISCOTIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS - PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF SOME 2,3,7,8,12,13-HEXA(ALKANOYLOXY)TRUXENES - OBSERVATION OF A RE-ENTRANT ISOTROPIC-PHASE IN A PURE DISC-LIKE MESOGEN

TW WARMERDAM, RJM NOLTE, W DRENTH, JC VANMILTENBURG, D FRENKEL, RJJ ZIJLSTRA - LIQ CRYST (1988) 3, 1087
(DOI: 10.1080/02678298808086564)

SIMULATION OF THE ADHESIVE-HARD-SPHERE MODEL

WGT KRANENDONK, D FRENKEL - MOLECULAR PHYSICS (1988) 64, 403
(DOI: 10.1080/00268978800100303)

STRUCTURE OF HARD-CORE MODELS FOR LIQUID-CRYSTALS

D FRENKEL - J PHYS CHEM-US (1988) 92, 3280
(DOI: 10.1021/j100322a042)

Thermodynamic stability of a smectic phase in a system of hard rods

D FRENKEL, HNW LEKKERKERKER, A STROOBANTS - Nature (1988) 332, 822
(DOI: 10.1038/332822a0)

APPLICATION OF LATTICE-GAS CELLULAR AUTOMATA TO THE BROWNIAN-MOTION OF SOLIDS IN SUSPENSION

AJC LADD, ME COLVIN, D FRENKEL - PHYS REV LETT (1988) 60, 975
(DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.975)

Monte Carlo simulation of carrier number noise spectra in the integral quantum Hall regime

D FRENKEL, AJ KIL, BM VANDERDOEF, RJJ ZIJLSTRA - Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics (1988) 21, L177
(DOI: 10.1088/0022-3719/21/7/004)

MEASUREMENTS OF THE RATIO OF THE FRANK CONSTANTS FOR SPLAY AND BEND IN NEMATICS CONSISTING OF DISC-LIKE MOLECULES - 2,3,6,7,10,11-HEXAKIS(PARA-ALKOXYBENZOYLOXY)TRIPHENYLENES

TW WARMERDAM, D FRENKEL, RJJ ZIJLSTRA - LIQ CRYST (1988) 3, 369
(DOI: 10.1080/02678298808086383)

DYNAMIC LIGHT-SCATTERING NEAR THE ISOTROPIC BLUE PHASE-TRANSITION OF CHOLESTERYL-OLEYLCARBONATE

A BOTTGER, L NIESSEN, J COELINGH, D FRENKEL, RJJ ZIJLSTRA - LIQ CRYST (1988) 3, 337
(DOI: 10.1080/02678298808086379)

CALCULATION OF LIQUID-CRYSTAL FRANK CONSTANTS BY COMPUTER-SIMULATION

MP ALLEN, D FRENKEL - PHYS REV A (1988) 37, 1813
(DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.37.1813)

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Department of Chemistry

Professor Daan Frenkel ForMemRS

Publications

General

Research Interests

Teaching

Personal

Funding