Scientific publications Mirjam Leunissen (2003 - 2014)
PhD thesis: Manipulating Colloids with Charges and Electric FieldsM.E. LeunissenUtrecht University, 2007
QCM-D and spectroscopic ellipsometry measurements of the phospholipid bilayer anchoring stability and kinetics of hydrophobically modified DNA oligonucleotidesS.A.J. van der Meulen, G.V. Dubacheva, M. Dogterom, R.P. Richter, M.E. LeunissenLangmuir 30, 6525 (2014)
Solid colloids with surface-mobile DNA linkersS.A.J. van der Meulen, M.E. LeunissenJACS 135, 15129 (2013)
Tuning colloidal association with specific peptide interactionsA.P. Schoen, B. Hommersom, S.C. Heilshorn, M.E. LeunissenSoft Matter 9, 6781 (2013)
The entropic impact of tethering, multivalency and dynamic recruitment in systems with specific binding groupsF.J. Martinez-Veracoechea, M.E. LeunissenSoft Matter 9, 3213 (2013)
Layering, freezing and re-entrant melting of hard spheres in soft confinementT. Curk, A. de Hoogh, F.J. Martinez-Veracoechea, E. Eiser, D. Frenkel, J. Dobnikar, M.E. LeunissenPhys. Rev. E 85, 021502 (2012)
Predicting DNA-mediated colloidal pair interactionsB.M. Mognetti, P. Varilly, S. Angioletti-Uberti, F.J. Martinez-Veracoechea, J. Dobnikar, M.E. Leunissen, D. FrenkelPNAS 109, E378 (2012)
Controlling the temperature sensitivity of DNA-mediated colloidal interactions through competing linkagesB.M. Mognetti, M.E. Leunissen, D. FrenkelSoft Matter 8, 2213 (2012)
Self-replication of information-bearing nanoscale patternsT. Wang, R. Sha, R. Dreyfus, M.E. Leunissen, C. Maass, D.J. Pine, P.M. Chaikin, N.C. SeemanNature 478, 225 (2011)
Numerical study of DNA-functionalized micro- and nano-particles: explicit pair potentials and their implications for phase behaviorM.E. Leunissen, D. FrenkelJ. Chem. Phys. 134, 084702 (2011)
Nucleation of colloidal crystals on configurable seed structuresM. Hermes, E.C.M. Vermolen, M.E. Leunissen, D.L.J. Vossen, P.D.J. van Oostrum, M. Dijkstra, A. van BlaaderenSoft Matter 7, 4623 (2011)
Aggregation-disaggregation transition of DNA-coated colloids: Experiments and theoryR. Dreyfus, M.E. Leunissen, R. Sha, A.V. Tkachenko, N.C. Seeman, D.J. Pine, P.M. ChaikinPhys. Rev. E 81, 041404 (2010)
Quantitative study of the association thermodynamics and kinetics of DNA-coated particles for different functionalization schemesM.E. Leunissen, R. Dreyfus, R. Sha, N.C. Seeman, P.M. ChaikinJournal of the American Chemical Society 132, 1903 (2010)
Switchable self-protected attractions in DNA-functionalized colloidsM.E. Leunissen, R. Dreyfus, F.C. Cheong, D.G. Grier, R. Sha, N.C. Seeman, P.M. ChaikinNature Materials 8, 590 (2009)
Towards self-replicating materials of DNA-functionalized colloidsM.E. Leunissen, R. Dreyfus, R. Sha, T. Wang, N.C. Seeman, D.J. Pine, P.M. ChaikinSoft Matter 5, 2422 (2009)
Directing colloidal self-assembly with biaxial electric fieldsM.E. Leunissen, H.R. Vutukuri, A. van BlaaderenAdv. Mater. 21, 3116 (2009)
Structure, stability, and formation pathways of colloidal gels in systems with short-range attraction and long-range repulsionM.M. van Schooneveld, V.W.A. de Villeneuve, R.P.A. Dullens, D.G.A.L. Aarts, M.E. Leunissen, W.K. KegelJ. Phys. Chem. B 113, 4560 (2009)
Simple quantitative model for the reversible association of DNA coated colloidsR. Dreyfus, M.E. Leunissen, R. Sha, A.V. Tkachenko, N.C. Seeman, D.J. Pine, P.M. ChaikinPhysical Review Letters 102, 048301 (2009)
Out-of-equilibrium processes in suspensions of oppositely charged colloids: liquid-to-crystal nucleation and gel formationE. Sanz, C. Valeriani, T. Vissers, A. Fortini, M.E. Leunissen, A. van Blaaderen, D. Frenkel, M. DijkstraJ. Phys. Condens. Matter 20, 494247 (2008)
Gel formation in suspensions of oppositely charged colloids: Mechanism and relation to the equilibrium phase diagramE. Sanz, M.E. Leunissen, A. Fortini, A. van Blaaderen, M. DijkstraJ. Phys. Chem. B 112, 10861 (2008)
Concentrating colloids with electric field gradients. I. Particle transport and growth mechanism of hard-sphere-like crystals in an electric bottleM.E. Leunissen, M.T. Sullivan, P.M. Chaikin, A. van BlaaderenJ. Chem. Phys. 128, 164508 (2008)
Concentrating colloids with electric field gradients. II. Phase transitions and crystal buckling of long-ranged repulsive charged spheres in an electric bottleM.E. Leunissen, A. van BlaaderenJ. Chem. Phys. 128, 164509 (2008)
Ion partitioning at the oil-water interface as a source of tunable electrostatic effects in emulsions with colloidsM.E. Leunissen, J. Zwanikken, R. van Roij, P.M. Chaikin, A. van BlaaderenPhys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 9, 6405 (2007)
Electrostatics at the oil-water interface: stability and order in emulsions and colloidsM.E. Leunissen, A. van Blaaderen, A.D. Hollingsworth, M.T. Sullivan, P.M. ChaikinProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104, 2585 (2007)
CuAu structure in the restricted primitive model and oppositely charged colloidsA.P. Hynninen, M.E. Leunissen, A. van Blaaderen, M. DijkstraPhysical Review Letters 96, 018303 (2006)
Reentrant melting and freezing in a model system of charged colloidsC.P. Royall, M.E. Leunissen, A.P. Hynninen, M. Dijkstra, A. van BlaaderenJournal of Chemical Physics 124, 244706 (2006)
Ionic colloidal crystals of oppositely charged particlesM.E. Leunissen, C.G. Christova, A.P. Hynninen, C.P. Royall, A.I. Campbell, A. Imhof, M. Dijkstra, R. van Roij, A. van BlaaderenNature 437, 235 (2005)
Epitaxial nucleation and growth of n-alkane crystals on graphite (0001)M.E. Leunissen, W.S. Graswinckel, W.J.P. van Enckevort, E. VliegCrystal Growth and Design 4, 361 (2004)
A new colloidal model system to study long-range interactions quantitatively in real spaceC.P. Royall, M.E. Leunissen, A. van BlaaderenJournal of Physics: Condensed Matter 15, S3581 (2003)