Jan K.G. Dhont,
Forschungszentrum Jülich and Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Study of colloidal systems, both in and out of equilibrium. Synthesis of various types of model colloids. A variety of optical and mechanical techniques are used to probe structure, dynamics and kinetics on a microscopic scale.

Selected Publications

Single-particle thermal diffusion of charged colloids: Double-layer theory in a temperature gradient, J. K. G. Dhont, W. J. Briels, Eur. Phys. J. E, 25, 61-76 (2008).

Gradient and Vorticity banding (an overview paper), J.K.G. Dhont, W.J. Briels, Rheologica Acta, 47, 257-281 (2008)

Diffusion of spheres in isotropic and nematic networks of rods : electrostatic interactions and hydrodynamic screening, K. Kang, J.K.G. Dhont, J. Chem. Phys., 126, 214501-1 - 17 (2007)

Vorticity banding in rodlike virus suspensions, K. Kang, M.P. Lettinga, Z. Dogic, J.K.G. Dhont, Phys. Rev. E., 74, 026307-1 - 12 (2006)

Nematic-isotropic spinodal decomposition kinetics of rodlike viruses, M.P. Lettinga, K. Kang, P. Holmqvist, A. Imhof, D.Derks, J.K.G. Dhont, Phys. Rev. E., 73, 011412-1 - 7 (2006)

Diffusion of spheres in isotropic and nematic suspensions of rods, K. Kang, A. Wilk, J. Buitenhuis, A. Patkowski, J.K.G. Dhont, J. Chem. Phys. 124 (2006) 044907.

Thermodiffusion of interacting colloids, J.K.G. Dhont, J. Chem. Phys. 120 (2004) 1632 ; 120 (2004) 1642.

Non-equilibrium phase behaviour of rod-like viruses under shear flow, M.P. Lettinga, J.K.G. Dhont, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 16 (2004) 3929.

Inhomogeneous suspensions of rigid rods in flow, J.K.G. Dhont, W.J. Briels, J. Chem. Phys. 118 (2003) 1466.

Microstructure of a near-critical colloidal dispersion under stationary shear flow, H. Wang, P. Lettinga, J.K.G. Dhont, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 14 (2002) 7599.

Shear induced displacement of the spinodal of Brownian systems, J.K.G. Dhont, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 4269.

Strong critical enhancement of the shear viscosity of colloidal systems, I. Bodnar, J.K.G. Dhont, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77 (1996) 5304.

Experimental phase diagram of a binary colloidal hard-sphere mixture with a large size ratio, A. Imhof, J.K.G. Dhont, Phys. Rev. Lett. 75 (1995) 1662.

Long-time self diffusion of spherical colloidal particles measured with fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, A. van Blaaderen, J. Peetermans, G. Maret, J.K.G. Dhont, J. Chem. Phys. 96 (1992) 4591.

A time resolved static light scattering study of nucleation and crystallization in a colloidal system, J.K.G. Dhont, C. Smits, H.N.W. Lekkerkerker, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 152 (1992) 386.