Soft Matter & Mesostructured Materials


Research publications

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2013-2015 2010-2012 2007-2009 1999-2006 -1998 (WGV)

2013-2015

  • J. Guadarrama-Cetina & W. González-Viñas. [2013]. Breath figures of two immiscible substances on a repellent surface Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. E.

  • M.A. Miranda & D. Laroze & W. González-Viñas. [2013]. The Kibble-Zurek mechanism in a subcritical bifurcation Accepted for publication in J. Phys.: Condens. Matter.

  • M.A. Miranda & J. Burguete & H. Mancini & W. González-Viñas. [2013]. Frozen dynamics and synchronization through a secondary symmetry-breaking bifurcation Phys. Rev. E 87(3), 032902. Available online and upon request. Bibtex citation

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  • J. Guadarrama-Cetina [2013] Breath Figures Formation. PhD. Thesis. Universidad de Navarra. Supervisor: W. González-Viñas. Available here and upon request.

  • M. Pichumani & P. Bagheri & K.M. Poduska & W. González-Viñas & A. Yethiraj. [2013]. Dynamics, crystallization, and structures in colloid spin coating. Soft Matter 9(12), 3220. Review article available online and upon request. Bibtex citation.

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  • M. Pichumani & W. González-Viñas. [2013]. Magnetorheology from surface coverage of spin-coated colloidal films. Soft Matter 9(8), 2506. Available online and upon request. Supporting information is available online. Bibtex citation.

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  • J. Guadarrama-Cetina & A. Mongruel & W. González-Viñas & D.A. Beysens. [2013] Percolation-induced frost formation EPL 101(1), 16009. Available online and upon request. Supporting information is available online. Bibtex citation.

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2010-2012

  • M. Pichumani [2012] Effect of external fields on the dynamics of colloidal phase transitions. PhD. Thesis. Universidad de Navarra. Supervisor: W. González-Viñas. Available here and upon request.

  • A.P. Bartlett & M. Pichumani & M. Giuliani & W. González-Viñas & A. Yethiraj. [2012] Modified spincoating technique to achieve directional colloidal crystallization Langmuir 28(6), 3067. Available online and upon request. Supporting information is available online without a subscription. Bibtex citation

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  • M.A. Miranda & J. Burguete & W. González-Viñas & H. Mancini. [2012]. Exploring the Kibble-Zurek mechanism in a secondary bifurcation. Int. J. Bifurcation Chaos 22 (7), 1250165. Available online and upon request. A preprint is available online in arXiv.org. Bibtex citation

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  • M. Pichumani & W. González-Viñas. [2011]. Spin-coating of dilute magnetic colloids in a magnetic field. Magnetohydrodynamics 47(2), 191. Available online (without subscription) and upon request. Please note that (only) in the print version there is an erratum which is corrected in Magnetohydrodynamics 47(4), 191. Bibtex citation

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  • M. Pichumani & M. Giuliani & W. González-Viñas. [2011]. One-dimensional cluster array at the three-phase contact line in diluted colloids subjected to ac electric fields. Phys. Rev. E 83(4), 047301. Available online and upon request. Supplemental material is available online and upon request. A preprint is available online in arXiv.org. Bibtex citation

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  • M. Giuliani & M. Pichumani & W. González-Viñas. [2011]. Impact of electric fields on the speed of contact line in vertical deposition of diluted colloids. Eur. Phys. J. ST 192(1), 121. Available online and upon request. Bibtex citation

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  • M. Giuliani [2010] Colloidal crystal formation through interfacial mechanisms. PhD. Thesis. Universidad de Navarra. Supervisor: W. González-Viñas. Available here upon request.

  • M. Giuliani & W. González-Viñas & K.M. Poduska & A. Yethiraj. [2010] Dynamics of crystal structure formation in spincoated colloidal films. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1(9), 1481. Available online and upon request. Electronic Supporting Information files are available without a subscription to ACS Web Editions. Bibtex citation

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  • R.D. Narhe & W. González-Viñas & D.A. Beysens. [2010] Water condensation on zinc surfaces treated by chemical bath deposition. Appl. Surf. Sci. 256(16), 4930. Available online and upon request. Bibtex citation

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2007-2009

  • R.D. Narhe & M.D. Khandkar & P.B. Shelke & A.V. Limaye & D.A. Beysens. [2009] Condensation-induced jumping water drops. Phys. Rev. E 80, 031604. Available online.

  • M. Giuliani & W. González-Viñas. [2009] Contact-line speed and morphology in vertical deposition of diluted colloids. Phys. Rev. E 79(3), 032401. Available online and upon request. Bibtex citation

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  • M. Yoldi [2008] Preparation and characterization of inverted opals. PhD. Thesis. Universidad de Navarra. Supervisors: W. González-Viñas & R. Sirera. Available here upon request.

  • C. Arcos & K. Kumar & W. González-Viñas & R. Sirera & K.M. Poduska & A. Yethiraj. [2008] Orientationally correlated colloidal polycrystals without long-range positional order. Phys. Rev. E 77(5), 050402(R). Available online and upon request. Bibtex citation

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  • C. Arcos [2008] Preparación y caracterización de materiales mesoestructurados. PhD. Thesis. Universidad de Navarra. Supervisors: R. Sirera & W. González-Viñas. Available upon request (in Spanish).

  • M. Yoldi & M.C. Arcos & B.-R. Paulke & R. Sirera & W. González-Viñas & E. Görnitz. [2008] On the parameters influencing the deposition of polystyrene colloidal crystals. Mat. Sci. Eng. C - Biomim. 28, 1038-1043. Available online and upon request. Bibtex citation

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  • S. Casado & W. González-Viñas & S. Boccaletti & P.L. Ramazza & H.L. Mancini [2007] The birth of defects in pattern formation: testing of the Kibble-Zurek mechanism. Eur. Phys. J. ST 146 (1), 87. Available online and upon request. Bibtex citation

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  • N. Pérez & A. Hüls & D. Puente & W. González-Viñas & E. Castaño & S.M. Olaizola. [2007] Fabrication and characterization of silver inverse opals. Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 126(1), 86-90. Available online and upon request. Bibtex citation

1999-2006

  • S. Casado & W. González-Viñas & H.L. Mancini [2006] Testing the Kibble-Zurek mechanism in Rayleigh-Bénard convection. Phys. Rev. E 74 (4), 47101. Available online and upon request. Bibtex citation

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  • M. Yoldi & W. González-Viñas & M.C. Arcos & R. Sirera. [2006] Electrophoretic deposition of colloidal crystals assisted by hydrodynamical flows. J. Mater. Sci. 41, 2965-2969. Available online and upon request. Bibtex citation

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  • M. Yoldi & W. González-Viñas & R. Sirera & M.C. Arcos. [2004] Influence of the application of von Kármán-like flows on the colloidal crystallization of polystyrene particles. Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks. Ed. Marian Marciniak. pp. 330-333. Available upon request. Bibtex citation

  • S. Casado [2002] Aparición de defectos en la formación de estructuras. PhD. Thesis. Universidad de Navarra. Supervisors: W. González-Viñas & H.L. Mancini. Available upon request (in Spanish).

  • S. Boccaletti & J. Burguete & W. González-Viñas & H.L. Mancini & D.L. Valladares. [2001] Invited editors of the special issues: Int. J. Bif. Chaos 11 (10) and 11 (11)

  • S. Boccaletti & J. Burguete & W. González-Viñas & H.L. Mancini & D.L. Valladares (editors). [2001] Space-time chaos: characterization, control and synchronization. ISBN: 978-9810245061. World Scientific, Singapore

  • W. González-Viñas & S. Casado & J. Burguete & H.L. Mancini & S. Boccaletti. [2001] Defect dynamics during a quench in a Bénard-Marangoni convection system. Int. J. Bifurcation Chaos 11 (11), 2887-2894. Available online and upon request. Bibtex citation

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  • S. Casado & W. González-Viñas & H.L. Mancini & S. Boccaletti. [2001] Topological defects after a quench in a Bénard-Marangoni convection system. Phys. Rev. E 63 (5), 57301. Available online and upon request. Bibtex citation

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  • S. Ducci & P.L. Ramazza & W. González-Viñas & F.T. Arecchi. [1999] Order-parameter fragmentation after a symmetry-breaking transition. Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 5210. Available online and upon request. Bibtex citation

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Previous WGV publications

  • W. González-Viñas & J. Salán. [1998] Drops on a resonantly forced interface. Europhys. Lett. 41(2), 159-164. Available online and upon request. If you have a subscription which allows to download this paper, you also can download it from here.

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  • J. Salán & J. Fernández-Vela & W. González-Viñas & S. Soria. [1997] Convective Instabilities in Homeotropic Nematic Liquid Crystals. Experimental Results in thick Layers. Int. J. Bif. Chaos 7 (3), 781-786. Available online and upon request. If you have a subscription which allows to download this paper, you also can download it from here.

  • W. González-Viñas. [1996] Inestabilidades hidrodinámicas en interfaces fluidas: estructuras espacio-temporales y transición al caos. Ph.D. Thesis. Universitat de Barcelona. (Barcelona, Spain). Available upon request (in Spanish).

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  • W. González-Viñas & J. Salán. [1994] Surface Waves Periodically Excited in a CO2 Tube. Europhys. Lett. 26 (9), 665-670. Available online and upon request. If you have a subscription which allows to download this paper, you also can download it from here.

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  • W. González-Viñas & J. Salán. [1994] Resonantly Forced Surface Waves in a Natterer Tube. Patterns, Defects and Squeezes. Int. J. Bif. Chaos 4 (5), 1113-1119. Available online and upon request. If you have a subscription which allows to download this paper, you also can download it from here.

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