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Prof. Dr. Matthias Schmidt

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Prof. Dr. Matthias Schmidt

Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Informatik
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik II


Berufserfahrung

seit 2008Professor W3, Lehrstuhlinhaber Theoretische Physik II, Universität Bayreuth
2008Professor für Theoretische Physik, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
2007Senior Lecturer. Theoretische Physik, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
2005Lecturer, Theoretische Physik, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
2004Hochschuldozent (C2), Theoretische Physik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
1999Wissenschaftlicher Assistent (C1), Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
1998Postdoc, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
1997Softwareentwickler, Siemens AG, Nürnberg, Netzleittechnik

Ausbildung

2005Habilitation in Theoretischer Physik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
2003 – 2004Postdoc, Soft Condensed Matter Group, Universiteit Utrecht, Niederlande
2001Postdoc, North Dakota State University
1995 – 1996Promotionsstudium, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Promotion 12/1996, summa cum laude
1994 – 1995Promotionsstudium, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
1994Diplom Physik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nürnberg
1989 – 1994Studium der Physik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nürnberg

Auszeichnungen und andere Verantwortlichkeiten

2013 – 2014Geschäftsführender Direktor des Physikalischen Instituts der Universität Bayreuth
1997Preis für die beste Dissertation 1997 an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Prof. Dr. Matthias Schmidt

Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Informatik
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik II


  • Statistische Physik von Vielteilchensystemen, Dichte- und Power-Funktionaltheorie, Kolloidale und polymere Systeme im Gleichgewicht und im Nicht-Gleichgewicht

Prof. Dr. Matthias Schmidt

Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Informatik
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik II


Ausgewählte Publikationen

2024

Robitschko, Silas; Sammüller, Florian; Schmidt, Matthias; Hermann, Sophie
Hyperforce balance via thermal Noether invariance of any observable
In: Communications Physics Bd. 7 (2024)
doi:10.1038/s42005-024-01568-y ...

Sammüller, Florian; Hermann, Sophie; Schmidt, Matthias
Why neural functionals suit statistical mechanics
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 36 (2024)
doi:10.1088/1361-648X/ad326f ...

2023

Sammüller, Florian; Hermann, Sophie; Schmidt, Matthias
Comparative study of force-based classical density functional theory
In: Physical Review E Bd. 107 (2023)
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.107.034109 ...

Eckert, Tobias; Schmidt, Matthias; de las Heras, Daniel
Effect of sample height and particle elongation in the sedimentation of colloidal rods
In: Soft Matter Bd. 19 (2023) Heft 12. - S. 2214-2223
doi:10.1039/d3sm00191a ...

Sammüller, Florian; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Inhomogeneous steady shear dynamics of a three-body colloidal gel former
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 158 (2023) Heft 5
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007667 ...

Eckert, Tobias; Stuhlmüller, Nico C. X.; Sammüller, Florian; Schmidt, Matthias
Local measures of fluctuations in inhomogeneous liquids : statistical mechanics and illustrativ ...
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 35 (2023) Heft 42
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007643 ...

Sammüller, Florian; Hermann, Sophie; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Neural functional theory for inhomogeneous fluids : Fundamentals and applications
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Bd. 120 (2023)
doi:10.1073/pnas.2312484120 ...

Sammüller, Florian; Hermann, Sophie; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Noether-Constrained Correlations in Equilibrium Liquids
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 130 (2023)
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.268203 ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Zimmermann, Toni; Sammüller, Florian; Hermann, Sophie; Schmidt, Matthias
Perspective: How to overcome dynamical density functional theory
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 35 (2023) Heft 27
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007641 ...

Renner, Johannes; Schmidt, Matthias; de las Heras, Daniel
Reduced-variance orientational distribution functions from torque sampling
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 35 (2023) Heft 23
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007638 ...

2022

Hermann, Sophie; Schmidt, Matthias
Force balance in thermal quantum many-body systems from Noether’s theorem
In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Bd. 55 (2022) Heft 46
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007080 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; de las Heras, Daniel; Eckert, Tobias
Sedimentation of colloidal plate-sphere mixtures and inference of particle characteristics from ...
In: Physical Review Research Bd. 4 (2022) Heft 1
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006887 ...

Eckert, Tobias; Schmidt, Matthias; de las Heras, Daniel
Sedimentation path theory for mass-polydisperse colloidal systems
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 157 (2022) Heft 23
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007084 ...

Hermann, Sophie; Schmidt, Matthias
Variance of fluctuations from Noether invariance
In: Communications Physics Bd. 5 (2022)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007145 ...

Hermann, Sophie; Schmidt, Matthias
Why Noether’s theorem applies to statistical mechanics
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 34 (2022) Heft 21
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007039 ...

2021

Renner, Johannes; Schmidt, Matthias; de las Heras, Daniel
Custom flow in molecular dynamics
In: Physical Review Research Bd. 3 (2021) Heft 1
doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.013281 ...

Eckert, Tobias; Schmidt, Matthias; de las Heras, Daniel
Gravity-induced phase phenomena in plate-rod colloidal mixtures
In: Communications Physics Bd. 4 (2021)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006027 ...

Hermann, Sophie; Schmidt, Matthias
Noether’s theorem in statistical mechanics
In: Communications Physics Bd. 4 (2021)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006036 ...

Hermann, Sophie; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Phase separation of active Brownian particles in two dimensions : anything for a quiet life
In: Molecular Physics Bd. 119 (2021) Heft 10. - S. e1902585
doi:10.1080/00268976.2021.1902585 ...

Sammüller, Florian; Schmidt, Matthias
Adaptive Brownian Dynamics
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 155 (2021)
doi:10.1063/5.0062396 ...

2020

Hermann, Sophie; Schmidt, Matthias
Active interface polarization as a state function
In: Physical Review Research Bd. 2 (2020) Heft 2
doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.022003 ...

Pham Van, Hai; Fortini, Andrea; Schmidt, Matthias
Crystal structures in binary hard-sphere colloid-droplet mixtures with patchy cross interaction ...
In: Physical Review E Bd. 101 (2020) Heft 1
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.101.012608 ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Flow and Structure in Nonequilibrium Brownian Many-Body Systems
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 125 (2020) Heft 1
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.018001 ...

Treffenstädt, Lucas L.; Schmidt, Matthias
Memory-induced motion reversal in Brownian liquids
In: Soft Matter Bd. 16 (2020) Heft 6. - S. 1518-1526
doi:10.1039/C9SM02005E ...

Jahreis, Nikolai; Schmidt, Matthias
Shear-induced deconfinement of hard disks
In: Colloid and Polymer Science Bd. 298 (2020) . - S. 895-906
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005101 ...

Geigenfeind, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Superadiabatic demixing in nonequilibrium colloids
In: Communications Physics Bd. 3 (2020)
doi:10.1038/s42005-020-0287-5 ...

2019

de las Heras, Daniel; Renner, Johannes; Schmidt, Matthias
Custom flow in overdamped Brownian dynamics
In: Physical Review E Bd. 99 (2019) Heft 2
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.99.023306 ...

Hermann, Sophie; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Non-negative Interfacial Tension in Phase-Separated Active Brownian Particles
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 123 (2019) Heft 26
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.268002 ...

Hermann, Sophie; Krinninger, Philip; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Phase coexistence of active Brownian particles
In: Physical Review E Bd. 100 (2019) Heft 5
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.100.052604 ...

Krinninger, Philip; Schmidt, Matthias
Power functional theory for active Brownian particles : General formulation and power sum rules
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 150 (2019) Heft 7
doi:10.1063/1.5061764 ...

Brütting, Moritz; Trepl, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Superadiabatic Forces via the Acceleration Gradient in Quantum Many-Body Dynamics
In: Molecules Bd. 24 (2019) Heft 20
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004695 ...

2018

Hermann, Sophie; Schmidt, Matthias
Active ideal sedimentation : exact two-dimensional steady states
In: Soft Matter Bd. 14 (2018) Heft 9. - S. 1614-1621
doi:10.1039/C7SM02515G ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Better Than Counting : Density Profiles from Force Sampling
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 120 (2018) Heft 21
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.218001 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Power functional theory for Newtonian many-body dynamics
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 148 (2018) Heft 4
doi:10.1063/1.5008608 ...

Stuhlmüller, Nico C. X.; Eckert, Tobias; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Structural Nonequilibrium Forces in Driven Colloidal Systems
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 121 (2018) Heft 9
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.098002 ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Velocity Gradient Power Functional for Brownian Dynamics
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 120 (2018) Heft 2
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.028001 ...

2017

Van, Hai Pham; Fortini, Andrea; Schmidt, Matthias
Assembly of One-Patch Colloids into Clusters via Emulsion Droplet Evaporation
In: Materials Bd. 10 (2017) Heft 4
doi:10.3390/ma10040361 ...

Krinninger, Philip; Schmidt, Matthias; Brader, Joseph M.
Erratum: Nonequilibrium Phase Behavior from Minimization of Free Power Dissipation [Phys. Rev. ...
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 119 (2017) Heft 2
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.029902 ...

2016

Pham Van, Hai; Fortini, Andrea; Schmidt, Matthias
Assembly of open clusters of colloidal dumbbells via droplet evaporation
In: Physical Review E Bd. 93 (2016) Heft 5
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.052609 ...

Schindler, Thomas; Schmidt, Matthias
Dynamic pair correlations and superadiabatic forces in a dense Brownian liquid
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 145 (2016) Heft 6
doi:10.1063/1.4960031 ...

Krinninger, Philip; Fortini, Andrea; Schmidt, Matthias
Minimal model for dynamic bonding in colloidal transient networks
In: Physical Review E Bd. 93 (2016) Heft 4
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.042601 ...

Krinninger, Philip; Schmidt, Matthias; Brader, Joseph M.
Nonequilibrium Phase Behavior from Minimization of Free Power Dissipation
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 117 (2016) Heft 20
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.208003 ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Brader, Joseph M; Fortini, Andrea; Schmidt, Matthias
Particle conservation in dynamical density functional theory
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 28 (2016) Heft 24
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/28/24/244024 ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Treffenstädt, Lucas L.; Schmidt, Matthias
Reentrant network formation in patchy colloidal mixtures under gravity
In: Physical Review E Bd. 93 (2016) Heft 3
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.030601 ...

Bernreuther, Elias; Schmidt, Matthias
Superadiabatic forces in the dynamics of the one-dimensional Gaussian core model
In: Physical Review E Bd. 94 (2016) Heft 2
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.94.022105 ...

2015

Geigenfeind, Thomas; Rosenzweig, Sebastian; Schmidt, Matthias; de las Heras, Daniel
Confinement of two-dimensional rods in slit pores and square cavities
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 142 (2015) Heft 17
doi:10.1063/1.4919307 ...

Brader, Joseph M.; Schmidt, Matthias
Free power dissipation from functional line integration
In: Molecular Physics Bd. 113 (2015) Heft 17/18. - S. 2873-2880
doi:10.1080/00268976.2015.1042086 ...

Brader, Joseph M; Schmidt, Matthias
Power functional theory for the dynamic test particle limit
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 27 (2015) Heft 19
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/27/19/194106 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Quantum power functional theory for many-body dynamics
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 143 (2015) Heft 17
doi:10.1063/1.4934881 ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Sedimentation stacking diagram of binary colloidal mixtures and bulk phases in the plane of che ...
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 27 (2015) Heft 19
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/27/19/194115 ...

2014

Brader, Joseph M.; Schmidt, Matthias
Dynamic correlations in Brownian many-body systems
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 140 (2014) Heft 3
doi:10.1063/1.4861041 ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Full Canonical Information from Grand-Potential Density-Functional Theory
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 113 (2014) Heft 23
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.238304 ...

Fortini, Andrea; de las Heras, Daniel; Brader, Joseph M.; Schmidt, Matthias
Superadiabatic Forces in Brownian Many-Body Dynamics
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 113 (2014) Heft 16
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.167801 ...

2013

de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Bulk fluid phase behaviour of colloidal platelet–sphere and platelet–polymer mixtures
In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences Bd. 371 (2013) Heft 1988
doi:10.1098/rsta.2012.0259 ...

Fortini, Andrea; Schmidt, Matthias
Effect of controlled corrugation on capillary condensation of colloid-polymer mixtures
In: Soft Matter Bd. 9 (2013) Heft 15. - S. 3994-4002
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004792 ...

Brader, Joseph M.; Schmidt, Matthias
Nonequilibrium Ornstein-Zernike relation for Brownian many-body dynamics
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 139 (2013) Heft 10
doi:10.1063/1.4820399 ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
The phase stacking diagram of colloidal mixtures under gravity
In: Soft Matter Bd. 9 (2013) Heft 36. - S. 8636-8641
doi:10.1039/C3SM51491A ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Brader, Joseph M.
Power functional theory for Brownian dynamics
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 138 (2013) Heft 21
doi:10.1063/1.4807586 ...

2012

de las Heras, Daniel; Doshi, Nisha; Cosgrove, Terence; Phipps, Jonathan; Gittins, David I.; van Duijneveldt, Jeroen S.; Schmidt, Matthias
Floating nematic phase in colloidal platelet-sphere mixtures
In: Scientific Reports Bd. 2 (2012)
doi:10.1038/srep00789 ...

Wagner, Claudia Simone; Fortini, Andrea; Hofmann, Eddie; Lunkenbein, Thomas; Schmidt, Matthias; Wittemann, Alexander
Particle nanosomes with tailored silhouettes
In: Soft Matter Bd. 8 (2012) Heft 6. - S. 1928-1933
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004816 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Burgis, Markus; Dwandaru, Wipsar Sunu Brams; Leithall, Gavin; Hopkins, Paul
Recent developments in classical density functional theory : Internal energy functional and dia ...
In: Condensed Matter Physics Bd. 15 (2012) Heft 4
doi:10.5488/CMP.15.43603 ...

2011

Fortini, Andrea; Schmidt, Matthias
Computer simulations of colloidal transport on a patterned magnetic substrate
In: Physical Review E Bd. 83 (2011) Heft 4
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.83.041411 ...

Leithall, Gavin; Schmidt, Matthias
Density functional for hard hyperspheres from a tensorial-diagrammatic series
In: Physical Review E Bd. 83 (2011) Heft 2
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.83.021201 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Density functional for ternary non-additive hard sphere mixtures
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 23 (2011) Heft 41
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/23/41/415101 ...

Hopkins, Paul; Schmidt, Matthias
First-order layering and critical wetting transitions in nonadditive hard-sphere mixtures
In: Physical Review E Bd. 83 (2011) Heft 5
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.83.050602 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Isometric and metamorphic operations on the space of local fundamental measures
In: Molecular Physics Bd. 109 (2011) Heft 7/10. - S. 1253-1263
doi:10.1080/00268976.2011.554901 ...

Schwarz, Ingmar; Fortini, Andrea; Wagner, Claudia Simone; Wittemann, Alexander; Schmidt, Matthias
Monte Carlo computer simulations and electron microscopy of colloidal cluster formation via emu ...
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 135 (2011) Heft 24
doi:10.1063/1.3672106 ...

Phillips, Jonathan; Schmidt, Matthias
Phase behaviour of binary mixtures of diamagnetic colloidal platelets in an external magnetic f ...
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 23 (2011) Heft 19
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/23/19/194111 ...

Hopkins, Paul; Schmidt, Matthias
Radial distribution functions of non-additive hard sphere mixtures via Percus’ test particle ro ...
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 23 (2011) Heft 32
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/23/32/325104 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Statics and dynamics of inhomogeneous liquids via the internal-energy functional
In: Physical Review E Bd. 84 (2011) Heft 5
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.84.051203 ...

Dwandaru, Wipsar Sunu Brams; Schmidt, Matthias
Variational principle of classical density functional theory via Levy’s constrained search meth ...
In: Physical Review E Bd. 83 (2011) Heft 6
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.83.061133 ...

2010

Smith, Thomas H. R.; Vasilyev, Oleg; Maciołek, Anna; Schmidt, Matthias
Lateral transport of thermal capillary waves
In: Europhysics Letters Bd. 89 (2010) Heft 1. - S. No. 10006
doi:10.1209/0295-5075/89/10006 ...

Hopkins, Paul; Schmidt, Matthias
Binary non-additive hard sphere mixtures : fluid demixing, asymptotic decay of correlations and ...
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 22 (2010) Heft 32
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/22/32/325108 ...

Phillips, Jonathan; Schmidt, Matthias
Bulk phase behavior of binary hard platelet mixtures from density functional theory
In: Physical Review E Bd. 81 (2010) Heft 4. - S. No. 041401
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.81.041401 ...

Smith, Thomas H. R.; Vasilyev, Oleg; Maciołek, Anna; Schmidt, Matthias
Laterally driven interfaces in the three-dimensional Ising lattice gas
In: Physical Review E Bd. 82 (2010) Heft 2. - S. No. 021126
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.021126 ...

Schweikart, Alexandra; Fortini, Andrea; Wittemann, Alexander; Schmidt, Matthias; Fery, Andreas
Nanoparticle assembly by confinement in wrinkles : experiment and simulations
In: Soft Matter Bd. 6 (2010) Heft 23. - S. 5860-5863
doi:10.1039/c0sm00744g ...

Reich, Hendrik; Schmidt, Matthias
Sedimentation equilibrium of colloidal platelets in an aligning magnetic field
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 132 (2010) Heft 14
doi:10.1063/1.3378264 ...

Hopkins, Paul; Fortini, Andrea; Archer, Andrew J.; Schmidt, Matthias
The van Hove distribution function for Brownian hard spheres : Dynamical test particle theory a ...
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 133 (2010) Heft 22
doi:10.1063/1.3511719 ...

2009

Cheung, David L.; Schmidt, Matthias
Quenched-annealed density functional theory for interfacial behavior of hard rods at a hard rod ...
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 131 (2009) Heft 21
doi:10.1063/1.3267728 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Test particle limit for the pair structure of quenched-annealed fluid mixtures
In: Physical Review E Bd. 79 (2009) Heft 3. - S. No. 031405
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.79.031405 ...

2008

Smith, Thomas H. R.; Vasilyev, Oleg; Abraham, Douglas B.; Maciołek, Anna; Schmidt, Matthias
Interfaces in confined Ising models : Kawasaki, Glauber and sheared dynamics
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 20 (2008) Heft 49
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/20/49/494237 ...
7th Liquid Matter Conference, Lund, Sweden

Smith, Thomas H. R.; Vasilyev, Oleg; Abraham, Douglas B.; Maciołek, Anna; Schmidt, Matthias
Interfaces in Driven Ising Models : Shear Enhances Confinement
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 101 (2008) Heft 6
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.067203 ...

Lekkerkerker, H. N. W.; de Villeneuve, V. W. A.; de Folter, J. W. J.; Schmidt, Matthias; Hennequin, Y.; Bonn, D.; Indekeu, J. O.; Aarts, Dirk G. A. L.
Life at ultralow interfacial tension : wetting, waves and droplets in demixed colloid-polymer m ...
In: The European Physical Journal B Bd. 64 (2008) Heft 3-4. - S. 341-347
doi:10.1140/epjb/e2008-00135-8 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Patrick Royall, C.; van Blaaderen, Alfons; Dzubiella, Joachim
Non-equilibrium sedimentation of colloids : confocal microscopy and Brownian dynamics simulatio ...
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 20 (2008) Heft 49
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/20/49/494222 ...
7th Liquid Matter Conference, Lund, Sweden

Cheung, David L.; Anton, Lucian; Allen, Michael P.; Masters, Andrew J.; Phillips, Jonathan; Schmidt, Matthias
Structure and stability of isotropic states of hard platelet fluids
In: Physical Review E Bd. 78 (2008) Heft 4. - S. No. 041201
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.78.041201 ...

2007

Reich, Hendrik; Schmidt, Matthias
Capillary nematization of hard colloidal platelets confined between two parallel hard walls
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 19 (2007) Heft 32
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/19/32/326103 ...

Archer, Andrew J.; Hopkins, Paul; Schmidt, Matthias
Dynamics in inhomogeneous liquids and glasses via the test particle limit
In: Physical Review E Bd. 75 (2007) Heft 4. - S. No. 040501
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.75.040501 ...

Reich, Hendrik; Dijkstra, Marjolein; van Roij, René; Schmidt, Matthias
Entropic Wetting and the Free Isotropic−Nematic Interface of Hard Colloidal Platelets
In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B Bd. 111 (2007) Heft 27. - S. 7825-7835
doi:10.1021/jp068870b ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Fundamental measure density functional theory for nonadditive hard-core mixtures : The one-dime ...
In: Physical Review E Bd. 76 (2007) Heft 3. - S. No. 031202
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.76.031202 ...

Royall, C. Patrick; Dzubiella, Joachim; Schmidt, Matthias; van Blaaderen, Alfons
Nonequilibrium Sedimentation of Colloids on the Particle Scale
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 98 (2007) Heft 18
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.188304 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Jeffrey, Mike R.
Peel or coat spheres by convolution, repeatedly
In: Journal of Mathematical Physics Bd. 48 (2007) Heft 12
doi:10.1063/1.2816259 ...

Dwandaru, W. S. Brams; Schmidt, Matthias
A relationship of mean-field theory for a driven lattice gas to an exact equilibrium density fu ...
In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Bd. 40 (2007) Heft 44. - S. 13209-13215
doi:10.1088/1751-8113/40/44/002 ...

2006

Esztermann, Ansgar; Reich, Hendrik; Schmidt, Matthias
Density functional theory for colloidal mixtures of hard platelets, rods, and spheres
In: Physical Review E Bd. 73 (2006) Heft 1. - S. No. 011409
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.73.011409 ...

van der Beek, D.; Reich, H.; van der Schoot, P.; Dijkstra, M.; Schilling, T.; Vink, R.; Schmidt, Matthias; van Roij, R.; Lekkerkerker, H.
Isotropic-Nematic Interface and Wetting in Suspensions of Colloidal Platelets
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 97 (2006) Heft 8
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.087801 ...

Fortini, Andrea; Schmidt, Matthias; Dijkstra, Marjolein
Phase behavior and structure of model colloid-polymer mixtures confined between two parallel pl ...
In: Physical Review E Bd. 73 (2006) Heft 5. - S. No. 051502
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.73.051502 ...

Archer, Andrew J.; Schmidt, Matthias; Evans, R.
Soft core fluid in a quenched matrix of soft core particles : A mobile mixture in a model gel
In: Physical Review E Bd. 73 (2006) Heft 1
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.73.011506 ...

2005

Brader, Joseph M.; Schmidt, Matthias
Entropic interfaces in hard-core model amphiphilic mixtures
In: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Bd. 281 (2005) Heft 2. - S. 495-502
doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2004.08.097 ...

Cuesta, José A.; Lafuente, Luis; Schmidt, Matthias
Lattice density functional for colloid-polymer mixtures : Comparison of two fundamental measure ...
In: Physical Review E Bd. 72 (2005) Heft 3. - S. No. 031405
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.72.031405 ...

Aarts, Dirk G. A. L.; Schmidt, Matthias; Lekkerkerker, Henk N. W.; Mecke, Klaus R.
Microscopy on Thermal Capillary Waves in Demixed Colloid-Polymer Systems
Advances in Solid State Physics
In: Advances in Solid State Physics Bd. 45 (2005) . - S. 15-27
doi:10.1007/11423256_2 ...

Denton, Alan R.; Schmidt, Matthias
Mixtures of charged colloid and neutral polymer : Influence of electrostatic interactions on de ...
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 122 (2005) Heft 24
doi:10.1063/1.1940055 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Replica density functional theory : an overview
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 17 (2005) Heft 45. - S. S3481-S3486
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/17/45/037 ...

Vink, R. L. C.; Schmidt, Matthias
Simulation and theory of fluid demixing and interfacial tension of mixtures of colloids and non ...
In: Physical Review E Bd. 71 (2005) Heft 5. - S. No. 051406
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.71.051406 ...

Fortini, Andrea; Dijkstra, Marjolein; Schmidt, Matthias; Wessels, Paul P. F.
Wall-fluid and liquid-gas interfaces of model colloid-polymer mixtures by simulation and theory
In: Physical Review E Bd. 71 (2005) Heft 5. - S. No. 051403
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.71.051403 ...

Wessels, Paul P. F.; Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, Hartmut
Wetting, Drying, and Layering of Colloid-Polymer Mixtures at Porous Interfaces
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 94 (2005) Heft 7
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.078303 ...

2004

Schmidt, Matthias; Fortini, Andrea; Dijkstra, Marjolein
Capillary evaporation in colloid–polymer mixtures selectively confined to a planar slit
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 16 (2004) Heft 38
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/16/38/029 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Dijkstra, Marjolein; Hansen, Jean-Pierre
Competition between sedimentation and phase coexistence of colloidal dispersions under gravity
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 16 (2004) Heft 38
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/16/38/031 ...

Wessels, Paul P. F.; Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, Hartmut
The contact angle of the colloidal liquid–gas interface and a hard wall
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 16 (2004) Heft 38
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/16/38/030 ...

Esztermann, Ansgar; Schmidt, Matthias
Density functional theory for sphere-needle mixtures : Toward finite rod thickness
In: Physical Review E Bd. 70 (2004) Heft 2. - S. No. 022501
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.70.022501 ...

Aarts, Dirk G. A. L.; Schmidt, Matthias; Lekkerkerker, Henk N. W.
Direct Visual Observation of Thermal Capillary Waves
In: Science Bd. 304 (2004) Heft 5672. - S. 847-850
doi:10.1126/science.1097116 ...

Aarts, Dirk G. A. L.; Schmidt, Matthias; Lekkerkerker, Henk N. W.
Directe visuele waarneming van thermische capillaire golven
In: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde Bd. 70 (2004) Heft 7. - S. 216

Schmidt, Matthias; Dijkstra, Marjolein; Hansen, Jean-Pierre
Floating Liquid Phase in Sedimenting Colloid-Polymer Mixtures
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 93 (2004) Heft 8. - S. No. 088303
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.088303 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Geometry-based density functional theory : Construction and applications to soft matter
Düsseldorf, 2004. - 475 S. S.
(Habilitation, 2004, )

Schmidt, Matthias; Dijkstra, Marjolein
Isotropic-nematic transition of hard rods immersed in random sphere matrices
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 121 (2004) Heft 23. - S. 12067-12073
doi:10.1063/1.1815294 ...

Reich, Hendrik; Schmidt, Matthias
Replica Density Functional Study of One-Dimensional Hard Core Fluids in Porous Media
In: Journal of Statistical Physics Bd. 116 (2004) Heft 5/6. - S. 1683-1702
doi:10.1023/B:JOSS.0000041752.55138.0a ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Rosenfeld functional for non-additive hard spheres
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 16 (2004) Heft 30
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/16/30/L01 ...

Wessels, Paul P. F.; Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, Hartmut
Wall tensions of model colloid–polymer mixtures
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 16 (2004) Heft 1. - S. L1-L8
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/16/1/L01 ...

2003

Brader, Joseph M.; Evans, Robert; Schmidt, Matthias
Statistical mechanics of inhomogeneous model colloid—polymer mixtures
In: Molecular Physics Bd. 101 (2003) Heft 23-24. - S. 3349-3384
doi:10.1080/0026897032000174263 ...

Roth, R.; Brader, J. M; Schmidt, Matthias
Entropic wetting of a colloidal rod-sphere mixture
In: Europhysics Letters Bd. 63 (2003) Heft 4. - S. 549-555
doi:10.1209/epl/i2003-00563-6 ...

Wessels, Paul P. F.; Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, Hartmut
Capillary condensation and interface structure of a model colloid-polymer mixture in a porous m ...
In: Physical Review E Bd. 68 (2003) Heft 6
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.68.061404 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Fortini, Andrea; Dijkstra, Marjolein
Capillary condensation of colloid–polymer mixtures confined between parallel plates
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 15 (2003) Heft 48. - S. S3411-S3420
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/15/48/002 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Denton, Alan R.; Brader, Joseph M.
Fluid demixing in colloid–polymer mixtures : Influence of polymer interactions
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 118 (2003) Heft 3. - S. 1541-1549
doi:10.1063/1.1528191 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Lafuente, Luis; Cuesta, José A.
Freezing in the presence of disorder : a lattice study
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 15 (2003) Heft 27. - S. 4695-4708
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/15/27/304 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Geometry-based density functional theory : an overview
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 15 (2003) Heft 1. - S. S101-S106
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/15/1/312 ...

Brader, Joseph M.; Von Ferber, Christian; Schmidt, Matthias
Hard body amphiphiles at a hard wall
In: Molecular Physics Bd. 101 (2003) Heft 14. - S. 2225-2231
doi:10.1080/0026897031000092959 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Hard sphere fluids at surfaces of porous media
In: Physical Review E Bd. 68 (2003) Heft 2
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.68.021106 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Brader, Joseph M.
Hard sphere fluids in random fiber networks
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 119 (2003) Heft 6. - S. 3495-3500
doi:10.1063/1.1588993 ...

Götze, Ingo O.; Brader, Joseph M.; Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, Hartmut
Laser-induced condensation in colloid—polymer mixtures
In: Molecular Physics Bd. 101 (2003) Heft 11. - S. 1651-1658
doi:10.1080/0026897031000075651 ...

Bolhuis, Peter G.; Brader, Joseph M.; Schmidt, Matthias
Simulation and theory of fluid–fluid interfaces in binary mixtures of hard spheres and hard rod ...
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 15 (2003) Heft 48. - S. S3421-S3428
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/15/48/003 ...

2002

Denton, Alan R.; Schmidt, Matthias
Colloid-induced polymer compression
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 14 (2002) Heft 46. - S. 12051-12062
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/14/46/312 ...

Brader, Joseph M.; Esztermann, Ansgar; Schmidt, Matthias
Colloidal rod-sphere mixtures : Fluid-fluid interfaces and the Onsager limit
In: Physical Review E Bd. 66 (2002) Heft 3
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.66.031401 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Denton, Alan R.
Colloids, polymers, and needles : Demixing phase behavior
In: Physical Review E Bd. 65 (2002) Heft 2
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.65.021508 ...

Harreis, H. M.; Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, H.
Decoration lattices of colloids adsorbed on stripe-patterned substrates
In: Physical Review E Bd. 65 (2002) Heft 4
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.65.041602 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Denton, Alan R.
Demixing of colloid-polymer mixtures in poor solvents
In: Physical Review E Bd. 65 (2002) Heft 6
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.65.061410 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, Hartmut; Brader, Joseph M.; Evans, Robert
Density functional theory for a model colloid polymer mixture : bulk fluid phases
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 14 (2002) Heft 40. - S. 9353-9382
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/14/40/323 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Density functional theory for random sequential adsorption
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 14 (2002) Heft 46. - S. 12119-12127
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/14/46/316 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Density-functional theory for fluids in porous media
In: Physical Review E Bd. 66 (2002) Heft 4
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.66.041108 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Do effective interactions depend on the choice of coordinates?
In: Physical Review E Bd. 65 (2002) Heft 2
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.65.022801 ...

Brader, J. M.; Evans, R.; Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, H.
Entropic wetting and the fluid-fluid interface of a model colloid-polymer mixture
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 14 (2002) Heft 1. - S. L1-L8
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/14/1/101 ...

Finken, Reimar; Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, Hartmut
Freezing transition of hard hyperspheres
In: Physical Review E Bd. 65 (2002) Heft 1
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.65.016108 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Schöll-Paschinger, Elisabeth; Köfinger, Jürgen; Kahl, Gerhard
Model colloid polymer mixtures in porous matrices : density functional versus integral equation ...
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 14 (2002) Heft 46. - S. 12099-12117
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/14/46/315 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Fuchs, Matthias
Penetrability in model colloid–polymer mixtures
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 117 (2002) Heft 13. - S. 6308-6312
doi:10.1063/1.1503303 ...

2001

Schmidt, Matthias; von Ferber, Christian
Amphiphilic hard body mixtures
In: Physical Review E Bd. 64 (2001) Heft 5
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.64.051115 ...

Maibaum, Lutz; Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, Hartmut
Colloids confined to a flexible container
In: Physical Review E Bd. 63 (2001) Heft 5
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.63.051401 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Density functional for the Widom-Rowlinson model
In: Physical Review E Bd. 63 (2001) Heft 1
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.63.010101 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Density functional theory for colloidal rod-sphere mixtures
In: Physical Review E Bd. 63 (2001) Heft 5
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.63.050201 ...

Groh, Benito; Schmidt, Matthias
Density-functional theory for structure and freezing of star polymer solutions
In: The Journal of Chemical Physics Bd. 114 (2001) Heft 12. - S. 5450-5456
doi:10.1063/1.1349092 ...

Evans, R.; Brader, J. M.; Roth, R.; Dijkstra, M.; Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, H.
Interfacial properties of model colloid–polymer mixtures
In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences Bd. 359 (2001) Heft 1782. - S. 961-975
doi:10.1098/rsta.2000.0811 ...

Likos, C. N.; Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, H.; Ballauff, Matthias; Pötschke, D.; Lindner, Peter
Soft Interaction between Dissolved Flexible Dendrimers : Theory and Experiment
In: Macromolecules Bd. 34 (2001) Heft 9. - S. 2914-2920
doi:10.1021/ma001346x ...

2000

Román, Francisco L.; Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, Hartmut
Colloidal particles in emulsions
In: Physical Review E Bd. 61 (2000) Heft 5. - S. 5445-5451
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.61.5445 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, Hartmut; Brader, Joseph M.; Evans, Robert
Density Functional for a Model Colloid-Polymer Mixture
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 85 (2000) Heft 9. - S. 1934-1937
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1934 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Density functional for additive mixtures
In: Physical Review E Bd. 62 (2000) Heft 3. - S. 3799-3802
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.62.3799 ...

Rosenfeld, Yaakov; Schmidt, Matthias; Watzlawek, Martin; Löwen, Hartmut
Fluid of penetrable spheres : Testing the universality of the bridge functional
In: Physical Review E Bd. 62 (2000) Heft 4. - S. 5006-5010
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.62.5006 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Fluid structure from density-functional theory
In: Physical Review E Bd. 62 (2000) Heft 4. - S. 4976-4981
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.62.4976 ...

Löwen, H.; Watzlawek, M.; Likos, C. N.; Schmidt, Matthias; Jusufi, A.; Dzubiella, J.; von Ferber, C.; Allahyarov, E.; Thünemann, A.; D'Amico, I.
The hard physics of soft matter
Advances in Solid State Physics 40
Berlin : Springer, 2000. - S. 809-817
doi:10.1007/BFb0108397 ...

Löwen, H.; Watzlawek, M.; Likos, C. N.; Schmidt, Matthias; Jusufi, A.; Denton, A. R.
Phase transitions in colloidal suspensions and star polymer solutions
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 12 (2000) Heft 8A. - S. A465-A469
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/12/8A/364 ...

Löwen, H.; Watzlawek, M.; Likos, C. N.; Schmidt, Matthias; Jusufi, A.; Graf, H.; Denton, A. R.; von Ferber, C.
Phase transitions in soft matter systems
STATISTICAL PHYSICS: Third Tohwa University International Conference
College Park, Maryland : American Institut of Physics, 2000. - S. 140-150 . - (AIP Conference Proceedings; 519)
doi:10.1063/1.1291530 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Simulations of systems with colloidal particles
Computational Methods in Surface and Colloid Science
New York : Dekker, 2000. - S. 745-774 . - (Surfactant Science Series; 89)

Dzubiella, Joachim; Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, Hartmut
Topological defects in nematic droplets of hard spherocylinders
In: Physical Review E Bd. 62 (2000) Heft 4. - S. 5081-5091
doi:10.1103/physreve.62.5081 ...

1999

Schmidt, Matthias
An ab initio density functional for penetrable spheres
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 11 (1999) Heft 50. - S. 10163-10169
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/11/50/309 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Density-functional theory for soft interactions by dimensional crossover
In: Physical Review E Bd. 60 (1999) Heft 6. - S. R6291-R6294
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.60.R6291 ...

1997

Graf, H.; Löwen, H.; Schmidt, Matthias
Cell theory for the phase diagram of hard spherocylinders
Optical Methods and Physics of Colloidal Dispersions
Darmstadt : Steinkopff, 1997. - S. 177-179 . - (Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science; 104)
doi:10.1007/BFb0110773 ...

Schmidt, Matthias
Freezing in confined geometry
Aachen, Shaker, 1997(Dissertation, 1996, )

Löwen, H.; Schmidt, Matthias
Freezing in confined suspensions
Optical Methods and Physics of Colloidal Dispersions
Darmstadt : Steinkopff, 1997. - S. 81-89 . - (Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science; 104)
doi:10.1007/BFb0110748 ...

Rosenfeld, Y.; Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, H.; Tarazona, P.
Fundamental-measure free-energy density functional for hard spheres : Dimensional crossover and ...
In: Physical Review E Bd. 55 (1997) Heft 4. - S. 4245-4263
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.55.4245 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, Hartmut
Phase diagram of hard spheres confined between two parallel plates
In: Physical Review E Bd. 55 (1997) Heft 6. - S. 7228-7241
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.55.7228 ...

1996

Rosenfeld, Y.; Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, H.; Tarazona, P.
Dimensional crossover and the freezing transition in density functional theory
In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 8 (1996) Heft 40. - S. L577-L581
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/8/40/002 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; Löwen, Hartmut
Freezing between Two and Three Dimensions
In: Physical Review Letters Bd. 76 (1996) Heft 24. - S. 4552-4555
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.4552 ...

1994

Schmidt, Matthias
MC-simulation of the 3D,q=3 Potts model
In: Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter Bd. 95 (1994) Heft 3. - S. 327-330
doi:10.1007/BF01343961 ...

Prof. Dr. Matthias Schmidt

Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Informatik
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik II


Prof. Dr. Matthias Schmidt

Fachgruppe Physik

Universität Bayreuth
Universitätsstrasse 30
95447 Bayreuth

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