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Dr. Daniel de las Heras

Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Sciences
Chair of Theoretical Physics


Job History

2012 – present
Akademischer Rat, Theoretical Physics II (Prof. Dr. Matthias Schmidt), Universität Bayreuth, Germany
2010 – 2012Postdoc, Universidade de Lisbon, Portugal
2009 – 2010Temporary professor, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
2008 – 2009Postdoc, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Education

2010 – 2011Postdoc MM Telo da Gama, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
03/2009 – 12/2013PhD Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, summa cum laude
03/2007 – 11/2008Abschluß in Physik, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

Awards and other responsibilities

2014Preis der Goldenen Kreide (University of Bayreuth)
2010Individual postdoctoral grant of the Spanish Ministry of Science
2004Individual PhD grant of the Spanish Ministry of Education
Dr. Daniel de las Heras

Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Sciences
Chair of Theoretical Physics


My research is focused on the theoretical description of complex systems in soft condensed matter:

  • Anisotropic colloids
  • Lyotropic liquid crystals
  • Patchy colloids
  • Confinement
  • Binary mixtures
  • Sedimentation

Theoretical tools:

  • Density functional theory
  • Computer simulations

Dr. Daniel de las Heras

Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Sciences
Chair of Theoretical Physics


Selected publications

2024

Stuhlmüller, Nico C. X.; Fischer, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel
Competition between drift and topological transport of colloidal particles in twisted magnetic ...
in New Journal of Physics volume 26 (2024)
doi:10.1088/1367-2630/ad2a81 ...

Elschner, Jonas; Farrokhzad, Farzaneh; Kuświk, Piotr; Urbaniak, Maciej; Stobiecki, Feliks; Akhundzada, Sapida; Ehresmann, Arno; de las Heras, Daniel; Fischer, Thomas
Topologically controlled synthesis of active colloidal bipeds
in Nature Communications volume 15 (2024)
doi:10.1038/s41467-024-50023-7 ...

2023

Eckert, Tobias; Schmidt, Matthias; de las Heras, Daniel
Effect of sample height and particle elongation in the sedimentation of colloidal rods
in Soft Matter volume 19 (2023) issue 12. - page 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 volume 158 (2023) issue 5
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007667 ...

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 volume 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 volume 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 volume 35 (2023) issue 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 volume 35 (2023) issue 23
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007638 ...

Stuhlmüller, Nico C. X.; Farrokhzad, Farzaneh; Kuświk, Piotr; Stobiecki, Feliks; Urbaniak, Maciej; Akhundzada, Sapida; Ehresmann, Arno; Fischer, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel
Simultaneous and independent topological control of identical microparticles in non-periodic en ...
in Nature Communications volume 14 (2023)
doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43390-0 ...

2022

Stuhlmüller, Nico C. X.; Fischer, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel
Enhanced colloidal transport in twisted magnetic patterns
in Communications Physics volume 5 (2022)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006642 ...

Schmidt, Matthias; de las Heras, Daniel; Eckert, Tobias
Sedimentation of colloidal plate-sphere mixtures and inference of particle characteristics from ...
in Physical Review Research volume 4 (2022) issue 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 volume 157 (2022) issue 23
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007084 ...

2021

Lachner, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel; Fischer, Thomas
Braiding with magnetic octupoles
in Physical Review Research volume 3 (2021) issue 1
doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.013043 ...

Renner, Johannes; Schmidt, Matthias; de las Heras, Daniel
Custom flow in molecular dynamics
in Physical Review Research volume 3 (2021) issue 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 volume 4 (2021)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006027 ...

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 volume 119 (2021) issue 10. - page e1902585
doi:10.1080/00268976.2021.1902585 ...

Mirzaee-Kakhki, Mahla; Ernst, Adrian; de las Heras, Daniel; Urbaniak, Maciej; Stobiecki, Feliks; Tomita, Andreea; Huhnstock, Rico; Koch, Iris; Ehresmann, Arno; Holzinger, Dennis; Fischer, Thomas
Gauge invariant and gauge dependent aspects of topological walking colloidal bipeds
in Soft Matter volume 17 (2021) issue 6. - page 1663-1674
doi:10.1039/D0SM01670E ...

2020

Mirzaee-Kakhki, Mahla; Ernst, Adrian; de las Heras, Daniel; Urbaniak, Maciej; Stobiecki, Feliks; Tomita, Andreea; Huhnstock, Rico; Koch, Iris; Gördes, Jendrik; Ehresmann, Arno; Holzinger, Dennis; Reginka, Meike; Fischer, Thomas
Colloidal trains
in Soft Matter volume 16 (2020) issue 6. - page 1594-1598
doi:10.1039/C9SM02261A ...

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

Mirzaee-Kakhki, Mahla; Ernst, Adrian; de las Heras, Daniel; Urbaniak, Maciej; Stobiecki, Feliks; Gördes, Jendrik; Reginka, Meike; Ehresmann, Arno; Fischer, Thomas
Simultaneous polydirectional transport of colloidal bipeds
in Nature Communications volume 11 (2020)
doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18467-9 ...

Geigenfeind, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Superadiabatic demixing in nonequilibrium colloids
in Communications Physics volume 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 volume 99 (2019) issue 2
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.99.023306 ...

González-Pinto, Miguel; Renner, Johannes; de las Heras, Daniel; Martínez-Ratón, Yuri; Velasco, Enrique
Defects in vertically vibrated monolayers of cylinders
in New Journal of Physics volume 21 (2019)
doi:10.1088/1367-2630/ab060b ...

Massana-Cid, Helena; Ernst, Adrian; de las Heras, Daniel; Jarosz, Adam; Urbaniak, Maciej; Stobiecki, Feliks; Tomita, Andreea; Huhnstock, Rico; Koch, Iris; Ehresmann, Arno; Holzinger, Dennis; Fischer, Thomas
Edge transport at the boundary between topologically equivalent lattices
in Soft Matter volume 15 (2019) . - page 1539-1550
doi:10.1039/C8SM02005A ...

Rossi, Anna Maria; Bugase, Jonas; Lachner, Thomas; Ernst, Adrian; de las Heras, Daniel; Fischer, Thomas
Hard topological versus soft geometrical magnetic particle transport
in Soft Matter volume 15 (2019) . - page 8543-8551
doi:10.1039/C9SM01401B ...

Hermann, Sophie; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Non-negative Interfacial Tension in Phase-Separated Active Brownian Particles
in Physical Review Letters volume 123 (2019) issue 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 volume 100 (2019) issue 5
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.100.052604 ...

Geigenfeind, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel
Principal component analysis of the excluded area of two-dimensional hard particles
in The Journal of Chemical Physics volume 150 (2019) issue 18
doi:10.1063/1.5092865 ...

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

2018

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

Löhr, Johannes; de las Heras, Daniel; Jarosz, Adam; Urbaniak, Maciej; Stobiecki, Feliks; Tomita, Andreea; Huhnstock, Rico; Koch, Iris; Ehresmann, Arno; Holzinger, Dennis; Fischer, Thomas
Colloidal topological insulators
in Communications Physics volume 1 (2018)
doi:10.1038/s42005-017-0004-1 ...

Geigenfeind, Thomas; Dias, C. S.; Telo da Gama, Margarida M.; de las Heras, Daniel; Araújo, Nuno A. M.
Crossover from three- to six-fold symmetry of colloidal aggregates in circular traps
in Soft Matter volume 14 (2018) issue 46. - page 9411-9417
doi:10.1039/C8SM01867G ...

Treffenstädt, Lucas L.; Araújo, Nuno A. M.; de las Heras, Daniel
Percolation of functionalized colloids on patterned substrates
in Soft Matter volume 14 (2018) issue 18. - page 3572-3580
doi:10.1039/C8SM00406D ...

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

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

2017

Löhr, Johannes; de las Heras, Daniel; Lönne, Michael; Bugase, Jonas; Jarosz, Adam; Urbaniak, Maciej; Stobiecki, Feliks; Tomita, Andreea; Huhnstock, Rico; Koch, Iris; Ehresmann, Arno; Holzinger, Dennis; Fischer, Thomas M.
Lattice symmetries and the topologically protected transport of colloidal particles
in Soft Matter volume 13 (2017) issue 29. - page 5044-5075
doi:10.1039/c7sm00983f ...

Geigenfeind, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel
The role of sample height in the stacking diagram of colloidal mixtures under gravity
in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter volume 29 (2017) issue 6
doi:10.1088/1361-648X/aa4e04 ...

2016

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

Seiferling, Felix; de las Heras, Daniel; Telo da Gama, Margarida M.
Percolation in binary and ternary mixtures of patchy colloids
in The Journal of Chemical Physics volume 145 (2016) issue 7
doi:10.1063/1.4960808 ...

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

de las Heras, Daniel; da Gama, Margarida M Telo
Temperature (de)activated patchy colloidal particles
in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter volume 28 (2016) issue 24
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/28/24/244008 ...

Löhr, Johannes; Lönne, Michael; Ernst, Adrian; de las Heras, Daniel; Fischer, Thomas M.
Topological protection of multiparticle dissipative transport
in Nature Communications volume 7 (2016)
doi:10.1038/ncomms11745 ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Löhr, Johannes; Lönne, Michael; Fischer, Thomas M.
Topologically protected colloidal transport above a square magnetic lattice
in New Journal of Physics volume 18 (2016)
doi:10.1088/1367-2630/18/10/105009 ...

2015

de las Heras, Daniel; Velasco, Enrique; Martínez-Ratón, Yuri
Capillary and winding transitions in a confined cholesteric liquid crystal
in Soft Matter volume 11 (2015) issue 35. - page 7038-7045
doi:10.1039/C5SM01036E ...

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 volume 142 (2015) issue 17
doi:10.1063/1.4919307 ...

Müller, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel; Rehberg, Ingo; Huang, Kai
Ordering in granular-rod monolayers driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium
in Physical Review E volume 91 (2015) issue 6
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.91.062207 ...

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 volume 27 (2015) issue 19
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/27/19/194115 ...

2014

de las Heras, Daniel; Velasco, Enrique
Domain walls in two-dimensional nematics confined in a small circular cavity
in Soft Matter volume 10 (2014) issue 11. - page 1758-1766
doi:10.1039/C3SM52650J ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Full Canonical Information from Grand-Potential Density-Functional Theory
in Physical Review Letters volume 113 (2014) issue 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 volume 113 (2014) issue 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 volume 371 (2013) issue 1988
doi:10.1098/rsta.2012.0259 ...

Rovigatti, Lorenzo; de las Heras, Daniel; Tavares, José Maria; Telo da Gama, Margarida M.; Sciortino, Francesco
Computing the phase diagram of binary mixtures : A patchy particle case study
in The Journal of Chemical Physics volume 138 (2013) issue 16
doi:10.1063/1.4802026 ...

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

de las Heras, Daniel; Martínez-Ratón, Yuri; Mederos, Luis; Velasco, Enrique
Two-dimensional nematics in bulk and confined geometries
in Journal of Molecular Liquids volume 185 (2013) . - page 13-19
doi:10.1016/j.molliq.2012.08.014 ...

2012

de las Heras, Daniel; Tavares, José Maria; Telo da Gama, Margarida M.
Bicontinuous and mixed gels in binary mixtures of patchy colloidal particles
in Soft Matter volume 8 (2012) issue 6. - page 1785-1794
doi:10.1039/C1SM06948A ...

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 volume 2 (2012)
doi:10.1038/srep00789 ...

Gnan, Nicoletta; de las Heras, Daniel; Tavares, José Maria; Telo da Gama, Margarida M.; Sciortino, Francesco
Properties of patchy colloidal particles close to a surface : A Monte Carlo and density functio ...
in The Journal of Chemical Physics volume 137 (2012) issue 8
doi:10.1063/1.4746428 ...

2011

de las Heras, Daniel; Varga, Szabolcs; Vesely, Franz J.
Mesophase formation in a system of top-shaped hard molecules : Density functional theory and Mo ...
in The Journal of Chemical Physics volume 134 (2011) issue 21
doi:10.1063/1.3596749 ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Tavares, José Maria; da Gama, Margarida M. Telo
Phase diagrams of binary mixtures of patchy colloids with distinct numbers and types of patches ...
in The Journal of Chemical Physics volume 134 (2011) issue 10
doi:10.1063/1.3561396 ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Tavares, José Maria; Telo da Gama, Margarida M.
Phase diagrams of binary mixtures of patchy colloids with distinct numbers of patches: the netw ...
in Soft Matter volume 7 (2011) issue 12. - page 5615-5626
doi:10.1039/C0SM01493A ...

2010

de las Heras, Daniel; Martínez-Ratón, Yuri; Velasco, Enrique
Phase transitions in nanoconfined binary mixtures of highly oriented colloidal rods
in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics volume 12 (2010) issue 36. - page 10831-10841
doi:10.1039/C003448G ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Martínez-Ratón, Yuri; Velasco, Enrique
Surface and smectic layering transitions in binary mixtures of parallel hard rods
in Physical Review E volume 81 (2010) issue 2
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.81.021706 ...

2009

de las Heras, Daniel; Mederos, Luis; Velasco, Enrique
Capillary and anchoring effects in thin hybrid nematic films and connection with bulk behavior
in Physical Review E volume 79 (2009) issue 1
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.79.011712 ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Mederos, Luis; Velasco, E.
Density-functional study of defects in two-dimensional circular nematic nanocavities
in Liquid Crystals volume 37 (2009) issue 1. - page 45-56
doi:10.1080/02678290903362840 ...

de las Heras, Daniel; Velasco, E.; Mederos, Luis
Topological defects in a two-dimensional liquid crystal confined in a circular nanocavity
in Physical Review E volume 79 (2009) issue 6
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.79.061703 ...

2007

de las Heras, Daniel; Martínez-Ratón, Yuri; Velasco, Enrique
Demixing and orientational ordering in mixtures of rectangular particles
in Physical Review E volume 76 (2007) issue 3
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.76.031704 ...

2006

de las Heras, Daniel; Velasco, E.; Mederos, Luis
Capillary effects in a confined smectic phase of hard spherocylinders : Influence of particle e ...
in Physical Review E volume 74 (2006) issue 1
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.74.011709 ...

2005

de las Heras, Daniel; Velasco, E.; Mederos, Luis
Capillary Smectization and Layering in a Confined Liquid Crystal
in Physical Review Letters volume 94 (2005) issue 1
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.017801 ...

2004

de las Heras, Daniel; Velasco, E.; Mederos, Luis
Effects of wetting and anchoring on capillary phenomena in a confined liquid crystal
in The Journal of Chemical Physics volume 120 (2004) issue 10. - page 4949-4957
doi:10.1063/1.1646374 ...

2003

de las Heras, Daniel; Mederos, Luis; Velasco, E.
Wetting properties of a hard-spherocylinder fluid on a substrate
in Physical Review E volume 68 (2003) issue 3
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.68.031709 ...

Dr. Daniel de las Heras

Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Sciences
Chair of Theoretical Physics


Dr. Daniel de las Heras
Department of Physics

University of Bayreuth
Universitätsstraße 30
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