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Khan, M, Cammann, J, Sengupta, A, Renzi, E, Mazza, M (2024) Toward a realistic model of multilayered bacterial colonies, Condensed Matter Physics, 27(1), pp.1-8, ISSN: 1607-324X. DOI: 10.5488/cmp.27.13802.

Faluweki, MK, Cammann, J, Mazza, M, Goehring, L (2023) Active spaghetti: collective organization in cyanobacteria, Physical Review Letters, 131(15), 158303, ISSN: 0031-9007. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.158303.

Renzi, E and Mazza, M (2023) Electromagnetic field generated by tsunamigenic seabed deformation, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 966, A3, ISSN: 0022-1120. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2023.422.

Doostmohammadi, A, Mazza, M, Shendruk, TN, Stark, H (2023) Editorial: Active and intelligent living matter: from fundamentals to applications, Frontiers in Physics, 11, 1231716, DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2023.1231716.

Paget, J, Mazza, M, Archer, A, Shendruk, TN (2023) Complex-tensor theory of simple smectics, Nature Communications, 14, 1048, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36506-z.

Till, S, Ebmeier, F, Fragkopoulos, AA, Mazza, M, Bäumchen, O (2022) Motility and self-organization of gliding Chlamydomonas populations, Physical Review Research, 4(4), L042046, ISSN: 2643-1564. DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.4.l042046.

Bentley, SA, Laeverenz-Schlogelhofer, H, Anagnostidis, V, Cammann, J, Mazza, M, Gielen, F, Wan, KY (2022) Phenotyping single-cell motility in microfluidic confinement, eLife, 11, e76519, DOI: 10.7554/elife.76519.

Schwarzendahl, FJ and Mazza, M (2022) Active percolation in pusher-type microswimmers, Europhysics Letters, 140(4), 47001, ISSN: 0295-5075. DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/aca11c.

Paget, J, Alberti, U, Mazza, M, Archer, A, Shendruk, T (2022) Smectic layering: Landau theory for a complex-tensor order parameter, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 55(35), 354001, ISSN: 1751-8113. DOI: 10.1088/1751-8121/ac80df.

Hornischer, H, Pritz, PJ, Pritz, J, Mazza, M, Boos, M (2022) Modeling of human group coordination, Physical Review Research, 4(2), 023037, DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.4.023037.

Fragkopoulos, AA, Vachier, J, Frey, J, Menn, F-ML, Mazza, M, Wilczek, M, Zwicker, D, Bäumchen, O (2021) Self-generated oxygen gradients control collective aggregation of photosynthetic microbes, Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 18(185), DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0553.

Cammann, J, Schwarzendahl, FJ, Ostapenko, T, Lavrentovich, D, Bäumchen, O, Mazza, MG (2021) Emergent probability fluxes in confined microbial navigation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(39), pp.e2024752118-e2024752118, ISSN: 0027-8424. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2024752118.

Eichler, J-C, Skutnik, RA, Mazza, M, Schoen, M (2021) Flow-assisted self-healing of the helical structure in a cholesteric liquid crystal, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 155, 054903, ISSN: 0021-9606. DOI: 10.1063/5.0058745.

Mandal, S and Mazza, M (2021) Multiparticle collision dynamics simulations of a squirmer in a nematic fluid, The European Physical Journal E, 44(5), 64, ISSN: 1292-8941. DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-021-00072-3.

Skutnik, RA, Eichler, J-C, Mazza, M, Schoen, M (2021) The temperature dependence of the helical pitch in a cholesteric liquid crystal, Molecular Physics, 119(15-16), e1881638, ISSN: 0026-8976. DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2021.1881638.

Stricker, L, Guido, I, Breithaupt, T, Mazza, M, Vollmer, J (2020) Hybrid sideways/longitudinal swimming in the monoflagellate Shewanella oneidensis: from aerotactic band to biofilm, Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 17(171), 20200559, ISSN: 1742-5689. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2020.0559.

Scacchi, A, Mazza, M, Archer, A (2020) Sensitive dependence on molecular interactions of length scales in sheared soft matter, Physical Review Research, 2(3), 032064, DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.2.032064.

Bai, Q and Mazza, M (2019) Crystallization via shaking in a granular gas with van der Waals interactions, Physical Review E, 100, 042910, ISSN: 2470-0045. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.100.042910.

Eichler, J-C, Skutnik, RA, Sengupta, A, Mazza, M, Schoen, M (2019) Emergent biaxiality in nematic microflows illuminated by a laser beam, Molecular Physics, 117(23-24), pp.3715-3733, ISSN: 0026-8976. DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2019.1663286.

Hornischer, H, Herminghaus, S, Mazza, M (2019) Structural transition in the collective behavior of cognitive agents, Scientific Reports, 9, 12477, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-48638-8.

Mandal, S and Mazza, MG (2019) Multiparticle collision dynamics for tensorial nematodynamics, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 99(6), ARTN 063319, ISSN: 2470-0045. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.99.063319.

Singh, C and Mazza, MG (2019) Electrification in granular gases leads to constrained fractal growth, Scientific Reports, 9(1), DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45447-x.

Schwarzendahl, FJ and Mazza, MG (2019) Hydrodynamic interactions dominate the structure of active swimmers' pair distribution functions, Journal of Chemical Physics, 150, pp.184902-184902, ISSN: 0021-9606.

Vachier, J and Mazza, MG (2019) Dynamics of sedimenting active Brownian particles, The European Physical Journal E, 42(1), 11, ISSN: 1292-8941. DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2019-11770-6.

Breier, RE, Lalescu, CC, Waas, D, Wilczek, M, Mazza, M (2018) Emergence of phytoplankton patchiness at small scales in mild turbulence, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(48), pp.12112-12117, ISSN: 0027-8424. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1808711115.

Schkolnik, G, Schmidt, M, Mazza, MG, Harnisch, F, Musat, N (2018) Correction: In situ analysis of a silver nanoparticle-precipitating Shewanella biofilm by surface enhanced confocal Raman microscopy(PLOS ONE (2018) 13:6(e0199344) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199344), PLoS ONE, 13(6), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145871.

Singh, C and Mazza, MG (2018) Early-stage aggregation in three-dimensional charged granular gas, Physical Review E, 97(2), 022904, ISSN: 2470-0045. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.97.022904.

Ostapenko, T, Schwarzendahl, FJ, Böddeker, TJ, Kreis, CT, Cammann, J, Mazza, MG, Bäumchen, O (2018) Curvature-Guided Motility of Microalgae in Geometric Confinement, Physical Review Letters, 120(6), 068002, ISSN: 0031-9007. DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.068002.

Sentker, K, Zantop, AW, Lippmann, M, Hofmann, T, Seeck, OH, Kityk, AV, Yildirim, A, Schönhals, A, Mazza, MG, Huber, P (2018) Quantized Self-Assembly of Discotic Rings in a Liquid Crystal Confined in Nanopores, Physical Review Letters, 120(6), 067801, ISSN: 0031-9007. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.067801.

Schwarzendahl, FJ and Mazza, M (2018) Maximum in density heterogeneities of active swimmers, Soft Matter, 14(23), pp.4666-4678, ISSN: 1744-683X. DOI: 10.1039/C7SM02301D.

Schkolnik, G, Schmidt, M, Mazza, MG, Harnisch, F, Musat, N (2018) Correction: In situ analysis of a silver nanoparticle-precipitating Shewanella biofilm by surface enhanced confocal Raman microscopy, PLoS ONE, 13(6), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145871.

Gräwer, J, Ronellenfitsch, H, Mazza, MG, Katifori, E (2017) Trophallaxis-inspired model for distributed transport between randomly interacting agents, Physical Review E, 96(2), 022111, ISSN: 2470-0045. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.96.022111.

Stieger, T, Agha, H, Schoen, M, Mazza, M, Sengupta, A (2017) Hydrodynamic cavitation in Stokes flow of anisotropic fluids, Nature Communications, 8, 15550, ISSN: 2041-1723. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15550.

Püschel-Schlotthauer, S, Meiwes Turrión, V, Hall, CK, Mazza, MG, Schoen, M (2017) The Impact of Colloidal Surface-Anchoring on the Smectic A Phase, Langmuir, 33(9), pp.2222-2234, ISSN: 0743-7463. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03941.

Herminghaus, S and Mazza, MG (2016) Phase separation in driven granular gases: exploring the elusive character of nonequilibrium steady states, Soft Matter, 13(5), pp.898-910, ISSN: 1744-683X. DOI: 10.1039/C6SM02224C.

Püschel-Schlotthauer, S, Meiwes Turrión, V, Stieger, T, Grotjahn, R, Hall, CK, Mazza, MG, Schoen, M (2016) A novel model for smectic liquid crystals: Elastic anisotropy and response to a steady-state flow, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 145(16), pp.164903-164903, ISSN: 0021-9606. DOI: 10.1063/1.4965711.

Cho, YS, Mazza, MG, Kahng, B, Nagler, J (2016) Genuine non-self-averaging and ultraslow convergence in gelation, Physical Review E, 94(2), 022602, ISSN: 2470-0045. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.94.022602.

Clewett, JPD, Wade, J, Bowley, RM, Herminghaus, S, Swift, MR, Mazza, MG (2016) The minimization of mechanical work in vibrated granular matter, Scientific Reports, 6(1), 28726, DOI: 10.1038/srep28726.

Mazza, MG (2016) The physics of biofilms—an introduction, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 49(20), pp.203001-203001, ISSN: 0022-3727. DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/49/20/203001.

Hummel, M, Clewett, JPD, Mazza, MG (2016) A universal scaling law for the evolution of granular gases, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 114(1), pp.10002-10002, ISSN: 0295-5075. DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/114/10002.

Hummel, M and Mazza, MG (2016) Declustering in a granular gas as a finite-size effect, Physical Review E, 93(2), 022905, ISSN: 2470-0045. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.022905.

Breier, RE, Selinger, RLB, Ciccotti, G, Herminghaus, S, Mazza, MG (2016) Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in collective active motion, Physical Review E, 93(2), 022410, ISSN: 2470-0045. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.022410.

Stieger, T, Püschel-Schlotthauer, S, Schoen, M, Mazza, MG (2016) Flow-induced deformation of closed disclination lines near a spherical colloid immersed in a nematic host phase, Molecular Physics, 114(2), pp.259-275, ISSN: 0026-8976. DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1096973.

Córdoba, A, Stieger, T, Mazza, MG, Schoen, M, de Pablo, JJ (2016) Anisotropy and probe-medium interactions in the microrheology of nematic fluids, Journal of Rheology, 60(1), pp.75-95, ISSN: 0148-6055. DOI: 10.1122/1.4935849.

Püschel-Schlotthauer, S, Stieger, T, Melle, M, Mazza, MG, Schoen, M (2016) Coarse-grained treatment of the self-assembly of colloids suspended in a nematic host phase, Soft Matter, 12(2), pp.469-480, ISSN: 1744-683X. DOI: 10.1039/c5sm01860a.

Lee, K-W and Mazza, MG (2015) Stochastic rotation dynamics for nematic liquid crystals, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 142(16), ISSN: 0021-9606. DOI: 10.1063/1.4919310.

Schulz, B, Mazza, MG, Bahr, C (2014) Single-molecule diffusion in freely suspended smectic films, Physical Review E, 90(4), 040501, ISSN: 1539-3755. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.90.040501.

Stieger, T, Schoen, M, Mazza, MG (2014) Effects of flow on topological defects in a nematic liquid crystal near a colloid, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 140(5), ISSN: 0021-9606. DOI: 10.1063/1.4862953.

Mazza, MG, Stokely, K, Stanley, HE, Franzese, G (2012) Effect of pressure on the anomalous response functions of a confined water monolayer at low temperature, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 137(20), ISSN: 0021-9606. DOI: 10.1063/1.4767355.

Stieger, T, Mazza, MG, Schoen, M (2012) Diffusivity Maximum in a Reentrant Nematic Phase, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 13(6), pp.7854-7871, DOI: 10.3390/ijms13067854.

Melle, M, Schlotthauer, S, Mazza, MG, Klapp, SHL, Schoen, M (2012) Defect topologies in a nematic liquid crystal near a patchy colloid, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 136(19), ISSN: 0021-9606. DOI: 10.1063/1.4717619.

Strekalova, EG, Mazza, MG, Stanley, HE, Franzese, G (2012) Hydrophobic nanoconfinement suppresses fluctuations in supercooled water, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 24(6), pp.064111-064111, ISSN: 0953-8984. DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/6/064111.

Strekalova, EG, Corradini, D, Mazza, MG, Buldyrev, SV, Gallo, P, Franzese, G, Stanley, HE (2012) Effect of hydrophobic environments on the hypothesized liquid-liquid critical point of water, Journal of Biological Physics, 38(1), pp.97-111, ISSN: 0092-0606. DOI: 10.1007/s10867-011-9241-9.

Mazza, MG, Stokely, K, Pagnotta, SE, Bruni, F, Stanley, HE, Franzese, G (2011) More than one dynamic crossover in protein hydration water, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(50), pp.19873-19878, ISSN: 0027-8424. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1104299108.

Mazza, MG and Schoen, M (2011) Structure and Dynamics of Reentrant Nematics: Any Open Questions after Almost 40 Years?, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 12(8), pp.5352-5372, DOI: 10.3390/ijms12085352.

Perakakis, P, Taylor, M, Mazza, MG, Trachana, V (2011) Understanding the role of open peer review and dynamic academic articles, Scientometrics, 88(2), pp.669-673, ISSN: 0138-9130. DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0402-1.

Mazza, MG, Greschek, M, Valiullin, R, Schoen, M (2011) Role of stringlike, supramolecular assemblies in reentrant supernematic liquid crystals, Physical Review E, 83(5), 051704, ISSN: 1539-3755. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.83.051704.

Strekalova, EG, Mazza, MG, Stanley, HE, Franzese, G (2011) Large Decrease of Fluctuations for Supercooled Water in Hydrophobic Nanoconfinement, Physical Review Letters, 106(14), 145701, ISSN: 0031-9007. DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.145701.

Mazza, MG, Greschek, M, Valiullin, R, Kärger, J, Schoen, M (2010) Entropy-Driven Enhanced Self-Diffusion in Confined Reentrant Supernematics, Physical Review Letters, 105(22), 227802, ISSN: 0031-9007. DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.227802.

Perakakis, P, Taylor, M, Mazza, M, Trachana, V (2010) Natural selection of academic papers, Scientometrics, 85(2), pp.553-559, ISSN: 0138-9130. DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0253-1.

Stanley, HE, Buldyrev, SV, Franzese, G, Kumar, P, Mallamace, F, Mazza, MG, Stokely, K, Xu, L (2010) Liquid polymorphism: water in nanoconfined and biological environments, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 22(28), pp.284101-284101, ISSN: 0953-8984. DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/28/284101.

Franzese, G, Hernando-Martínez, A, Kumar, P, Mazza, MG, Stokely, K, Strekalova, EG, de los Santos, F, Stanley, HE (2010) Phase transitions and dynamics of bulk and interfacial water, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 22(28), pp.284103-284103, ISSN: 0953-8984. DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/28/284103.

Stokely, K, Mazza, MG, Stanley, HE, Franzese, G (2010) Effect of hydrogen bond cooperativity on the behavior of water, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(4), pp.1301-1306, ISSN: 0027-8424. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912756107.

Stanley, HE, Kumar, P, Han, S, Mazza, MG, Stokely, K, Buldyrev, SV, Franzese, G, Mallamace, F, Xu, L (2009) Heterogeneities in confined water and protein hydration water, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 21(50), pp.504105-504105, ISSN: 0953-8984. DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/50/504105.

Mazza, MG, Stokely, K, Strekalova, EG, Stanley, HE, Franzese, G (2009) Cluster Monte Carlo and numerical mean field analysis for the water liquid–liquid phase transition, Computer Physics Communications, 180(4), pp.497-502, ISSN: 0010-4655. DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2009.01.018.

Stanley, HE, Buldyrev, SV, Chen, S-H, Franzese, G, Han, S, Kumar, P, Mallamace, F, Mazza, MG, Xu, L, Yan, Z (2009) Liquid Polyamorphism and the Anomalous Behavior of Water, pp.249-266, ISSN: 1438-4329. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85859-1_20.

Franzese, G, Stokely, K, Chu, X-Q, Kumar, P, Mazza, MG, Chen, S-H, Eugene Stanley, H (2008) Pressure effects in supercooled water: comparison between a 2D model of water and experiments for surface water on a protein, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20(49), pp.494210-494210, ISSN: 0953-8984. DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/49/494210.

Stanley, HE, Kumar, P, Xu, L, Yan, Z, Mazza, MG, Buldyrev, SV, Chen, S-H, Mallamace, F (2007) The puzzling unsolved mysteries of liquid water: Some recent progress, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 386(2), pp.729-743, ISSN: 0378-4371. DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.07.044.

Mazza, MG, Giovambattista, N, Stanley, HE, Starr, FW (2007) Connection of translational and rotational dynamical heterogeneities with the breakdown of the Stokes-Einstein and Stokes-Einstein-Debye relations in water, Physical Review E, 76(3), 031203, ISSN: 1539-3755. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.76.031203.

Kumar, P, Yan, Z, Xu, L, Mazza, MG, Buldyrev, SV, Chen, S-H, Sastry, S, Stanley, HE (2006) Glass Transition in Biomolecules and the Liquid-Liquid Critical Point of Water, Physical Review Letters, 97(17), 177802, ISSN: 0031-9007. DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.177802.

Mazza, MG, Giovambattista, N, Starr, FW, Stanley, HE (2006) Relation between Rotational and Translational Dynamic Heterogeneities in Water, Physical Review Letters, 96(5), 057803, ISSN: 0031-9007. DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.057803.

Giovambattista, N, Mazza, MG, Buldyrev, SV, Starr, FW, Stanley, HE (2004) Dynamic Heterogeneities in Supercooled Water, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108(21), pp.6655-6662, ISSN: 1520-6106. DOI: 10.1021/jp037925w.

Castorina, P, Mazza, M, Zappalà, D (2003) Renormalization group analysis of the three-dimensional Gross–Neveu model at finite temperature and density, Physics Letters B, 567(1-2), pp.31-38, ISSN: 0370-2693. DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2003.06.005.

Mazza, M and Zappalà, D (2001) Proper time regulator and renormalization group flow, Physical Review D, 64(10), 105013, ISSN: 0556-2821. DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.64.105013.

Fragkopoulos, AA, Vachier, J, Frey, J, Menn, F-ML, Wilczek, M, Mazza, MG, Bäumchen, O (Accepted for publication) Light controls motility and phase separation of photosynthetic microbes.

Cammann, J, Faluweki, MK, Dambacher, N, Goehring, L, Mazza, M (Accepted for publication) Topological transition in filamentous cyanobacteria: from motion to structure, Communications Physics, 7(1), 376, DOI: 10.1038/s42005-024-01866-5.



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