Journal Articles
Khan, MT, 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.
Conferences
Stanley, HE, Buldyrev, SV, Kumar, P, Mallamace, F,
Mazza, MG, Stokely, K, Xu, L, Franzese, G (2011)
Water in nanoconfined and biological environments. In
, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, pp.629-640, DOI:
10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2010.07.029.
Stanley, HE, Buldyrev, SV, Franzese, G, Havlin, S, Mallamace, F,
Mazza, MG, Kumar, P, Plerou, V, Preis, T, Stokely, K, Xu, L (2010)
SWITCHING PHENOMENA. In
, PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERDISCIPLINARY CHESS INTERACTIONS CONFERENCE, pp.1-+, ISBN: 978-981-4295-88-8. DOI:
10.1142/9789814295895_0001.
Stanley, HE, Kumar, P, Franzese, G, Xu, L, Yan, Z,
Mazza, MG, Buldyrev, SV, Chen, S-H, Mallamace, F (2008)
Liquid polyamorphism: Possible relation to the anomalous behaviour of water. In
, The European Physical Journal Special Topics, pp.1-17, DOI:
10.1140/epjst/e2008-00746-3.
Stanley, HE, Kumar, P, Franzese, G, Xu, L, Yan, Z,
Mazza, MG, Chen, S-H, Mallamace, F, Buldyrev, SV, Tokuyama, M, Oppenheim, I, Nishiyama, H (2008)
Liquid Polyamorphism: Some Unsolved Puzzles of Water in Bulk, Nanoconfined, and Biological Environments. In
COMPLEX SYSTEMS: 5th International Workshop on Complex Systems, AIP Conference Proceedings, pp.251-271, DOI:
10.1063/1.2897798.
Stanley, HE, Kumar, P, Xu, L, Yan, Z,
Mazza, MG, Buldyrev, SV, Chen, S-H, Mallamace, F, Abe, S, Herrmann, H, Quarati, P, Rapisarda, A, Tsallis, C (2007)
New results on water in bulk, nanoconfined, and biological environments. In
COMPLEXITY, METASTABILITY, AND NONEXTENSIVITY: An International Conference, AIP Conference Proceedings, pp.193-212, DOI:
10.1063/1.2828734.
Stanley, HE, Buldyrev, SV, Chen, S-H, Kumar, P,
Mazza, MG, Poole, PH, Sciortino, F, Xu, L, Yan, Z (2006)
COLL 199-Relation between the Widom line and the fragility transition in bulk water and in protein hydration water. In
, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
