Scientific Publications                         

Sedimentation profiles and phase stacking diagrams in polydisperse hard rounded rectangle fluids  , T. Eckert, D. de las Heras, E. Velasco and Y. Martínez-Ratón,  Phys. Rev. E 112, 065410 (2025). arXiv:2511.07034. e-archivo-uc3m

Defects in vibrated monolayers of equilateral triangular prisms,  J. Vega, E. Velasco and Y. Martínez-Ratón,  Phys. Rev. Research 7, 043238 (2025). arXiv:2505.06376v1. e-archivo-uc3m

Cell theories for the chiral crystal phase of hard equilateral triangles, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco,  Phys. Rev. E 110, 054701 (2024).

arXiv2407.06895. e-archivo-uc3m

Density-functional theory for clustering of two-dimensional hard particle fluids, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, J. Mol. Liq.  397, 124004 (2024).  arXiv:2312.04434. e-archivo-uc3m

Prediction of the liquid-crystal phase behavior of hard right triangles from fourth-virial density-functional theories, E. Velasco and Y. Martínez-Ratón, Phys. Rev. E 108, 014603 (2023).  arXiv:2305.08545. e-archivo-uc3m

Exotic liquid crystalline phases in monolayers of vertically vibrated granular particles, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, Liq. Cryst.  50, 1261 (2023).  arXiv:2211.08966. e-archivo-uc3m

Effect of combined roundness and polydispersity on the phase behavior of hard-rectangle fluids, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, Phys.    Rev. E 106, 034602 (2022). arXiv:2207.09173. e-archivo-uc3m

Effect of clustering on the orientational properties of fluid of hard right isosceles triangles, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, Phys.              Fluids 34, 03710 (2022). arXiv:2201.05525. e-archivo-uc3m

Failure of standard density functional theory to describe the phase behavior of a fluid of hard right isosceles triangles, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, Phys. Rev. E 104, 054132 (2021). arXiv:2111.06309. earchivo-uc3m

Orientational ordering in a fluid of hard kites: A density-functional theory study, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, Phys. Rev. E 102,    052128 (2020). arXiv:2010.03328. e-archivo-uc3m

Domain walls in vertically vibrated monolayers of cylinders confined in annuli, A. Díaz-De Armas, M. Maza-Cuello, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, Phys. Rev. Research 2, 033436 (2020). arXiv:2001.08097. e-archivo-uc3m

 Highly confined mixtures of parallel hard squares: A density-functional-theory study, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, Phys. Rev. E 100, 062604 (2019). arXiv:1910.09506. e-archivo-uc3m

Defects in vertically vibrated monolayers of cylinders, M. González-Pinto, J. Renner, D. de las Heras, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, New J. Phys. 21, 033002 (2019). arXiv:1901.08882. e-archivo-uc3m

Positional ordering of hard adsorbate particles in tubular nanopores, P. Gurin, S. Varga, Y. Martínez-Ratón, and E. Velasco, Phys. Rev. E 97, 052606 (2018). arXiv:1803.05989. e-archivo-uc3m

Uniform phases in fluids of hard isosceles triangles: one-component fluid and binary mixtures, Y. Martínez-Ratón, A. Díaz-De Armas and E. Velasco, Phys. Rev. E 97, 052703 (2018). arXiv:1803.04918. e-archivo-uc3m

Dynamical properties of heterogeneous nucleation of parallel hard squares, M. González-Pinto, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, Soft Matter 13, 9246 (2017). arXiv:1708.00808. e-archivo-uc3m

Role of length-polydispersity in the phase behavior of freely-rotating hard-rectangle fluids, A. Díaz-De Armas and Y. Martínez-Ratón, Phys. Rev. E 95, 052702 (2017). arXiv:1702.01993. e-archivo-uc3m

Ordering of hard rectangles in strong confinement, P. Gurin, S. Varga, M. González-Pinto, Y. Martínez-Ratón, and E. Velasco, J. Chem. Phys. 146, 134503 (2017). arXiv:1702.07217. e-archivo-uc3m

Clustering in vibrated monolayers of granular rods, M. González-Pinto, F. Borondo, Y. Martínez-Ratón, and E. Velasco, Soft Matter 13, 2571 (2017). arXiv:1701.05154. e-archivo-uc3m

Biaxial nematic phase stability and demixing behavior in monolayers of rod-plate mixtures, Y. Martínez-Ratón, M. González-Pinto, and E. Velasco, PCCP 18, 24569 (2016). arXiv:1607.06851. e-archivo-uc3m

Phase behavior and correlations of parallel hard squares: From highly confined to bulk systems, M. González-Pinto, Y. Martínez-Ratón, S. Varga, P. Gurin, and E. Velasco, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 28, 244002 (2016). arXiv:1512.08154. e-archivo-uc3m

Effect of orientational restriction on monolayers of hard ellipsoids, S. Varga, Y. Martínez-Ratón, E. Velasco, G. Bautista-Carbajal, and G. Odriozola, PCCP 18, 4547 (2016). arXiv:1509.07810. e-archivo-uc3m

Capillary and winding transitions in a confined cholesteric liquid crystal, D. de las Heras, E. Velasco, and Y. Martínez-Ratón, Soft Matter 11, 7038 (2015). arXiv:1505.00533. e-archivo-uc3m

Effect of shape biaxiality on the phase behavior of liquid-crystal monolayers, M. González-Pinto, Y. Martínez-Ratón, E. Velasco, and S. Varga, PCCP 17, 6389 (2015). arXiv:1410.6608. e-archivo-uc3m

Hard-body models of bulk liquid crystals, L. Mederos, E. Velasco, and Y. Martínez-Ratón, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 26, 463101 (2014). arXiv:1408.1048. e-archivo-uc3m

Phase behavior of liquid-crystal monolayers of rod-like and plate-like particles, Y. Martínez-Ratón, S. Varga, and E. Velasco, J. Chem. Phys. 140, 204906 (2014). arXiv:1403.3372. e-archivo-uc3m

Interplay between columnar and smectic stability in suspensions of polydisperse colloidal platelets, E. Velasco and Y. Martínez-Ratón, PCCP 16, 765 (2014). arXiv:1309.0688. e-archivo-uc3m

Hard rods in a cylindrical pore: the nematic-to-smectic phase transition, S. Varga, Y. Martínez-Ratón, and E. Velasco, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26, 075104 (2014). arXiv:1308.1927. e-archivo-uc3m

Liquid-crystal patterns of rectangular particles in a square nanocavity, M. González-Pinto, Y. Martínez-Ratón, and E. Velasco, Phys. Rev. E 88, 032506 (2013). arXiv:1307.2469

Dimensional cross-over of hard parallel cylinders confined on cylindrical surfaces, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, Phys. Rev. E 87, 052314 (2013). arXiv:1305.4257

Two-dimensional nematics in bulk and confined geometries, D. de las Heras, Y. Martínez-Ratón, L. Mederos, and E. Velasco, J. Mol. Liq. 185, 13 (2013). arXiv:1207.3256

Effect of polydispersity, bimodality and aspect ratio on the phase behavior of colloidal platelet suspensions, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, J. Chem. Phys. 137, 134906 (2012). arXiv:1207.2919

Biaxial nematic phases in fluids of hard board-like particles, Y. Martínez-Ratón, S. Varga, and E. Velasco, PCCP 13, 13247 (2011). arXiv:1103.0391

Phase behavior of mixtures of hard ellipses: a scaled particle density functional theory, Y. Martínez-Ratón, Liq. Cryst. 38, 697 (2011). arXiv:1104.1386

Effect of polydispersity and soft interactions on the nematic versus smectic stability in platelet suspensions, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 124904 (2011). arXiv:1102.1876

Fluid-fluid versus fluid-solid demixing in mixtures of parallel hard hypercubes, L. Lafuente and Y. Martínez-Ratón, J. Stat. Mech. Theory Exp. P02010 (2011). arXiv:1007.4930

Theory and simulation of the confined Lebwohl-Lasher model, R. G. Marguta, Y. Martínez-Ratón, N. G. Almarza, and E. Velasco, Phys. Rev. E 83, 041701 (2011). arXiv:1007.0362

Phase transitions in nanoconfined binary mixtures of highly oriented colloidal rods, D. de las Heras, Y. Martínez-Ratón, and E. Velasco, PCCP 12, 10831 (2010). arXiv.1005.0345

Competition between capillarity, layering and biaxiality in a confined liquid crystal, S. Varga, Y. Martínez-Ratón, and E. Velasco, Eur. Phys. J. E 32, 89 (2010). arXiv:1004.5056

Surface and smectic layering transitions in binary mixtures of parallel hard rods, D. de las Heras, Y. Martínez-Ratón, and E. Velasco, Phys. Rev. E 81, 021706 (2010).  arXiv1002.0512. e-archivo-uc3m

Stable smectic phase in suspensions of polydisperse colloidal platelets with identical thickness, D. Sun, H.-J. Sue, Z. Cheng, Y. Martínez-Ratón, and E. Velasco, Phys. Rev. E 80, 041704 (2009).  arXiv:0909.2625. e-archivo-uc3m

Smectic and columnar ordering in length-polydisperse fluids of parallel hard cylinders, Y. Martínez-Ratón and J. A. Cuesta, Mol. Phys. 107, 415 (2009). arXiv:0905.4423. e-archivo-uc3m

Enhanced stability of the tetratic phase due to clustering, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, Phys. Rev. E 79, 011711 (2009). arXiv:0809.4200. e-archivo-uc3m

Novel symmetries and clustering effects in two-dimensional anisotropic fluids, E. Velasco and Y. Martínez-Ratón, Modeling and simulation of new materials: Tenth Granada Lectures, J. Marro, P. L. Garrido and P. I. Hurtado (eds.), AIP. Conf. Proc. 1091, 237 (2009).

Biaxial nematic and smectic phases of parallel particles with different cross sections, Y. Martínez-Ratón, S. Varga, and E. Velasco, Phys. Rev. E 78, 031705 (2008). arXiv:0806.2806. e-archivo-uc3m

Non-uniform liquid-crystalline phases of parallel hard particles with different cross sections, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, J. Chem. Phys. 129, 054907 (2008). arXiv:0802.3867. e-archivo-uc3m

Phase behavior of parallel hard cylinders, J. A. Capitán, Y. Martínez-Ratón, and J. A. Cuesta, J. Chem. Phys. 129, 194901 (2008). arXiv:0804.0189. e-archivo-uc3m

Fundamental-measure density functional for mixtures of parallel hard cylinders, Y. Martínez-Ratón, J. A. Capitán, and J. A. Cuesta, Phys. Rev. E 77, 051205 (2008). arXiv:0803.2033. e-archivo-uc3m

Density functional theories of hard particle systems, P. Tarazona, J. A. Cuesta, and Y. Martínez-Ratón, in Theory and simulation of hard-sphere fluids and related systems, Lecture Notes in Physics, Heidelberg, Vol 753, 247 (2008). e-archivo-uc3m

Large attractive depletion interactions in soft repulsive-sphere binary mixtures, G. Cinacchi, Y. Martínez-Ratón, L. Mederos, G. Navascués, A. Tani, and E. Velasco, J. Chem. Phys. 127, 214501 (2007). arXiv:0706.1633. e-archivo-uc3m

Demixing and orientational ordering in mixtures of rectangular particles, D. de las Heras, Y. Martínez-Ratón, and E. Velasco, Phys. Rev. E 76, 031704 (2007). arXiv:0705.0868. e-archivo-uc3m

Binary mixtures of hard rods: a short account, G. Cinacchi, Y. Martínez-Ratón, E. Velasco, and L. Mederos, Molec. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 465, 121 (2007).

Capillary ordering and layering transitions in two-dimensional hard-rod fluids, Y. Martínez-Ratón, Phys. Rev. E 75, 051708 (2007). arXiv:0704.1467. e-archivo-uc3m

Depletion effects in smectic phases of hard-rod--hard sphere mixtures, G. Cinacchi, Y. Martínez-Ratón, E. Velasco, and L. Mederos, Eur. Phys. J. E 21, 175 (2006). arXiv:0704.1140. e-archivo-uc3m

Smectic, nematic and isotropic phases in binary mixtures of thin and thick spherocylinders, G. Cinacchi, Y. Martínez-Ratón, E. Velasco, and L. Mederos, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 234904 (2006). e-archivo.uc3m.es

Orientational ordering in hard rectangles: the role of three-body correlations, Y. Martínez-Ratón, E. Velasco, and L. Mederos, J. Chem. Phys. 125, 014501 (2006). arXiv:0605238. e-archivo-uc3m

Stability of smectic phases in hard-rod mixtures, Y. Martínez-Ratón, E. Velasco, and L. Mderos, J. Chem. Phys. 123, 104906 (2005). arXiv:0509216. e-archivo-uc3m

Demixing behaviour in two-dimensional mixtures of anisotropic hard bodies, Y. Martínez-Ratón, E. Velasco, and L. Mederos, Phys. Rev. E 72, 031703 (2005). arXiv:0509213. e-archivo-uc3m

Effect of particle geometry on phase transitions in two-dimensional liquid crystals, Y. Martínez-Ratón, E. Velasco, and L. Mederos, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 064903 (2005). arXiv:0411584. e-archivo-uc3m

Bulk inhomogeneous phases of anisotropic particles: A fundamental measure functional study of the restricted orientations model, Y. Martínez-Ratón, Phys. Rev. E 69, 06712 (2004). arXiv:0311631. e-archivo-uc3m

Phase diagrams of Zwanzig model: The effect of polydispersity, Y. Martínez-Ratón and J. A. Cuesta, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 10164 (2003). arXiv:0302446. e-archivo-uc3m

Surface phase transitions in polydisperse hard rod fluids, Y. Martínez-Ratón, arXiv:cond-mat/0212333 (2003). e-archivo-uc3m

Close to the edge of fundamental measure theory: a density functional for hard sphere mixtures, J. A. Cuesta, Y. Martínez-Ratón, and P. Tarazona, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 14, 11965 (2002). arXiv:0205256. e-archivo-uc3m

Enhancement by polydispersity of the biaxial nematic phase in a mixture of hard rods and plates, Y. Martínez-Ratón and J. A. Cuesta, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 185701 (2002). arXiv:0206576. e-archivo-uc3m

Phase behaviour of very asymmetric mixtures, J. A. Cuesta and Y. Martínez-Ratón, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 12, A109 (2000). e-archivo-uc3m

A density functional approach to depletion interaction, J. A. Cuesta and Y. Martínez-Ratón, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 11, 10107 (1999). e-archivo-uc3m

Nematic to Smectic: a "hard" transition, Y. Martínez-Ratón, J. A. Cuesta, R. va Roij, and B. Mulder, in New Approaches to Problems in Liquid State Theory, Kluwer Academic Publishers, C. Caccamo, J.-P. Hansel and G. Stell (eds.), Vol 529, 139 (1999).

Fundamental measure theory for mixtures of parallel hard cubes. II. Phase behaviour of one-component fluid and of the binary mixture, Y. Martínez-Ratón and J. A. Cuesta, J. Chem. Phys. 111, 317 (1999). arXiv:9809376. e-archivo-uc3m

Phase behaviour of additive binary mixtures in the limit of infinite asymmetry, Y. Martínez-Ratón and J. A. Cuesta, Phys. Rev. E 58, R4080 (1998). arXiv:9804225. e-archivo-uc3m

Theoretical study of the anomalous surface tension properties of liquid crystals, Y. Martínez-Ratón, A. M. Somoza, L. Mederos, E. Velasco, and T. L. Sluckin, J. Chem. Phys. 108, 2583 (1998).

Fundamental measure theory for mixtures of parallel hard cubes. I. General formalism, J. A. Cuesta and Y. Martínez-Ratón, J. Chem. Phys. 107, 6379 (1997). e-archivo-uc3m

Dimensional cross-over of the fundamental-measure functional for parallel hard cubes, J. A. Cuesta and Y. Martínez-Ratón, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 3684 (1997). arXiv:9701124. e-archivo-uc3m

Surface enhanced ordering and layer-thinning transitions in freely suspended smectic-A films, Y. Martínez-Ratón, A. M. Somoza, L. Mederos, and D. E. Sullivan, Phys. Rev. E 55, 2030 (1997). e-archivo-uc3m

Layer-thinning transitions in freely suspended smectic-A films, A. M. Somoza, Y. Martínez-Ratón, L. Mederos, and D. E. Sullivan, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 8, 9434 (1996). e-archivo-uc3m

Smectic-A ordering in liquid-crystal films, Y. Martínez-Ratón, A. M. Somoza, L. Mederos, and D.E. Sullivan, Farady Discuss. 104, 111 (1996).

Metastability of freely suspended liquid-crystal films, Y. Martínez, A. M. Somoza, L. Mederos, and D. E. Sullivan, Phys. Rev. E 53, 2466 (1996).