Publications

Peer-reviewed Papers

M. T. Khan, J. Cammann, A. Sengupta, E. Renzi, M. G. Mazza, "Toward a realistic model of multilayered bacterial colonies", Condens. Matter Phys. 27, 13802 (2024). PDF
M. K. Faluweki , J. Cammann , M. G. Mazza , and L. Goehring, "Active Spaghetti: Collective Organization in Cyanobacteria", Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 158303 (2023). PDF + SI -- Highlighted in Physics Magazine + SIAM News
E. Renzi, M. G. Mazza, "Electromagnetic field generated by tsunamigenic seabed deformation", J. Fluid Mech. 966, A3 (2023) PDF
J. Paget, M. G. Mazza, A. J. Archer and T. N. Shendruk, "Complex-tensor theory of simple smectics", Nat. Commun. 14, 1048 (2023). PDF
S. Till, F. Ebmeier , A. A. Fragkopoulos , M. G. Mazza and O. Bäumchen, "Motility and self-organization of gliding Chlamydomonas populations", Phys. Rev. Res. 4, L042046 (2022). PDF
S. A Bentley, H. Laeverenz-Schlogelhofer, V. Anagnostidis, J. Cammann, M. G Mazza, F. Gielen, K. Y Wan, "Phenotyping single-cell motility in microfluidic confinement", eLife 11, e76519 (2022). PDF
F. J. Schwarzendahl and M. G. Mazza, "Active percolation in pusher-type microswimmers", EPL 140, 47001 (2022). PDF + SI
J. Paget, U. Alberti, M. G. Mazza, A. J. Archer, and T. N. Shendruk, "Smectic layering: Landau theory for a complex-tensor order parameter", J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 55, 354001 (2022). PDF
H. Hornischer, P. J. Pritz, J. Pritz, M. G. Mazza, and M. Boos, "Modeling of human group coordination", Phys. Rev. Research 4, 023037 (2022). PDF
A. A. Fragkopoulos, J. Vachier, J. Frey, F.-M. Le Menn, M. G. Mazza, M. Wilczek, D. Zwicker, and O. Bäumchen, "Self-generated oxygen gradients control collective aggregation of photosynthetic microbes", J. R. Soc. Interface 18, 0210553 (2021). PDF
J. Cammann, F. J. Schwarzendahl, T. Ostapenko, D. Lavrentovich, O. Bäumchen, and M. G. Mazza, "Emergent probability fluxes in confined microbial navigation", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 118, e2024752118 (2021). PDF + Suppl. Info.
J.-C. Eichler, R. A. Skutnik, M. G. Mazza, and M. Schoen, "Flow-assisted self-healing of the helical structure in a cholesteric liquid crystal", J. Chem. Phys. 155, 054903 (2021). PDF
S. Mandal and M. G. Mazza, "Multiparticle collision dynamics simulations of a squirmer in a nematic fluid", Eur. Phys. J. E 44, 64 (2021). PDF
R. A. Skutnik , J.-C. Eichler , M. G. Mazza, M. Schoen, "The temperature dependence of the helical pitch in a cholesteric liquid crystal", Mol. Phys. 119, e1881638 (2021). PDF
L. Stricker, I. Guido, T. Breithaupt, M. G. Mazza, J. Vollmer, "Hybrid sideways/longitudinal swimming in the monoflagellate Shewanella oneidensis: from aerotactic band to biofilm", J. R. Soc. Interface 17, 20200559 (2020). PDF. Video
A. Scacchi, M. G. Mazza, A. J. Archer, "Sensitive dependence on molecular interactions of length scales in sheared soft matter", Phys. Rev. Res. 2, 032064(R) (2020). PDF
K. Sentker, A. Yildirim, M. Lippmann, A. W. Zantop, F. Bertram, T. Hofmann, O. H. Seeck, A. V. Kityk, M. G. Mazza, A. Schönhals, P. Huber, "Self-assembly of liquid crystals in nanoporous solids for adaptive photonic metamaterials", Nanoscale 11, 23304 (2019). PDF
Q. Bai and M. G. Mazza, "Crystallization via shaking in a granular gas with van der Waals interactions", Phys. Rev. E 100, 042910 (2019). PDF
J.-C. Eichler, R. A. Skutnik, A. Sengupta, M. G. Mazza, M. Schoen, "Emergent biaxiality in nematic microflows illuminated by a laser beam", Mol. Phys. 117, 3715 (2019). PDF
H. Hornischer, S. Herminghaus, M. G. Mazza, "Structural transition in the collective behavior of cognitive agents", Sci. Rep. 9, 12477 (2019). PDF
S. Mandal and M. G. Mazza, "Multiparticle collision dynamics for tensorial nematodynamics", Phys. Rev. E 99, 063319 (2019). PDF -- Editors' Suggestion.
C. Singh and M. G. Mazza, "Electrification in granular gases leads to constrained fractal growth", Sci. Rep. 9, 9049 (2019). PDF
F. J. Schwarzendahl and M. G. Mazza, "Hydrodynamic interactions dominate the structure of active swimmers’ pair distribution functions", J. Chem. Phys. 150, 184902 (2019). PDF -- Editor's Pick.
J. Vachier and M. G. Mazza, "Dynamics of sedimenting active Brownian particles", Eur. Phys. J. E 42, 11 (2019). PDF + Front Cover
R. E. Breier, C. C. Lalescu, D. Waas, M. Wilczek , M. G. Mazza, "Emergence of phytoplankton patchiness at small scales in mild turbulence", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 115, 12112 (2018). PDF + Suppl. Info. Featured in Physics World
F. J. Schwarzendahl and M. G. Mazza, "Maximum in density heterogeneities of active swimmers", Soft Matter 14, 4666 (2018). PDF + Suppl. Info.
C. Singh, M. G. Mazza, "Early-stage aggregation in three-dimensional charged granular gas", Phys. Rev. E 97, 022904 (2018). PDF
T. Ostapenko, F. J. Schwarzendahl, T. J. Böddeker, C. T. Kreis, J. Cammann, M. G. Mazza, O. Bäumchen, "Curvature-Guided Motility of Microalgae in Geometric Confinement", Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 068002 (2018). PDF + Suppl. Mat.
K. Sentker, A. W. Zantop, M. Lippmann, T. Hofmann, O. H. Seeck, A. V. Kityk, A. Yildirim, A. Schönhals, M. G. Mazza, P. Huber, "Quantized Self-Assembly of Discotic Rings in a Liquid Crystal Confined in Nanopores", Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 067801 (2018). PDF + Suppl. Mat.
J. Gräwer, H. Ronellenfitsch, M. G. Mazza, E. Katifori, "Trophallaxis-inspired model for distributed transport between randomly interacting agents", Phys. Rev. E 96, 022111 (2017). PDF
T. Stieger, H. Agha, M. Schoen, M. G. Mazza, A. Sengupta, "Hydrodynamic cavitation in Stokes flow of anisotropic fluids", Nat. Commun. 8, 15550 (2017). PDF, Supplementary Information.
S. Püschel-Schlotthauer, V. Meiwes Turrión, C. K. Hall, M. G. Mazza, M. Schoen, "The impact of colloidal surface-anchoring on the smectic A phase", Langmuir 33, 2222 (2017). PDF
S. Herminghaus, M. G. Mazza, "Phase separation in driven granular gases: exploring the elusive character of nonequilibrium steady states", Soft Matter 13, 898 (2017). PDF -- Invited Opinion Article -- Inside Front Cover
S. Püschel-Schlotthauer, V. Meiwes Turrión, T. Stieger, R. Grotjahn, C. K. Hall, M. G. Mazza, M. Schoen, "A novel model for smectic liquid crystals: Elastic anisotropy and response to a steady-state flow", J. Chem. Phys. 145, 164903 (2016). PDF
Y. S. Cho, M. G. Mazza, B. Kahng, J. Nagler, "Genuine non-self-averaging and ultra-slow convergence in gelation", Phys. Rev. E 94, 022602 (2016). PDF
J. P. D. Clewett, J. Wade, R. M. Bowley, S. Herminghaus, M. R. Swift, M. G. Mazza, "The minimization of mechanical work in vibrated granular matter", Nature Sci. Rep. 6, 28726 (2016). PDF + Suppl. Mat.
M. Hummel, J. P. D. Clewett, M. G. Mazza, "A universal scaling law for the evolution of granular gases", EPL 114, 10002 (2016). PDF
M. G. Mazza, "The physics of biofilms - an introduction", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49, 203001 (2016). PDF -- Invited Review Article
M. Hummel, M. G. Mazza, "Declustering in a granular gas as a finite-size effect", Phys. Rev. E 93, 022905 (2016). PDF
R. E. Breier, R. L. B. Selinger, G. Ciccotti, S. Herminghaus, M. G. Mazza, "Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in collective active motion", Phys. Rev. E 93, 022410 (2016). PDF
S. Püschel-Schlotthauer, T. Stieger, M. Melle, M. G. Mazza, M. Schoen, “Coarse-grained treatment of the self-assembly of colloids suspended in a nematic host phase”, Soft Matter 12, 469 (2016). PDF
A. Córdoba, T. Stieger, M. G. Mazza, M. Schoen, J. J. de Pablo, “Anisotropy and probe-medium interactions in the microrheology of nematic fluids”, J. Rheol. 60, 75 (2016). PDF
T. Stieger, S. Püschel-Schlotthauera, M. Schoen, M. G. Mazza, “Flow-induced deformation of closed disclination lines near a spherical colloid immersed in a nematic host phase”, Mol. Phys. 114, 259 (2016). PDF
G. Schkolnik, M. Schmidt, M. G. Mazza, F. Harnisch, N. Musat,“ In situ analysis of a silver nanoparticle-precipitating Shewanella biofilm by surface enhanced confocal Raman microscopy”, PLoS ONE 10, e0145871 (2015). PDF
K.-W. Lee, M.G. Mazza, “Stochastic rotation dynamics for nematic liquid crystals”, J. Chem. Phys. 142, 164110 (2015). PDF
B. Schulz, M. G. Mazza, C. Bahr, "Single-molecule diffusion in freely suspended smectic ﬁlms", Phys. Rev. E 90, 040501(R) (2014). PDF + Suppl. Mat.
T. Stieger, M. Schoen, M. G. Mazza, "Effects of flow on topological defects in a nematic liquid crystal near a colloid", J. Chem. Phys. 140, 054905 (2014). PDF
M. G. Mazza, K. Stokely, H. E. Stanley, G. Franzese, “Effect of pressure on the anomalous response functions of a confined water monolayer at low temperature”, J. Chem. Phys. 137, 204502 (2012). PDF
T. Stieger, M. G. Mazza, M. Schoen, “Diffusivity maximum in a reentrant nematic phase”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 13, 7854 (2012). PDF
M. Melle, S. Schlotthauer, M. G. Mazza, S. H. L. Klapp, M. Schoen, “Defect topologies in a nematic liquid crystal near a patchy colloid ”, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 194703 (2012). PDF
E. G. Strekalova, D. Corradini, M. G. Mazza, S. V. Buldyrev, P. Gallo, G. Franzese, H. E. Stanley, “Effect of hydrophobic environments on the hypothesized liquid-liquid critical point of water”, J. Biol. Phys. 38, 97-111 (2012). PDF
E. G. Strekalova, M. G. Mazza, H. E. Stanley, G. Franzese, “Hydrophobic nanoconfinement suppresses fluctuations in supercooled water”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24, 064111 (2012). PDF
M. G. Mazza, K. Stokely, S. E. Pagnotta, F. Bruni, H. E. Stanley, G. Franzese, “More than one dynamic crossover in protein hydration water”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108, 19873-19878 (2011). PDF
M. G. Mazza, M. Schoen, “Structure and dynamics of reentrant nematics: Any open questions after almost 40 years?”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 12, 5352 (2011). PDF
M. G. Mazza, M. Greschek, R. Valiullin, M. Schoen, “Role of stringlike, supramolecular assemblies in reentrant supernematic liquid crystals”, Phys. Rev. E 83, 051704 (2011). PDF
H. E. Stanley, S. V. Buldyrev, P. Kumar, F. Mallamace, M. G. Mazza, K. Stokely, L. Xu, G. Franzese, “Water in Nanoconﬁned and Biological Environments”, J. Non-Cryst. Sol. 357, 629 (2011). PDF
E. G. Strekalova, M. G. Mazza, H. E. Stanley, G. Franzese, “Large decrease of ﬂuctuations for supercooled water in hydrophobic nanoconﬁnement”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 145701 (2011). PDF
M. G. Mazza, M. Greschek, R. Valiullin, J. Kärger, M. Schoen, “Entropy–driven enhanced self–diﬀusion in conﬁned reentrant supernematics”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 227802 (2010). PDF
P. Perakakis, M. Taylor, M. G. Mazza, V. Trachana, “Understanding the role of open peer review and dynamic academic articles -- Authors' reply” Scientometrics 88, 669 (2011). PDF
P. Perakakis, M. Taylor, M. G. Mazza, V. Trachana, “Natural selection of academic papers”, Scientometrics 85, 553 (2010). PDF
G. Franzese, A. Hernando-Martinez, P. Kumar, M. G. Mazza, K. Stokely, E. G. Strekalova, F. de los Santos, H. E. Stanley, “Phase Transitions and Dynamics in Bulk and Interfacial Water”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22, 284103 (2010).
H. E. Stanley, S. V. Buldyrev, G. Franzese, P. Kumar, F. Mallamace, M. G. Mazza, K. Stokely, L. Xu, “Liquid Polymorphism: Water in Nanoconﬁned and Biological Environments”, J. Phys. Cond. Matter 22, 284101 (2010).
K. Stokely, M. G. Mazza, H. E. Stanley, G. Franzese, “Eﬀect of hydrogen bond cooperativity on the behavior of water”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107, 1301-1306 (2010). PDF
H. E. Stanley, P. Kumar, S. Han, M. G. Mazza, K. Stokely, S. V. Buldyrev, G. Franzese, F. Mallamace, L. Xu, “Heterogeneities in Conﬁned Water and Protein Hydration Water”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21, 504105 (2009).
M. G. Mazza, K. Stokely, E. G. Strekalova, H. E. Stanley, G. Franzese, “Cluster Monte Carlo and numerical mean ﬁeld analysis for the water liquid–liquid phase transition”, Comput. Phys. Commun. 180, 497 (2009). PDF
H. E. Stanley, P. Kumar, G. Franzese, L. Xu, Z. Yan, M. G. Mazza, S. V. Buldyrev, S.-H. Chen, F. Mallamace, “Liquid Polyamorphism: Possible Explanation of Water’s Anomalies”, Eur. Phys. J.: Special Topics 161, 1 (2008).
G. Franzese, K. Stokely, X. Chu, P. Kumar, M. G Mazza, S.-H. Chen, H. E. Stanley, “Pressure eﬀects in supercooled water: comparison between a 2D model of water and experiments for surface water on a protein”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20, 494210 (2008). PDF
H. E. Stanley, P. Kumar, L. Xu, Z. Yan, M. G. Mazza, S. V. Buldyrev, S.-H. Chen, F. Mallamace, “The Puzzling Unsolved Mysteries of Liquid Water: Some Recent Progress”, Physica A 386, 729 (2007).
M. G. Mazza, N. Giovambattista, H. E. Stanley, F. W. Starr, “Connection of translational and rotational dynamical heterogeneities with the breakdown of the Stokes-Einstein and Stokes-Einstein-Debye relations in water”, Phys. Rev. E 76, 031203 (2007) (selected by Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 14 (2007) ). PDF
P. Kumar, Z. Yan, L. Xu, M. G. Mazza, S. V. Buldyrev, S.-H. Chen. S. Sastry, H. E. Stanley, “Glass transition in biomolecules and the liquid-liquid critical point of water”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 177802 (2006). PDF
M. G. Mazza, N. Giovambattista, F. W. Starr, H. E. Stanley, “Relation between rotational and translational dynamic heterogeneities in water”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 057803 (2006). PDF
N. Giovambattista, M. G. Mazza, S. V. Buldyrev, F. W. Starr, H. E. Stanley, “Dynamic heterogeneities in supercooled water”, J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 6655-6662 (2004). PDF
P. Castorina, M. Mazza, D. Zappalà, “Renormalization group analysis of the three-dimensional Gross-Neveu model at ﬁnite temperature and density”, Phys. Lett. B 567, 31-38 (2003). PDF
M. Mazza, D. Zappalà, “Proper time regulator and Renormalization Group ﬂow”, Phys. Rev. D 64, 105013 (2001). PDF

Commentaries & Editorials

A. Doostmohammadi, M. G. Mazza, T. N. Shendruk and H. Stark, "Editorial: Active and Intelligent Living Matter: from Fundamentals to Applications", Front. Phys. 11, 1231716 (2023). PDF
M. G. Mazza, "Viewpoint - Water is Behind the Electrification of Sand", Physics 16, 23 (2023). Link

Conference Proceedings and Book Chapters

N. Giovambattista, M. G. Mazza, S. V. Buldyrev, F. W. Starr, and H. E. Stanley, “Heterogeneities in the Dynamics of Supercooled Water”, in Unifying Concepts in Granular Media and Glasses, edited by A. Coniglio, A. Fierro, H. J. Herrmann, and M. Nicodemi (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2004).
H. E. Stanley, P. Kumar, L. Xu, Z. Yan, M. G. Mazza, S. V. Buldyrev, and S.-H. Chen, “Relation between the Widom Line and the Dynamic Crossover in Bulk Water and in Protein Hydration Water”, in Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering, edited by P. E. Sokol, H. Kaiser, D. Baxter, R. Pynn, D. Bossev, and M. Leuschner (Materials Research Society, Warrendale PA, 2007).
H. E. Stanley, P. Kumar, L. Xu, Z. Yan, M. G. Mazza, S. V. Buldyrev, S.-H. Chen, and F. Mallamace, “New Results on Water in Bulk, Nanoconﬁned, and Biological Environments”, in Proceedings of CTNEXT07, Complexity, Metastability and Nonextensivity, Catania, Italy, 1-5 July 2007, edited by S. Abe, H. J. Herrmann, P. Quarati, A. Rapisarda, and C. Tsallis (American Institute of Physics, 2007).
H. E. Stanley, S. V. Buldyrev, S.-H. Chen, G. Franzese, S. Han, P. Kumar, F. Mallamace, M. G. Mazza, L. Xu, and Z. Yan, “Liquid Polyamorphism and the Anomalous Behavior of Water”, in Advances in Solid State Physics, Volume 48 [Proc. 2008 Annual Meeting of DFG, Berlin], edited by R. Haug (Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2008).
H. E. Stanley, P. Kumar, G. Franzese, L. Xu, Z. Yan, M. G. Mazza, S.-H. Chen, F. Mallamace, and S. V. Buldyrev, “Liquid Polyamorphism: Some Unsolved Puzzles of Water in Bulk, Nanoconﬁned, and Biological Environments”, in Fifth International Workshop on Complex Systems, Sendai, Japan, edited by M. Tokuyama, I. Oppenheim, and H. Nishiyama, AIP Conf. Proc. 982, 251–271 (2008).
K. Stokely, M. G. Mazza, H. E. Stanley, and G. Franzese, “Metastable Water Under Pressure”, in “Metastable Systems under Pressure – NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology” edited by S. J. Rzoska, A. Drozd-Rzoska and V. A. Mazur, p. 197–216 (Springer, 2010).
H. E. Stanley, S. V. Buldyrev, G. Franzese, S. Havlin, F. Mallamace, M. G. Mazza, P. Kumar, V. Plerou,T. Preis, K. Stokely, L. Xu L, "Switching phenomena" In Proceedings of the First Interdisciplinary Chess Interactions Conference, pp. 1-24 (World Scientific, 2010).
V. Bianco, M. G. Mazza, K. Stokely, F. Bruni, H. E. Stanley, and G. Franzese, "Prediction and Observation of Two Dynamic Crossovers in Hydration Water Allows the Reconciliation of Simulations and Experiments," in Fragility of Glass-forming Liquids, edited by A. L. Greer, K. F. Kelton, and S. Sastry (Hindustan Book Agency, 2014), 183-189. ISBN: 978-93-80250-61-8.
A. Sengupta, and M. G. Mazza, "Liquid Crystals at Interfaces and Under Flow: Recent Advances and Trends", in Soft Matter and Biomaterials on the Nanoscale, vol. 1: Soft Matter under Geometrical Confinement: From Fundamentals at Planar Surfaces and Interfaces to Functionalities of Nanoporous Materials, edited by Patrick Huber (Oleg Gang, Editor in Chief), p. 183-226 (World Scientific, 2020). PDF