Publications

2024

  • F. Tosti Guerra, E. Poppleton, P. Šulc, and L. Rovigatti. Annamo: coarse-grained modeling for folding and assembly of rna and dna systems. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024. doi:10.1063/5.0202829.
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  • S. S. Gomez and L. Rovigatti. Diffusion, viscosity, and linear rheology of valence-limited disordered fluids. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024. doi:10.1063/5.0209151.
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  • H. Liu, M. Matthies, J. Russo, L. Rovigatti, R. P. Narayanan, T. Diep, D. McKeen, O. Gang, N. Stephanopoulos, F. Sciortino, H. Yan, F. Romano, and P. Šulc. Inverse design of a pyrochlore lattice of dna origami through model-driven experiments. Science, 384(6697):776 – 781, 2024. doi:10.1126/science.adl5549.
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  • G. Mattiotti, M. Micheloni, L. Petrolli, L. Rovigatti, L. Tubiana, S. Pasquali, and R. Potestio. Molecular dynamics characterization of the free and encapsidated rna2 of ccmv with the oxrna model. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2024. doi:10.1002/marc.202400639.
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  • N. D. Pasquale, R. Davidchack, and L. Rovigatti. Cleaving: a lammps package to compute surface free energies. Journal of Open Source Software, 9(94):5886, 2024. doi:10.21105/joss.05886.
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2023

  • J. P. K. Doye, H. Fowler, D. Prešern, J. Bohlin, L. Rovigatti, F. Romano, P. Šulc, C. K. Wong, A. A. Louis, J. S. Schreck, M. C. Engel, M. Matthies, E. Benson, E. Poppleton, and B. E. K. Snodin. The oxdna coarse-grained model as a tool to simulate dna origami. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2639:93 – 112, 2023. doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-3028-0_6.
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  • N. Di Pasquale, T. Hudson, M. Icardi, L. Rovigatti, and M. Spinaci. A systematic analysis of the memory term in coarse-grained models: the case of the markovian approximation. European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 34(2):326 – 345, 2023. doi:10.1017/S0956792522000158.
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  • V. Sorichetti, A. Ninarello, J. Ruiz-Franco, V. Hugouvieux, E. Zaccarelli, C. Micheletti, W. Kob, and L. Rovigatti. Structure and elasticity of model disordered, polydisperse, and defect-free polymer networks. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023. doi:10.1063/5.0134271.
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  • L. Rovigatti and F. Sciortino. Entropy-driven phase behavior of associative polymer networks. SciPost Physics, 2023. doi:10.21468/SciPostPhys.15.4.163.
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  • E. Poppleton, M. Matthies, D. Mandal, F. Romano, P. Šulc, and L. Rovigatti. Oxdna: coarse-grained simulations of nucleic acids made simple. Journal of Open Source Software, 8(81):4693, 2023.
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2022

  • J. Russo, F. Romano, L. Kroc, F. Sciortino, L. Rovigatti, and P. Sulc. Sat-assembly: a new approach for designing self-assembling systems. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 2022. doi:10.1088/1361-648X/ac5479.
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  • L. Rovigatti and F. Sciortino. Designing enhanced entropy binding in single-chain nanoparticles. Physical Review Letters, 2022. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.047801.
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  • L. Rovigatti, J. Russo, F. Romano, M. Matthies, L. Kroc, and P. Šulc. A simple solution to the problem of self-assembling cubic diamond crystals. Nanoscale, 14(38):14268 – 14275, 2022. doi:10.1039/d2nr03533b.
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2021

  • J. Tauber, L. Rovigatti, S. Dussi, and J. van der Gucht. Sharing the load: stress redistribution governs fracture of polymer double networks. Macromolecules, 54(18):8563 – 8574, 2021. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01275.
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  • M. Formanek, L. Rovigatti, E. Zaccarelli, F. Sciortino, and A. J. Moreno. Gel formation in reversibly cross-linking polymers. Macromolecules, 54(14):6613 – 6627, 2021. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02670.
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  • S. Biagi, L. Rovigatti, M. Abbasi, L. Bureau, F. Sciortino, and C. Misbah. Hydrodynamic instability and flow reduction in polymer brush coated channels. Soft Matter, 17(40):9235 – 9245, 2021. doi:10.1039/d1sm00638j.
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  • A. Sengar, T.E. Ouldridge, O. Henrich, L. Rovigatti, and P. Šulc. A primer on the oxdna model of dna: when to use it, how to simulate it and how to interpret the results. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021. doi:10.3389/fmolb.2021.693710.
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  • E. Poppleton, R. Romero, A. Mallya, L. Rovigatti, and P. Šulc. Oxdna.org: a public webserver for coarse-grained simulations of dna and rna nanostructures. Nucleic Acids Research, 49(W1):W491 – W498, 2021. doi:10.1093/nar/gkab324.
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  • V. Sorichetti, A. Ninarello, J. M. Ruiz-Franco, V. Hugouvieux, W. Kob, E. Zaccarelli, and L. Rovigatti. Effect of chain polydispersity on the elasticity of disordered polymer networks. Macromolecules, 54(8):3769 – 3779, 2021. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00176.
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  • J. Vialetto, F. Camerin, F. Grillo, S. N. Ramakrishna, L. Rovigatti, E. Zaccarelli, and L. Isa. Effect of internal architecture on the assembly of soft particles at fluid interfaces. ACS Nano, 15(8):13105 – 13117, 2021. doi:10.1021/acsnano.1c02486.
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  • G. Del Monte, D. Truzzolillo, F. Camerin, A. Ninarello, E. Chauveau, L. Tavagnacco, N. Gnan, L. Rovigatti, S. Sennato, and E. Zaccarelli. Two-step deswelling in the volume phase transition of thermoresponsive microgels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. doi:10.1073/pnas.2109560118.
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2020

  • I. E. Ventura Rosales, L. Rovigatti, E. Bianchi, C. N. Likos, and E. Locatelli. Shape control of soft patchy nanoparticles under confinement. Nanoscale, 12(41):21188 – 21197, 2020. doi:10.1039/d0nr05058j.
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  • F. Camerin, N. Gnan, J. Ruiz-Franco, A. Ninarello, L. Rovigatti, and E. Zaccarelli. Microgels at interfaces behave as 2d elastic particles featuring reentrant dynamics. Physical Review X, 2020. doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.10.031012.
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  • M. Heidenreich, J. M. Georgeson, E. Locatelli, L. Rovigatti, S. K. Nandi, A. Steinberg, Y. Nadav, E. Shimoni, S. A. Safran, J. P. K. Doye, and E. D. Levy. Designer protein assemblies with tunable phase diagrams in living cells. Nature Chemical Biology, 16(9):939 – 945, 2020. doi:10.1038/s41589-020-0576-z.
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  • G. Del Monte, F. Camerin, A. Ninarello, N. Gnan, L. Rovigatti, and E. Zaccarelli. Charge affinity and solvent effects in numerical simulations of ionic microgels. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 2020. doi:10.1088/1361-648X/abc4cb.
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2019

  • A. Ninarello, J. J. Crassous, D. Paloli, F. Camerin, N. Gnan, L. Rovigatti, P. Schurtenberger, and E. Zaccarelli. Modeling microgels with a controlled structure across the volume phase transition. Macromolecules, 52(20):7584 – 7592, 2019. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01122.
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  • L. Rovigatti, N. Gnan, A. Ninarello, and E. Zaccarelli. Connecting elasticity and effective interactions of neutral microgels: the validity of the hertzian model. Macromolecules, 52(13):4895 – 4906, 2019. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00099.
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  • P. H. Handle, L. Rovigatti, and F. Sciortino. Q-independent slow dynamics in atomic and molecular systems. Physical Review Letters, 2019. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.175501.
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  • F. Camerin, M. Á. Fernández-Rodríguez, L. Rovigatti, M.-N. Antonopoulou, N. Gnan, A. Ninarello, L. Isa, and E. Zaccarelli. Microgels adsorbed at liquid-liquid interfaces: a joint numerical and experimental study. ACS Nano, 13(4):4548 – 4559, 2019. doi:10.1021/acsnano.9b00390.
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  • G. Del Monte, A. Ninarello, F. Camerin, L. Rovigatti, N. Gnan, and E. Zaccarelli. Numerical insights on ionic microgels: structure and swelling behaviour. Soft Matter, 15(40):8113 – 8128, 2019. doi:10.1039/c9sm01253b.
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  • A. Suma, E. Poppleton, M. Matthies, P. Šulc, F. Romano, A. A. Louis, J. P. K. Doye, C. Micheletti, and L. Rovigatti. Tacoxdna: a user-friendly web server for simulations of complex dna structures, from single strands to origami. Journal of Computational Chemistry, 40(29):2586 – 2595, 2019. doi:10.1002/jcc.26029.
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  • L. Rovigatti, N. Gnan, L. Tavagnacco, A. J. Moreno, and E. Zaccarelli. Numerical modelling of non-ionic microgels: an overview. Soft Matter, 15(6):1108 – 1119, 2019. doi:10.1039/c8sm02089b.
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2018

  • L. Rovigatti, G. Nava, T. Bellini, and F. Sciortino. Self-dynamics and collective swap-driven dynamics in a particle model for vitrimers. Macromolecules, 51(3):1232 – 1241, 2018. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02186.
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  • M. J. Bergman, N. Gnan, M. Obiols-Rabasa, J.-M. Meijer, L. Rovigatti, E. Zaccarelli, and P. Schurtenberger. A new look at effective interactions between microgel particles. Nature Communications, 2018. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07332-5.
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  • L. Rovigatti, J. Russo, and F. Romano. How to simulate patchy particles⋆. European Physical Journal E, 2018. doi:10.1140/epje/i2018-11667-x.
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  • L. Rovigatti, F. Romano, and J. Russo. Topical issue on advances in computational methods for soft matter systems. European Physical Journal E, 2018. doi:10.1140/epje/i2018-11695-6.
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  • J. Ruiz-Franco, L. Rovigatti, and E. Zaccarelli. On the effect of the thermostat in non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. European Physical Journal E, 2018. doi:10.1140/epje/i2018-11689-4.
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  • C. Cardelli, V. Bianco, L. Rovigatti, F. Nerattini, L. Tubiana, C. Dellago, and I. Coluzza. Erratum: author correction: the role of directional interactions in the designability of generalized heteropolymers (scientific reports (2017) 7 1 (4986)). Scientific reports, 8(1):4592, 2018. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-22649-3.
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  • E. Locatelli and L. Rovigatti. An accurate estimate of the free energy and phase diagram of all-dna bulk fluids. Polymers, 2018. doi:10.3390/polym10040447.
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  • F. Romano and L. Rovigatti. A nucleotide-level computational approach to DNA-based materials. 2018. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71578-0_3.
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  • F. Camerin, N. Gnan, L. Rovigatti, and E. Zaccarelli. Modelling realistic microgels in an explicit solvent. Scientific Reports, 2018. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32642-5.
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  • M. C. Engel, D. M. Smith, M. A. Jobst, M. Sajfutdinow, T. Liedl, F. Romano, L. Rovigatti, A. A. Louis, and J. P. K. Doye. Force-induced unravelling of dna origami. ACS Nano, 12(7):6734 – 6747, 2018. doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b01844.
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  • L. Rovigatti, N. Gnan, and E. Zaccarelli. Internal structure and swelling behaviour of in silico microgel particles. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 2018. doi:10.1088/1361-648X/aaa0f4.
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2017

  • M. Ronti, L. Rovigatti, J. M. Tavares, A. O. Ivanov, S. S. Kantorovich, and F. Sciortino. Free energy calculations for rings and chains formed by dipolar hard spheres. Soft Matter, 13(43):7870 – 7878, 2017. doi:10.1039/c7sm01692a.
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  • L. Rovigatti, V. Bianco, J. M. Tavares, and F. Sciortino. Communication: re-entrant limits of stability of the liquid phase and the speedy scenario in colloidal model systems. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2017. doi:10.1063/1.4974830.
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  • S. Roldán-Vargas, L. Rovigatti, and F. Sciortino. Connectivity, dynamics, and structure in a tetrahedral network liquid. Soft Matter, 13(2):514 – 530, 2017. doi:10.1039/c6sm02282k.
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  • E. Locatelli, P. H. Handle, C. N. Likos, F. Sciortino, and L. Rovigatti. Condensation and demixing in solutions of dna nanostars and their mixtures. ACS Nano, 11(2):2094 – 2102, 2017. doi:10.1021/acsnano.6b08287.
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  • E. Bianchi, B. Capone, I. Coluzza, L. Rovigatti, and P. D. J. Van Oostrum. Limiting the valence: advancements and new perspectives on patchy colloids, soft functionalized nanoparticles and biomolecules. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19(30):19847 – 19868, 2017. doi:10.1039/c7cp03149a.
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  • N. Gnan, L. Rovigatti, M. Bergman, and E. Zaccarelli. In silico synthesis of microgel particles. Macromolecules, 50(21):8777 – 8786, 2017. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01600.
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  • I. C. Gârlea, E. Bianchi, B. Capone, L. Rovigatti, and C. N. Likos. Hierarchical self-organization of soft patchy nanoparticles into morphologically diverse aggregates. Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 30:1 – 7, 2017. doi:10.1016/j.cocis.2017.03.008.
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  • C. Cardelli, V. Bianco, L. Rovigatti, F. Nerattini, L. Tubiana, C. Dellago, and I. Coluzza. The role of directional interactions in the designability of generalized heteropolymers. Scientific Reports, 2017. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-04720-7.
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2016

  • L. Rovigatti, B. Capone, and C. N. Likos. Soft self-assembled nanoparticles with temperature-dependent properties. Nanoscale, 8(6):3288 – 3295, 2016. doi:10.1039/c5nr04661k.
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  • S. Biagi, L. Rovigatti, F. Sciortino, and C. Misbah. Surface wave excitations and backflow effect over dense polymer brushes. Scientific Reports, 2016. doi:10.1038/srep22257.
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  • N. A. Mahynski, L. Rovigatti, C. N. Likos, and A. Z. Panagiotopoulos. Bottom-up colloidal crystal assembly with a twist. ACS Nano, 10(5):5459 – 5467, 2016. doi:10.1021/acsnano.6b01854.
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  • B. E. K. Snodin, F. Romano, L. Rovigatti, T. E. Ouldridge, A. A. Louis, and J. P. K. Doye. Direct simulation of the self-assembly of a small dna origami. ACS Nano, 10(2):1724 – 1737, 2016. doi:10.1021/acsnano.5b05865.
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  • J. Fernandez-Castanon, F. Bomboi, L. Rovigatti, M. Zanatta, A. Paciaroni, L. Comez, L. Porcar, C.J. Jafta, G.C. Fadda, T. Bellini, and F. Sciortino. Small-angle neutron scattering and molecular dynamics structural study of gelling dna nanostars. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016. doi:10.1063/1.4961398.
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2015

  • L. Rovigatti, P. Šulc, I. Z. Reguly, and F. Romano. A comparison between parallelization approaches in molecular dynamics simulations on gpus. Journal of Computational Chemistry, 36(1):1 – 8, 2015. doi:10.1002/jcc.23763.
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  • A.O. Ivanov, S.S. Kantorovich, L. Rovigatti, J.M. Tavares, and F. Sciortino. Low temperature structural transitions in dipolar hard spheres: the influence on magnetic properties. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 383:272 – 276, 2015. doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2014.10.013.
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  • L. Rovigatti, N. Gnan, A. Parola, and E. Zaccarelli. How soft repulsion enhances the depletion mechanism. Soft Matter, 11(4):692 – 700, 2015. doi:10.1039/c4sm02218a.
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  • S. S. Kantorovich, A. O. Ivanov, L. Rovigatti, J. M. Tavares, and F. Sciortino. Temperature-induced structural transitions in self-assembling magnetic nanocolloids. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(25):16601 – 16608, 2015. doi:10.1039/c5cp01558h.
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2014

  • L. Rovigatti, F. Smallenburg, F. Romano, and F. Sciortino. Gels of dna nanostars never crystallize. ACS Nano, 8(4):3567 – 3574, 2014. doi:10.1021/nn501138w.
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  • L. Rovigatti, F. Bomboi, and F. Sciortino. Accurate phase diagram of tetravalent dna nanostars. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2014. doi:10.1063/1.4870467.
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2013

  • J. P.K. Doye, T. E. Ouldridge, A. A. Louis, F. Romano, P. Šulc, C. Matek, B. E.K. Snodin, L. Rovigatti, J. S. Schreck, R. M. Harrison, and W. P.J. Smith. Coarse-graining dna for simulations of dna nanotechnology. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(47):20395 – 20414, 2013. doi:10.1039/c3cp53545b.
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  • S. Kantorovich, A. O. Ivanov, L. Rovigatti, J. M. Tavares, and F. Sciortino. Nonmonotonic magnetic susceptibility of dipolar hard-spheres at low temperature and density. Physical Review Letters, 2013. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.148306.
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  • S. Dussi, L. Rovigatti, and F. Sciortino. On the gas-liquid phase separation and the self-assembly of charged soft dumbbells. Molecular Physics, 111(22-23):3608 – 3617, 2013. doi:10.1080/00268976.2013.838315.
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  • L. Rovigatti, D. De Las Heras, J. M. Tavares, M. M. Telo Da Gama, and F. Sciortino. Computing the phase diagram of binary mixtures: a patchy particle case study. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2013. doi:10.1063/1.4802026.
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  • L. Rovigatti, J. M. Tavares, and F. Sciortino. Self-assembly in chains, rings, and branches: a single component system with two critical points. Physical Review Letters, 2013. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.168302.
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  • L. Rovigatti, S. Kantorovich, A. O. Ivanov, J. M. Tavares, and F. Sciortino. Branching points in the low-temperature dipolar hard sphere fluid. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2013. doi:10.1063/1.4821935.
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2012

  • L. Rovigatti, J. Russo, and F. Sciortino. Structural properties of the dipolar hard-sphere fluid at low temperatures and densities. Soft Matter, 8(23):6310 – 6319, 2012. doi:10.1039/c2sm25192b.
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  • C. De Michele, L. Rovigatti, T. Bellini, and F. Sciortino. Self-assembly of short dna duplexes: from a coarse-grained model to experiments through a theoretical link. Soft Matter, 8(32):8388 – 8398, 2012. doi:10.1039/c2sm25845e.
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  • J. M. Tavares, L. Rovigatti, and F. Sciortino. Quantitative description of the self-assembly of patchy particles into chains and rings. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2012. doi:10.1063/1.4737930.
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  • P. Šulc, F. Romano, T. E. Ouldridge, L. Rovigatti, J. P. K. Doye, and A. A. Louis. Sequence-dependent thermodynamics of a coarse-grained dna model. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2012. doi:10.1063/1.4754132.
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2011

  • L. Rovigatti, W. Kob, and F. Sciortino. The vibrational density of states of a disordered gel model. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2011. doi:10.1063/1.3626869.
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  • L. Rovigatti and F. Sciortino. Self and collective correlation functions in a gel of tetrahedral patchy particles. Molecular Physics, 109(23-24):2889 – 2896, 2011. doi:10.1080/00268976.2011.609148.
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  • L. Rovigatti, J. Russo, and F. Sciortino. No evidence of gas-liquid coexistence in dipolar hard spheres. Physical Review Letters, 2011. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.237801.
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