Active and passive soft matter: crystal growth, confinement, and swimming [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Sven van Teeffelen

Active and passive soft matter:crystal growth, confinement,and swimmingInaugural-Dissertationzur Erlangung des Doktorgradesder Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult¨ atder Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨ at Dusseldorf¨vorgelegt vonSven van Teeffelenaus EssenSeptember 2008iiAus dem Institut fur¨ Theoretische Physik II: Weiche Materieder Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨ at Dusseldo¨ rf.Gedruckt mit der Genehmigungder Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult¨ atder Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨ at Dusseldo¨ rfReferent: Prof. Dr. Christos N. LikosKoreferent: Prof. Dr. Hartmut L¨ owenKoreferent: Prof. Pedro TarazonaTag der mundlic¨ hen Prufung:¨ 10. November 2008iiic Sven van Teeffelen 2008All Rights Reserved.ivThe work described in this thesis has been published in a number of papers, whichconstitute the following self-contained chapters:• Chapter 3: Sven van Teeffelen, Norman Hoffmann, Christos N. Likos, andHartmut L¨ owen, “Density functional theory of freezing for soft interactionsin two dimensions,” Europhys. Lett. 75 (2006), 583 (preprint: arXiv:cond-mat/0604422).• Chapter 4: Sven van Teeffelen, Hartmut L¨ owen, and Christos N. Likos,“Crystallization of magnetic dipolar monolayers: a density functional ap-proach,” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20 (2008), 404217(preprint: arXiv:0804.3299).• Chapter 5: Hartmut L¨ owen, Christos N.