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Biographical Info
- Staff member in Universidad Autónoma de Madrid since 2000.
- Posdoctoral positions in University of Copenhagen and University of Southampton.
- PhD in Physics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1991).
- Physics Degree (Universidad Autónoma Madrid, 1985).
Research Interests
- Theory of Complex Fluids.
- Statistical Physics of Liquids.
- Computer Simulation of Classical Systems.
- Numerical Integration of Dynamical Equations.
Relevant/Recent Publications
- Domain walls in two-dimensional nematics confined in a small circular cavity, D. de las Heras and E. Velasco, Soft Matter 10, 1758 (2014). [URL]
- Hard rods in a cylindrical pore: the nematic-to-smectic transition, S. Varga, Y. Martínez-Raton, and E. Velasco, J. Phys. Cond. Matt. 26, 075104 (2014). [URL]
- Interplay between columnar and smectic stability in suspensions of polydisperse colloidal platelets, E. Velasco and Y. Martínez-Ratón, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16, 765 (2013). [URL]
- 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). [URL]
- 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). [URL]
- Dimensional crossover of hard parallel cylinders confined on cylindrical surfaces, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, Phys. Rev. E 87, 052314 (2013). [URL]
- Effect of polydispersity, bimodality and aspect ratio on the phase bahvior of colloidal platelet suspensions, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, J. Chem. Phys. 137, 134906 (2012). [URL]
- Mechanisms of Budding of Nanoscale Particles through Lipid Bilayers, T. Ruiz-Herrero,E. Velasco and M. F. Hagan, J. Phys. Chem. 116, 9595 (2012). [URL]
- 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). [URL]
- Effect of polydispersity and soft interactions on the nematic versus smectic phase stability in platelet suspensions, Y. Martínez-Ratón and E. Velasco, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 124904 (2011). [URL]