Mohammad was born in Isfahan, Iran. He received his BS and MS in physics from Isfahan University of Technology and entered the University of Darmstadt-Germany in 2009. He received his PhD in theoretical physical chemistry in 2012. He joined the de Pablo Group at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering as a postdoctoral researcher in October 2012.
Liquid crystals (LCs) are materials that have properties between conventional liquids and solid crystals. This combination of properties leads to many different types of LC phases, which can be distinguished by their different optical properties. Here Mohammad uses different simulation methods at different time and length scales to study LC phases and ordering where LCs are confined to certain geometries.
Amphiphile-Induced Phase Transition of Liquid Crystals at Aqueous Interfaces
Ramezani-Dakhel, Hadi, et al. "Amphiphile-Induced Phase Transition of Liquid Crystals at Aqueous Interfaces." ACS applied materials & interfaces 10.43 (2018): 37618-37624.
Ssages: Software suite for advanced general ensemble simulations
Sidky, Hythem, et al. "Ssages: Software suite for advanced general ensemble simulations." The Journal of chemical physics 148.4 (2018): 044104.
Water Flux Induced Reorientation of Liquid Crystals
Ramezani-Dakhel, Hadi, et al. "Water Flux Induced Reorientation of Liquid Crystals." ACS central science 3.12 (2017): 1345-1349.
Segregation of liquid crystal mixtures in topological defects
Rahimi, Mohammad, et al. "Segregation of liquid crystal mixtures in topological defects." Nature communications 8 (2017): 15064.
Molecular Structure of Canonical Liquid Crystal Interfaces
Sadati, Monirosadat, et al. "Molecular Structure of Canonical Liquid Crystal Interfaces." Journal of the American Chemical Society 139.10 (2017): 3841-3850.
Understanding Atomic-Scale Behavior of Liquid Crystals at Aqueous Interfaces
Ramezani-Dakhel, Hadi, et al. "Understanding Atomic-Scale Behavior of Liquid Crystals at Aqueous Interfaces." Journal of chemical theory and computation 13.1 (2016): 237-244.
Dynamic structure of active nematic shells
Ramezani-Dakhel, Hadi, et al. "Understanding Atomic-Scale Behavior of Liquid Crystals at Aqueous Interfaces." Journal of chemical theory and computation 13.1 (2016): 237-244.
Positioning colloids at the surfaces of cholesteric liquid crystal droplets
Bukusoglu, Emre, et al. "Positioning colloids at the surfaces of cholesteric liquid crystal droplets." Soft Matter 12.42 (2016): 8781-8789.
Mesoscale structure of chiral nematic shells
Zhou, Ye, et al. "Mesoscale structure of chiral nematic shells." Soft matter 12.44 (2016): 8983-8989.
View All PublicationsStructural transitions in cholesteric liquid crystal droplets
Zhou, Ye, et al. "Structural transitions in cholesteric liquid crystal droplets." ACS nano 10.7 (2016): 6484-6490.