Dr. Daniel de las Heras


Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Sciences
Chair of Theoretical Physics
Job History
2012 – present | Akademischer Rat, Theoretical Physics II (Prof. Dr. Matthias Schmidt), Universität Bayreuth, Germany |
2010 – 2012 | Postdoc, Universidade de Lisbon, Portugal |
2009 – 2010 | Temporary professor, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain |
2008 – 2009 | Postdoc, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain |
Education
2010 – 2011 | Postdoc MM Telo da Gama, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
03/2009 – 12/2013 | PhD Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, summa cum laude |
03/2007 – 11/2008 | Abschluß in Physik, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain |
Awards and other responsibilities
2014 | Preis der Goldenen Kreide (University of Bayreuth) |
2010 | Individual postdoctoral grant of the Spanish Ministry of Science |
2004 | Individual PhD grant of the Spanish Ministry of Education |

Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Sciences
Chair of Theoretical Physics
My research is focused on the theoretical description of complex systems in soft condensed matter:
- Anisotropic colloids
- Lyotropic liquid crystals
- Patchy colloids
- Confinement
- Binary mixtures
- Sedimentation
Theoretical tools:
- Density functional theory
- Computer simulations

Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Sciences
Chair of Theoretical Physics
Selected publications
2022
Stuhlmüller, Nico C. X.; Fischer, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel
Enhanced colloidal transport in twisted magnetic patterns
in Communications Physics volume 5 (2022) issue 1
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006642 ...
Schmidt, Matthias; de las Heras, Daniel; Eckert, Tobias
Sedimentation of colloidal plate-sphere mixtures and inference of particle characteristics from ...
in Physical Review Research volume 4 (2022) issue 1
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006887 ...
2021
Lachner, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel; Fischer, Thomas
Braiding with magnetic octupoles
in Physical Review Research volume 3 (2021) issue 1
doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.013043 ...
Renner, Johannes; Schmidt, Matthias; de las Heras, Daniel
Custom flow in molecular dynamics
in Physical Review Research volume 3 (2021) issue 1
doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.013281 ...
Eckert, Tobias; Schmidt, Matthias; de las Heras, Daniel
Gravity-induced phase phenomena in plate-rod colloidal mixtures
in Communications Physics volume 4 (2021) issue 1
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006027 ...
Hermann, Sophie; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Phase separation of active Brownian particles in two dimensions : anything for a quiet life
in Molecular Physics volume 119 (2021) issue 10. - page e1902585
doi:10.1080/00268976.2021.1902585 ...
Mirzaee-Kakhki, Mahla; Ernst, Adrian; de las Heras, Daniel; Urbaniak, Maciej; Stobiecki, Feliks; Tomita, Andreea; Huhnstock, Rico; Koch, Iris; Ehresmann, Arno; Holzinger, Dennis; Fischer, Thomas
Gauge invariant and gauge dependent aspects of topological walking colloidal bipeds
in Soft Matter volume 17 (2021) issue 6. - page 1663-1674
doi:10.1039/D0SM01670E ...
2020
Mirzaee-Kakhki, Mahla; Ernst, Adrian; de las Heras, Daniel; Urbaniak, Maciej; Stobiecki, Feliks; Gördes, Jendrik; Reginka, Meike; Ehresmann, Arno; Fischer, Thomas M.
Simultaneous polydirectional transport of colloidal bipeds
in Nature Communications volume 11 (2020) . - page Article No. 4670
doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18467-9 ...
Mirzaee-Kakhki, Mahla; Ernst, Adrian; de las Heras, Daniel; Urbaniak, Maciej; Stobiecki, Feliks; Tomita, Andreea; Huhnstock, Rico; Koch, Iris; Gördes, Jendrik; Ehresmann, Arno; Holzinger, Dennis; Reginka, Meike; Fischer, Thomas M.
Colloidal trains
in Soft Matter volume 16 (2020) . - page 1594-1598
doi:10.1039/C9SM02261A ...
Geigenfeind, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Superadiabatic demixing in nonequilibrium colloids
in Communications Physics volume 3 (2020) issue 1. - page No. 23
doi:10.1038/s42005-020-0287-5 ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Flow and Structure in Nonequilibrium Brownian Many-Body Systems
in Physical Review Letters volume 125 (2020) issue 1
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.018001 ...
2019
Geigenfeind, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel
Principal component analysis of the excluded area of two-dimensional hard particles
in The Journal of Chemical Physics volume 150 (2019) issue 18. - page No. 184906
doi:10.1063/1.5092865 ...
González-Pinto, Miguel; Renner, Johannes; de las Heras, Daniel; Martínez-Ratón, Yuri; Velasco, Enrique
Defects in vertically vibrated monolayers of cylinders
in New Journal of Physics volume 21 (2019) issue 3
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004623 ...
González-Pinto, Miguel; Renner, Johannes; de las Heras, Daniel; Martínez-Ratón, Yuri; Velasco, Enrique
Defects in vertically vibrated monolayers of cylinders
in New Journal of Physics volume 21 (2019) issue 3. - page No. 033002
doi:10.1088/1367-2630/ab060b ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Renner, Johannes; Schmidt, Matthias
Custom flow in overdamped Brownian dynamics
in Physical Review E volume 99 (2019) issue 2. - page No. 023306
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.99.023306 ...
Massana-Cid, Helena; Ernst, Adrian; de las Heras, Daniel; Jarosz, Adam; Urbaniak, Maciej; Stobiecki, Feliks; Tomita, Andreea; Huhnstock, Rico; Koch, Iris; Ehresmann, Arno; Holzinger, Dennis; Fischer, Thomas M.
Edge transport at the boundary between topologically equivalent lattices
in Soft Matter volume 15 (2019) . - page 1539-1550
doi:10.1039/C8SM02005A ...
Rossi, Anna Maria; Bugase, Jonas; Lachner, Thomas; Ernst, Adrian; de las Heras, Daniel; Fischer, Thomas M.
Hard topological versus soft geometrical magnetic particle transport
in Soft Matter volume 15 (2019) . - page 8543-8551
doi:10.1039/C9SM01401B ...
Hermann, Sophie; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Non-negative Interfacial Tension in Phase-Separated Active Brownian Particles
in Physical Review Letters volume 123 (2019) issue 26
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.268002 ...
Hermann, Sophie; Krinninger, Philip; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Phase coexistence of active Brownian particles
in Physical Review E volume 100 (2019) issue 5
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.100.052604 ...
Brütting, Moritz; Trepl, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Superadiabatic Forces via the Acceleration Gradient in Quantum Many-Body Dynamics
in Molecules volume 24 (2019) issue 20
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004695 ...
2018
Treffenstädt, Lucas L.; Araújo, Nuno A. M.; de las Heras, Daniel
Percolation of functionalized colloids on patterned substrates
in Soft Matter volume 14 (2018) issue 18. - page 3572-3580
doi:10.1039/C8SM00406D ...
Löhr, Johannes; de las Heras, Daniel; Jarosz, Adam; Urbaniak, Maciej; Stobiecki, Feliks; Tomita, Andreea; Huhnstock, Rico; Koch, Iris; Ehresmann, Arno; Holzinger, Dennis; Fischer, Thomas M.
Colloidal topological insulators
in Communications Physics (2018) issue 1
doi:10.1038/s42005-017-0004-1 ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Better Than Counting : Density Profiles from Force Sampling
in Physical Review Letters volume 120 (2018) issue 21
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.218001 ...
Geigenfeind, Thomas; Dias, C. S.; Telo da Gama, Margarida M.; de las Heras, Daniel; Araújo, Nuno A. M.
Crossover from three- to six-fold symmetry of colloidal aggregates in circular traps
in Soft Matter volume 14 (2018) issue 46. - page 9411-9417
doi:10.1039/C8SM01867G ...
Stuhlmüller, Nico C. X.; Eckert, Tobias; de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Structural Nonequilibrium Forces in Driven Colloidal Systems
in Physical Review Letters volume 121 (2018) issue 9
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.098002 ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Velocity Gradient Power Functional for Brownian Dynamics
in Physical Review Letters volume 120 (2018) issue 2
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.028001 ...
2017
Löhr, Johannes; de las Heras, Daniel; Lönne, Michael; Bugase, Jonas; Jarosz, Adam; Urbaniak, Maciej; Stobiecki, Feliks; Tomita, Andreea; Huhnstock, Rico; Koch, Iris; Ehresmann, Arno; Holzinger, Dennis; Fischer, Thomas M.
Lattice symmetries and the topologically protected transport of colloidal particles
in Soft Matter volume 13 (2017) issue 29. - page 5044-5075
doi:10.1039/c7sm00983f ...
Geigenfeind, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel
The role of sample height in the stacking diagram of colloidal mixtures under gravity
in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter volume 29 (2017) issue 6
doi:10.1088/1361-648X/aa4e04 ...
2016
Seiferling, Felix; de las Heras, Daniel; Telo da Gama, Margarida M.
Percolation in binary and ternary mixtures of patchy colloids
in The Journal of Chemical Physics volume 145 (2016) issue 7. - page No. 074903
doi:10.1063/1.4960808 ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Brader, Joseph M; Fortini, Andrea; Schmidt, Matthias
Particle conservation in dynamical density functional theory
in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter volume 28 (2016) issue 24
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/28/24/244024 ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Treffenstädt, Lucas L.; Schmidt, Matthias
Reentrant network formation in patchy colloidal mixtures under gravity
in Physical Review E volume 93 (2016) issue 3. - page No. 030601
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.030601 ...
de las Heras, Daniel; da Gama, Margarida M Telo
Temperature (de)activated patchy colloidal particles
in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter volume 28 (2016) issue 24. - page No. 244008
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/28/24/244008 ...
Löhr, Johannes; Lönne, Michael; Ernst, Adrian; de las Heras, Daniel; Fischer, Thomas M.
Topological protection of multiparticle dissipative transport
in Nature Communications volume 7 (2016) issue 1. - page No. 11745
doi:10.1038/ncomms11745 ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Löhr, Johannes; Lönne, Michael; Fischer, Thomas M.
Topologically protected colloidal transport above a square magnetic lattice
in New Journal of Physics volume 18 (2016) issue 10
doi:10.1088/1367-2630/18/10/105009 ...
2015
de las Heras, Daniel; Velasco, Enrique; Martínez-Ratón, Yuri
Capillary and winding transitions in a confined cholesteric liquid crystal
in Soft Matter volume 11 (2015) issue 35. - page 7038-7045
doi:10.1039/C5SM01036E ...
Geigenfeind, Thomas; Rosenzweig, Sebastian; Schmidt, Matthias; de las Heras, Daniel
Confinement of two-dimensional rods in slit pores and square cavities
in The Journal of Chemical Physics volume 142 (2015) issue 17. - page 174701
doi:10.1063/1.4919307 ...
Müller, Thomas; de las Heras, Daniel; Rehberg, Ingo; Huang, Kai
Ordering in granular-rod monolayers driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium
in Physical Review E volume 91 (2015) issue 6
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.91.062207 ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Sedimentation stacking diagram of binary colloidal mixtures and bulk phases in the plane of che ...
in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter volume 27 (2015) issue 19
doi:10.1088/0953-8984/27/19/194115 ...
2014
de las Heras, Daniel; Velasco, Enrique
Domain walls in two-dimensional nematics confined in a small circular cavity
in Soft Matter volume 10 (2014) issue 11. - page 1758-1766
doi:10.1039/C3SM52650J ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Full Canonical Information from Grand-Potential Density-Functional Theory
in Physical Review Letters volume 113 (2014) issue 23
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.238304 ...
Fortini, Andrea; de las Heras, Daniel; Brader, Joseph M.; Schmidt, Matthias
Superadiabatic Forces in Brownian Many-Body Dynamics
in Physical Review Letters volume 113 (2014) issue 16
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.167801 ...
2013
Rovigatti, Lorenzo; de las Heras, Daniel; Tavares, José Maria; Telo da Gama, Margarida M.; Sciortino, Francesco
Computing the phase diagram of binary mixtures : A patchy particle case study
in The Journal of Chemical Physics volume 138 (2013) issue 16. - page No. 164904
doi:10.1063/1.4802026 ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
Bulk fluid phase behaviour of colloidal platelet–sphere and platelet–polymer mixtures
in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences volume 371 (2013) issue 1988. - page No. 20120259
doi:10.1098/rsta.2012.0259 ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Schmidt, Matthias
The phase stacking diagram of colloidal mixtures under gravity
in Soft Matter volume 9 (2013) issue 36. - page 8636-8641
doi:10.1039/C3SM51491A ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Martínez-Ratón, Yuri; Mederos, Luis; Velasco, Enrique
Two-dimensional nematics in bulk and confined geometries
in Journal of Molecular Liquids volume 185 (2013) . - page 13-19
doi:10.1016/j.molliq.2012.08.014 ...
2012
de las Heras, Daniel; Doshi, Nisha; Cosgrove, Terence; Phipps, Jonathan; Gittins, David I.; van Duijneveldt, Jeroen S.; Schmidt, Matthias
Floating nematic phase in colloidal platelet-sphere mixtures
in Scientific Reports volume 2 (2012) issue 1. - page No. 789
doi:10.1038/srep00789 ...
Gnan, Nicoletta; de las Heras, Daniel; Tavares, José Maria; Telo da Gama, Margarida M.; Sciortino, Francesco
Properties of patchy colloidal particles close to a surface : A Monte Carlo and density functio ...
in The Journal of Chemical Physics volume 137 (2012) issue 8. - page No. 084704
doi:10.1063/1.4746428 ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Tavares, José Maria; Telo da Gama, Margarida M.
Bicontinuous and mixed gels in binary mixtures of patchy colloidal particles
in Soft Matter volume 8 (2012) issue 6. - page 1785-1794
doi:10.1039/C1SM06948A ...
2011
de las Heras, Daniel; Varga, Szabolcs; Vesely, Franz J.
Mesophase formation in a system of top-shaped hard molecules : Density functional theory and Mo ...
in The Journal of Chemical Physics volume 134 (2011) issue 21. - page No. 214902
doi:10.1063/1.3596749 ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Tavares, José Maria; Telo da Gama, Margarida M.
Phase diagrams of binary mixtures of patchy colloids with distinct numbers of patches: the netw ...
in Soft Matter volume 7 (2011) issue 12. - page 5615-5626
doi:10.1039/C0SM01493A ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Tavares, José Maria; da Gama, Margarida M. Telo
Phase diagrams of binary mixtures of patchy colloids with distinct numbers and types of patches ...
in The Journal of Chemical Physics volume 134 (2011) issue 10. - page No. 104904
doi:10.1063/1.3561396 ...
2010
de las Heras, Daniel; Martínez-Ratón, Yuri; Velasco, Enrique
Phase transitions in nanoconfined binary mixtures of highly oriented colloidal rods
in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics volume 12 (2010) issue 36. - page 10831-10841
doi:10.1039/C003448G ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Martínez-Ratón, Yuri; Velasco, Enrique
Surface and smectic layering transitions in binary mixtures of parallel hard rods
in Physical Review E volume 81 (2010) issue 2. - page No. 021706
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.81.021706 ...
2009
de las Heras, Daniel; Mederos, Luis; Velasco, Enrique
Capillary and anchoring effects in thin hybrid nematic films and connection with bulk behavior
in Physical Review E volume 79 (2009) issue 1. - page No. 011712
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.79.011712 ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Mederos, Luis; Velasco, E.
Density-functional study of defects in two-dimensional circular nematic nanocavities
in Liquid Crystals volume 37 (2009) issue 1. - page 45-56
doi:10.1080/02678290903362840 ...
de las Heras, Daniel; Velasco, E.; Mederos, Luis
Topological defects in a two-dimensional liquid crystal confined in a circular nanocavity
in Physical Review E volume 79 (2009) issue 6. - page No. 061703
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.79.061703 ...
2007
de las Heras, Daniel; Martínez-Ratón, Yuri; Velasco, Enrique
Demixing and orientational ordering in mixtures of rectangular particles
in Physical Review E volume 76 (2007) issue 3. - page No. 031704
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.76.031704 ...
2006
de las Heras, Daniel; Velasco, E.; Mederos, Luis
Capillary effects in a confined smectic phase of hard spherocylinders : Influence of particle e ...
in Physical Review E volume 74 (2006) issue 1. - page No. 011709
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.74.011709 ...
2005
de las Heras, Daniel; Velasco, E.; Mederos, Luis
Capillary Smectization and Layering in a Confined Liquid Crystal
in Physical Review Letters volume 94 (2005) issue 1
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.017801 ...
2004
de las Heras, Daniel; Velasco, E.; Mederos, Luis
Effects of wetting and anchoring on capillary phenomena in a confined liquid crystal
in The Journal of Chemical Physics volume 120 (2004) issue 10. - page 4949-4957
doi:10.1063/1.1646374 ...
2003
de las Heras, Daniel; Mederos, Luis; Velasco, E.
Wetting properties of a hard-spherocylinder fluid on a substrate
in Physical Review E volume 68 (2003) issue 3
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.68.031709 ...

Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Sciences
Chair of Theoretical Physics
Dr. Daniel de las Heras
Department of Physics
University of Bayreuth
Universitätsstraße 30
95447 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3346
E-mail: daniel.de-las-Heras@uni-bayreuth.de
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