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161. Visualising Feature Learning in Deep Neural Networks by Diagonalizing the Forward Feature Map
Yoonsoo Nam, Chris Mingard, Seok Hyeong Lee, Soufiane Hayou, Ard Louis
| arxiv abstract | pdf |
160. Controlling DNA-RNA strand displacement kinetics with base distribution
Eryk J Ratajczyk, Jonathan Bath, Petr Sulc, Jonathan P K Doye, Ard A Louis, and Andrew J Turberfield
| biorxiv abstract| pdf
159. Exploiting the equivalence between quantum neural networks and perceptrons
Chris Mingard, Jessica Pointing, Charles London, Yoonsoo Nam, and Ard A. Louis
| arxiv abstract | pdf |
158. An exactly solvable model for emergence and scaling laws
Yoonsoo Nam, Nayara Fonseca, Seok Hyeong Lee, and Ard Louis
| arxiv abstract | pdf |
157. Coarse-grained modelling of DNA-RNA hybrids
Eryk J. Ratajczyk, Petr Šulc, Andrew J. Turberfield, Jonathan P.K. Doye, Ard A. Louis
J. Chem. Phys. 160, 115101 (2024)
| arxiv abstract | pdf | Scilight article highlighting our work
156. Non-Poissonian bursts in the arrival of phenotypic variation can strongly affect the dynamics of adaptation
Nora S. Martin, Steffen Schaper, Chico Q. Camargo, and Ard A. Louis
Molecular Biology and Evolution 41, 6 (2024).
| BioRxiv abstract | pdf |
155. Exploring simplicity bias in 1D dynamical systems
Kamaludin Dingle, Mohammad Alaskandarani, Boumediene Hamzi, and Ard A. Louis
Entropy 26 (5), 426 (2024)
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154. Bias in the arrival of variation can dominate over natural selection in Richard Dawkins' biomorphs
Nora S. Martin, Chico Q. Camargo, and Ard A. Louis,
PLOS Computational Biology, 20, e1011893. (2024)
| BioRxiv abstract | pdf |
153. Do deep neural networks have an inbuilt Occam's razor?
Chris Mingard, Henry Rees, Guillermo Valle-Pérez, Ard A. Louis
| arxiv abstract | pdf |
152. Maximum Mutational Robustness in Genotype-Phenotype Maps Follows a Self-similar Blancmange-like Curve
Vaibhav Mohanty, Sam F Greenbury, Tasmin Sarkany, Shyam Narayanan, Kamaludin Dingle, Sebastian E Ahnert, Ard A Louis
J. Roy. Soc. Interface 20, 20230169 (2023).
| Biorxiv abstract | pdf | phys.org news story| Science alert story | Livescience story |
151. Predicting phenotype transition probabilities via conditional algorithmic probability approximations
Kamaludin Dingle, Javor K. Novev, Sebastian E. Ahnert, and Ard A. Louis
J. Roy. Soc. Interface, 19 (197), 20220694 (2023).
| Biorxiv abstract | pdf |
150. Robustness and Stability of Spin Glass Ground States to Perturbed Interactions
Vaibhav Mohanty and Ard A. Louis
Phys. Rev. E. 107, 014126 (2023)
| arxiv abstract | pdf |
149. Designing the self-assembly of arbitrary shapes using minimal complexity building blocks
Joakim Bohlin, Andrew J. Turberfield, Ard A. Louis, Petr Šulc
ACS Nano 17, 6, 5387 (2023)
| arxiv abstract| featured on the cover:
148. The structure of genotype-phenotype maps makes fitness landscapes navigable
Sam F. Greenbury, Ard A. Louis, and Sebastian E. Ahnert
Nature Ecology and Evolution 6,1742 (2022)
| biorxiv abstract | pdf |github repository| |Nature Ecology Evolution Commentary |
147. Free energy landscapes of DNA and its assemblies: perspectives from coarse-grained modelling
Jonathan P. K. Doye, Ard A. Louis, John S. Schreck, Flavio Romano, Ryan M. Harrison, Majid Mosayebi, Megan C. Engel, Thomas E. Ouldridge
Frontiers of Nanoscience 21, 195 (2022)
| arrxiv abstract | pdf |
146. Reply to Ocklenburg and Mundorf: The interplay of developmental bias and natural selection
Iain G Johnston, Kamaludin Dingle, Sam F. Greenbury, Chico Q. Camargo, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Sebastian E. Ahnert, Ard A. Louis
PNAS 119, e2205299119 (2022)
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145. The long and winding road to understanding organismal construction: Reply to comments on "From genotypes to organisms: State-of-the-art and perspectives of a cornerstone in evolutionary dynamics"
Susanna Manrubia, José A. Cuesta, Jacobo Aguirre, Sebastian E. Ahnert, Lee Altenberg, Alejandro V. Cano, Pablo Catalán, Ramon Diaz-Uriarte, Santiago F. Elena, Juan Antonio García-Martín, Paulien Hogeweg, Bhavin S. Khatri, Joachim Krug, Ard A. Louis, Nora S. Martin, Joshua L. Payne, Matthew J. Tarnowski, Marcel Weiß
Physics of life reviews 42, 19-24 (2022)
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144. Symmetry and simplicity spontaneously emerge from the algorithmic nature of evolution
Iain G Johnston, Kamaludin Dingle, Sam F. Greenbury, Chico Q. Camargo, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Sebastian E. Ahnert, Ard A. Louis
PNAS 119, e2113883119 (2022).
| biorxiv abstract| combined pdf | github repository |
| Chico's Twitter thread | Press release | NY Times news story | Oxford U news story| Oxford Physics news story | Le Monde story | Pour La Science article |
143. The interplay of supercoiling and thymine dimers in DNA
Wilber Lim, Ferdinando Randisi, Jonathan PK Doye, Ard Louis
Nucl. Acids. Res. 50, 2480 (2022)
| biorxiv abstract | pdf |
142. Why Flatness Correlates With Generalization For Deep Neural Networks
Shuofeng Zhang, Isaac Reid, Guillermo Valle-Pérez, and Ard A. Louis
| arxiv abstract | pdf |
141. Double-descent curves in neural networks: a new perspective using Gaussian processes
Ouns El Harzli, Bernardo Cuenca Grau, Guillermo Valle-Pérez, and Ard A. Louis
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 38 11856 (2024).
| arxiv abstract | pdf |
140. Generalization bounds for deep learning
Guillermo Valle-Pérez and Ard A. Louis
| arxiv abstract | pdf |
139. Phenotype bias determines how RNA structures occupy the morphospace of all possible shapes
Kamaludin Dingle, Fatme Ghaddar, Petr Sulc, and Ard A. Louis
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39, msab280 (2021)
| biorxiv abstract | pdf |
138. Is SGD a Bayesian sampler? Well, almost
Chris Mingard, Guillermo Valle-Pérez, Joar Skalse, Ard A. Louis
Journal of Machine Learning 22 (79), 1-64 (2021)
| arxiv abstractv | pdf |
137. Measuring internal forces in single-stranded DNA: Application to a DNA force clamp
Megan C. Engel, Flavio Romano, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P.K. Doye
J. Chem. Theory Comput. 16, 7765 (2020).
| arxiv abstract | pdf |
136. Reconfigurable T‐junction DNA Origami
Katherine G. Young, Behnam Najafi, William M. Sant, Sonia Contera, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Andrew J. Turberfield, Jonathan Bath
Angewante Chemie, 132, 16076 (2020).
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135. Characterising DNA T-motifs by Simulation and Experiment
Behnam Najafi, Katherine G Young, Jonathan Bath, Ard A Louis, Jonathan PK Doye, Andrew J Turberfiel
| arxiv abstractv | pdf |
134. The oxDNA coarse-grained model as a tool to simulate DNA origami
Jonathan P. K. Doye, Hannah Fowler, Domen Prešern, Joakim Bohlin, Lorenzo Rovigatti, Flavio Romano, Petr Šulc, Chak Kui Wong, Ard A. Louis, John S. Schreck, Megan C. Engel, Michael Matthies, Erik Benson, Erik Poppleton, Benedict E. K. Snodin
n: Valero, J. (eds) DNA and RNA Origami. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2639. Humana, New York
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133. Boolean Threshold Networks as Models of Genotype-Phenotype Maps
C.Q. Camargo and A. A. Louis
Complex Networks XI pp 143 (2020)
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132. From genotypes to organisms: State-of-the-art and perspectives of a cornerstone in evolutionary dynamics
Susanna Manrubia, José A. Cuesta, Jacobo Aguirre, Sebastian E. Ahnert, Lee Altenberg, Alejandro V. Cano, Pablo Catalán, Ramon Diaz-Uriarte, Santiago F. Elena, Juan Antonio García-Martín, Paulien Hogeweg, Bhavin S. Khatri, Joachim Krug, Ard A. Louis, Nora S. Martin, Joshua L. Payne, Matthew J. Tarnowski, Marcel Weiß
| arxiv abstract | pdf |
131. Generic predictions of output probability based on complexities of inputs and outputs
Kamaludin Dingle, Guillermo Valle-Pérez,Ard A. Louis
Sci. Rep. 10, 4415 (2020)
| arxiv abstract | pdf |
130. Neural networks are a priori biased towards Boolean functions with low entropy
Chris Mingard, Joar Skalse, Guillermo Valle-Pérez, David Martínez-Rubio, Vladimir Mikulik, Ard A. Louis
| arxiv abstract | pdf |
129. Rational design of hidden thermodynamic driving through DNA mismatch repair
Natalie EC Haley, Thomas E Ouldridge, Alessandro Geraldini, Ard A Louis, Jonathan Bath, Andrew J Turberfield
Nature Communications 11, 2562 (2020)
| bioarxiv abstract | pdf |
128. TacoxDNA: A user friendly web server for simulations of complex DNA structures, from single strands to origami
Antonio Suma, Erik Poppleton, Michael Matthies, Petr Šulc, Flavio Romano, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Cristian Micheletti, Lorenzo Rovigatti
J. Comp. Chem 40, 2586 (2019)
| arxiv abstract |pdf| featured on the cover:
127. Identifying Physical Causes of Apparent Enhanced Cyclization of Short DNA Molecules with a Coarse-Grained Model
Ryan M. Harrison, Flavio Romano, Thomas E. Ouldridge,Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P. K. Doye
J. Chem. Theory Comput 15, 8 (2019)
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126. Coarse-grained modelling of the structural properties of DNA origami
Benedict E K Snodin, John S Schreck, Flavio Romano, Ard A Louis, Jonathan P K Doye
Nuc. Acids Res., 47, 1585 (2019)
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125. A touch of awe: crafting meaning from the wonder of the cosmos
Steve Paulson, Paul Davies, Ard Louis, and Lucianne Walkowicz
Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 1436 46 (2018)
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124. Deep learning generalizes because the parameter-function map is biased towards simple functions
Guillermo Valle Pérez, Chico Q. Camargo, Ard A. Louis
| arxiv abstract | pdf |
123. Force-induced unravelling of DNA Origami
Megan C. Engel, David M. Smith, Markus A. Jobst, Martin Sajfutdinow, Tim Liedl, Flavio Romano, Lorenzo Rovigatti, Ard A. Louis and Jonathan P. K. Doye
ACS Nano 12, 6734 (2018)
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122 Input–output maps are strongly biased towards simple outputs
K. Dingle, C. Q. Camargo and A. A. Louis
Nature Comm. 9, 761 (2018)
|Arxiv abstract | pdf| Oxford blog post on simplicity bias | Phys.org blog post on simplicity bias | Nature Physics article highlighting our work |
121. Introduction to molecular simulation
P Sulc, JPK Doye, AA Louis
Quantitative Biology: Computational Methods and Examples, ed. B. Munsky, W.S. Hlavacek and L.S. Tsimring, MIT Press (2018)
| arxiv abstract | pdf |
120. Multi-scale coarse-graining for the study of assembly pathways in DNA-brick self assembly
P Fonseca, F Romano, JS Schreck, TE Ouldridge, JPK Doye, AA Louis
J. Chem. Phys. 148, 134910 (2018)
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119. Characterizing the Motion of Jointed DNA Nanostructures Using a Coarse-Grained Model
Rahul Sharma, John S. Schreck, Flavio Romano, Ard A. Louis and Jonathan P.K. Doye
ACS Nano, 11, 23426 (2017)
| arxiv abstract | pdf|

2016

118. Long-range correlations in the mechanics of small DNA circles under topological stress revealed by multi-scale simulation
Thana Sutthibutpong, Christian Matek, Craig Benham, Gabriel G. Slade, Agnes Noy, Charles Laughton, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Ard A. Louis and Sarah A. Harris
Nucl. Acids Res 44, 9121 (2016)
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117. Contingency, convergence and hyper-astronomical numbers in biological evolution
Ard A. Louis
Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 58, 107 (2016)
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116. Characterizing DNA star-tile-based nanostructures using a coarse-grained model
John S. Schreck, Flavio Romano, Matthew Zimmer, Ard A. Louis, and Jonathan P.K. Doye
ACS Nano 10, 4236 (2016)
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115. Coarse-grained modelling of strong DNA bending II: Cyclization
Ryan M. Harrison, Flavio Romano, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P.K. Doye
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114. Coarse-grained modelling of strong DNA bending I: Thermodynamics and comparison to an experimental "molecular vice"
Ryan M. Harrison, Flavio Romano, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P.K. Doye
| arxiv abstract | pdf|
113. Direct simulation of the self-assembly of a small DNA origami
B.E.K. Snodin, F. Romano, L. Rovigatti, T.E. Ouldridge, A.A. Louis and J.P.K. Doye
ACS Nano 10 1724 (2016)
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112. Genetic correlations greatly increase mutational robustness and can both reduce and enhance evolvability
Sam F. Greenbury, Steffen Schaper, Sebastian E. Ahnert, and Ard A. Louis
PLoS Comp. Biol. 12(3): e1004773 (2016)
| arxiv abstract | pdf|

2015

111. The structure of the genotype-phenotype map strongly constrains the evolution of non-coding RNA
Kamaludin Dingle, Steffen Schaper, and Ard A. Louis
Interface Focus 5: 20150053 (2015)
| arxiv abstract | pdf|
110. Coarse-grained modelling of supercoiled RNA
Christian Matek, Petr Šulc, Ferdinando Randisi, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Ard A. Louis
J. Chem. Phys. 143, 243122 (2015)
| arxiv abstract | pdf|
109. Introducing Improved Structural Properties and Salt Dependence into a Coarse-Grained Model of DNA
Benedict E. K. Snodin, Ferdinando Randisi, Majid Mosayebi, Petr Sulc, John S. Schreck, Flavio Romano, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Roman Tsukanov, Eyal Nir, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P. K. Doye
J. Chem. Phys. 142, 234901 (2015)
| arxiv abstract | pdf | (this paper was selected as a featured article and also for the journal cover )
108. Taylor dispersion of colloidal particles in narrow channels
Jimaan Sane', Johan T. Padding and Ard A. Louis
Mol. Phys 113, 2538 (2015)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
107. Force-Induced Rupture of a DNA Duplex: From Fundamentals to Force Sensors
Majid Mosayebi, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Thomas E. Ouldridge
ACS Nano (2015)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
106. Characterizing the bending and flexibility induced by bulges in DNA duplexes
John S. Schreck, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Flavio Romano, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P. K. Doye
J. Chem. Phys. 142, 165101 (2015)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
(this paper was selected for the journal cover ).
105. Modelling toehold-mediated RNA strand displacement
Petr Šulc, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Flavio Romano, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Ard A. Louis
Biophys. J. 108, 1238 (2015)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
(this paper was selected for the journal cover and the subject of a Biophysical Society blog post ).
104. DNA hairpins primarily promote duplex melting rather than inhibiting hybridization
John S. Schreck, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Flavio Romano, Petr Sulc, Liam Shaw, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P. K. Doye
Nuc. Acids Res. 43, 6181 (2015)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
103. Plectoneme tip bubbles: Coupled denaturation and writhing in supercoiled DNA
Christian Matek, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Ard A. Louis
Scientific Reports 5, 7655 (2015)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |

2014

102. The role of loop stacking in the dynamics of DNA hairpin formation
Majid Mosayebi, Flavio Romano, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P. K. Doye
J. Phys. Chem. B, 118, 14326 (2014)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
101. A nucleotide-level coarse-grained model of RNA
Petr Sulc, Flavio Romano, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Ard A. Louis
J. Chem. Phys.140, 235102 (2014)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint | (this paper was selected for the journal cover ).
100. A tractable genotype-phenotype map for the self-assembly of protein quaternary structure
Sam F. Greenbury, Iain G. Johnston, Ard A. Louis, Sebastian E. Ahnert
J. R. Soc. Interface 11, 20140249 (2014)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
(This paper was one of the top ten most cited papers in 2014 for Royal Society Interface. )
99. The arrival of the frequent: how bias in genotype-phenotype maps can steer populations to local optima
Steffen Schaper and Ard A. Louis
PLoS ONE 9(2): e86635 (2014)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
Oxford Science Blogpost
98. Graph Automorphisms and Topological Characterization of Complex Networks by Algorithmic Information Content
Hector Zenil, Fernando Soler-Toscano, Kamaludin Dingle, and Ard A. Louis
Physica A 404, 341 (2014)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
97. Simulating a burnt-bridges DNA motor with a coarse-grained DNA model
Petr Šulc, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Flavio Romano, Jonathan P. K. Doye, and Ard A. Louis
Natural Computing 13, 535 (2014)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |

2013

96. Coarse-graining DNA for simulations of DNA nanotechnology
Jonathan P.K. Doye, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Ard A. Louis, Flavio Romano, Petr Sulc, Christian Matek, Benedict E.K. Snodin, Lorenzo Rovigatti, John S. Schreck, Ryan M. Harrison, William P.J. Smith
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15 20395 (2013)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
on the PCCP cover and highlighted as a Hot Article by Soft Matter
95. Zigzag transitions and nonequilibrium pattern formation in colloidal chains
Arthur V. Straube, Roel P. A. Dullens, Lutz Schimansky-Geier, and Ard A. Louis
J. Chem. Phys. 139, 134908 (2013)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
94. Dynamics of solutes with hydrodynamic interactions: Comparison of several mesoscale simulation methods
Guillaume Batot, Vincent Dahirel, Guillaume Meriguet, Ard Louis, and Marie Jardat
Phys. Rev. E 88, 043304 (2013)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
93. On the biophysics and kinetics of toehold-mediated DNA strand displacement
Niranjan Srinivas, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Petr Sulc, Joseph M. Schaeffer, Bernard Yurke, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P. K. Doye, and Erik Winfree
Nucl. Acids Res. 41 10641 (2013)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
92. DNA hybridization kinetics: zippering, internal displacement and sequence dependence
Thomas E. Ouldridge, Petr Šulc, Flavio Romano, Jonathan P. K. Doye, and Ard A. Louis
Nucl. Acids Res. 41, 8886 (2013)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
91. Optimizing DNA nanotechnology through coarse-grained modelling: A two-footed DNA walker
Thomas E. Ouldridge, Rollo Hoare, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Jonathan Bath, and Andrew J. Turberfield
ACS Nano 7, 2479 (2013).
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
90. Coarse-grained simulations of DNA overstretching
Flavio Romano, Debayan Chakraborty, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Ard. A. Louis,
J. Chem. Phys. 138, 085101 (2013)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
89. Viscous fingering at ultralow interfacial tension
Siti Aminah Setu, Ioannis Zacharoudiou, Gareth J. Davies, Denis Bartolo, Sebastien Moulinet, Ard A. Louis, Julia M. Yeomans and Dirk G.A.L. Aarts
Soft Matter 9, 10599 (2013)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |

2012

88. Effect of Bending Rigidity on the Knotting of a Polymer under Tension
Richard Matthews, Ard A. Louis, and Christos N. Likos
ACS Macro Lett. 1, 1352 (2012)
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87. Sequence-dependent thermodynamics of a coarse-grained DNA model
Petr Sulc, Flavio Romano, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Lorenzo Rovigatti, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Ard A. Louis
J. Chem. Phys. 137, 135101 (2012) (this paper was selected for the journal cover ).
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
86. DNA cruciform arms nucleate through a correlated but non-synchronous cooperative mechanism
Christian Matek, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Alex Levy, Jonathan P. K. Doye, and Ard A. Louis
J. Phys. Chem B 116, 11616 (2012)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
85. The effect of topology on the structure and free energy landscape of DNA kissing complexes
Flavio Romano, Alex Hudson, Jonathan P.K. Doye, Thomas E. Ouldridge, and Ard A. Louis
J. Chem. Phys. 136, 215102 (2012)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
84. How Peclet number affects microstructure and transient cluster aggregation in sedimenting colloidal suspensions
A. Moncho Jorda, A.A. Louis and J.T. Padding
J. Chem. Phys. 136, 064517 (2012)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
83. Formation of dodecagonal quasicrystals in two-dimensional systems of patchy particles
Marjolein N. van der Linden, Jonathan P. K. Doye, and Ard A. Louis
J. Chem. Phys. 136, 054904 (2012).
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
82. Epistasis can lead to fragmented neutral networks and contingency in evolution
Steffen Schaper, Iain G. Johnston, and Ard A. Louis
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279, 1777 (2012)
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2011

81. Extracting short-ranged interactions from structure factors
Ard A. Louis,
Mol. Phys. 109, 2945 (2011)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
80. Evolutionary Dynamics in a Simple Model of Self-Assembly
Iain G. Johnston, Sebastian E. Ahnert, Jonathan K. P. Doye and Ard A. Louis,
Phys. Rev. E. 83, 066105 (2011)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
79. Templated self-assembly of patchy particles
Alexander J. Williamson, Alex W. Wilber, Jonathan P. K. Doye, and Ard A. Louis
Soft Matter 7, 3423 (2011).
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
highlighted as a Hot Article by Soft Matter
78. Confinement of knotted polymers in a slit
R. Matthews, A.A. Louis, J.M. Yeomans
Mol. Phys. 109, 1289 (2011)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
77. Reentrant phase behaviour for systems with competition between phase separation and self-assembly
Aleks Reinhardt, Alexander J. Williamson, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Jesús Carrete, Luis M. Varela, and Ard A. Louis
J. Chem. Phys. 134, 104905 (2011)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
76. Structural and thermodynamic properties of a coarse-grained model of DNA
Thomas E. Ouldridge, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P.K. Doye
J. Chem. Phys. 134, 085101 (2011)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
(this paper was a featured article on the journal cover ).
75. Pattern Formation in Colloidal Explosions
Arthur V. Straube, Ard A. Louis. Jorg Baumgartl, Clemens Bechinger, and Roel P. A. Dullens
Europhys. Lett. 94, 48008 (2011).
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |

2010

74. Is water an amniotic Eden or a corrosive Hell? Emerging perspectives on the strangest fluid in the Universe.
Simon Conway Morris and Ard .A. Louis
in Water and Life, eds. J. D. Barrow, S. Conway Morris, J.L. Finney, C.L. Harper and R.M. Lynden-Bell (CRC Press (2010))
73. Complex dynamics of knotted filaments in shear flow
Richard Matthews, Ard A. Louis and Julia M. Yeomans
Europhys. Lett. 92, 34003 (2010).
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
72. The effect of scale-free topology on the robustness and evolvability of gene regulatory networks
Sam F. Greenbury, Iain G. Johnston, Matthew A. Smith, Jonathan P.K. Doye and Ard A. Louis
J. Theor. Biol. 267, 48 (2010)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
71. The stability of a crystal with diamond structure for patchy particles with tetrahedral symmetry
E. G. Noya, C. Vega, J. P. K. Doye, A. A. Louis
J. Chem. Phys. 132, 234511 (2010)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
70. DNA nanotweezers studied with a coarse-grained model of DNA
Thomas E. Ouldridge, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P.K. Doye
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 178101 (2010)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
69. Coarse-graining dynamics by telescoping down time-scales: comment for Faraday FD144
A.A. Louis
Faraday Discuss. 144, 323 (2010)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
68. No free lunch for effective potentials: general comment for Faraday FD144:
A.A. Louis
Faraday Discuss. 144, 323 (2010)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
67. Self-assembly, modularity and physical complexity
S. E. Ahnert, I. Johnston, T. M. A. Fink, J. P. K. Doye, and A. A. Louis
Phys. Rev. E 82 026117 (2010)
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66. Modelling the Self-Assembly of Virus Capsids
Iain G. Johnston, Ard A. Louis and Jonathan P.K. Doye
J. Phys.: Condensed Matter, 22 , 104101 (2010)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint | (this paper was selected for journal cover and as one of the journal's Highlights of 2010)
65. Extracting bulk properties of self-assembling systems from small simulations
Thomas E. Ouldridge, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P.K. Doye
J. Phys.: Condensed Matter, 22, 104102 (2010)
special issue:
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64. The effects of inter-particle attractions on colloidal sedimentation
A. Moncho Jorda', A. A. Louis and J. T. Padding
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 068301 (2010)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint | (this paper was selected as an Editor's Suggestion" in PRL)
63. Effect of topology on dynamics of knots in polymers under tension
Richard Matthews, Ard A. Louis and Julia M. Yeomans
Europhys. Lett. 89, 20001 (2010)
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62. The crossover from single file to Fickian diffusion
Jimaan Sane', Johan T. Padding and Ard A. Louis
Faraday Discuss. 144, 285 (2010)
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2009

61. Monodisperse self-assembly in a model with protein-like interactions
Alex W. Wilber, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Ard A. Louis, Anna C. F. Lewis
J. Chem. Phys. 131, 175102 (2009)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
60. Self-assembly of monodisperse clusters: Dependence on target geometry
Alex W. Wilber, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Ard A. Louis
J. Chem. Phys. 131, 175101 (2009)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint |
(note, paper was selected on the front cover of the 7 November 2009 issue of J. Chem. Phys, and was one of the most downloaded papers for November 2009.
59. Hydrodynamics of confined colloidal fluids in two dimensions
Jimaan Sane', Johan T. Padding and Ard A. Louis
Phys. Rev. E 79, 051402 (2009)
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58. The self-assembly and evolution of homomeric protein complexes
Gabriel Villar, Alex Wilber, Alex J. Williamson, Parvinder Thiara, Jonathan J.P.K. Doye, Ard A. Louis, Mara N. Jochum, Anna C.F. Lewis and Emmanuel D. Levy
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 118106 (2009)
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57. Knot controlled ejection of a polymer from a virus capsid
Richard Matthews, Ard A. Louis and Julia M. Yeomans
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 088101 (2009)
| arxiv abstract | pdf reprint | (this paper was selected as an Editor's Suggestion Editor's Suggestion in PRL)
56. The self-assembly of DNA Holliday junctions studied with a minimal model
Thomas E. Ouldridge, Iain G. Johnston, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P. K. Doye
J. Chem. Phys. 130, 065101 (2009)
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2008

55. Density profiles and solvation forces for a Yukawa fluid in a slit pore
S. Karanikas, J. Dzubiella, A. Moncho-Jorda', and A. A. Louis
J. Chem. Phys. 128, 204704 (2008)
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54. The interplay between hydrodynamic and Brownian fluctuations in sedimenting colloidal suspensions
J.T. Padding and A.A. Louis
Phys. Rev. E 77, 011402 (2008)
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2007

53. Phase diagram of model anisotropic particles with octahedral symmety
E. G. Noya, C. Vega, J. P. K. Doye, A. A. Louis
J. Chem. Phys. 127, 054501 (2007)
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52. Measuring colloidal interactions with confocal microscopy
C. Patrick Royall, Ard. A. Louis, and Hajime Tanaka
J. Chem. Phys. 127, 044507 (2007)
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51. Representability problems for coarse-grained water potentials
Margaret E. Johnson, Teresa Head-Gordon, Ard A. Louis
J. Chem. Phys. 126, 144509 (2007)
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50. Controlling crystallization and its absence: proteins, colloids and patchy models
J.P.K. Doye, A.A. Louis, I-C. Lin, L.R. Allen, E.G. Noya, A.W. Wilber, H.C. Kok, R. Lyus
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 9, 2197 (2007)
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(note: this article was featured on the PCCP cover front cover of the 14 May 2007 issue. It was also the most downloaded PCCP article for May 2007.
49. Reversible self-assembly of patchy particles into monodisperse clusters
Alex W. Wilber, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Ard A. Louis, Mark A. Miller, Eva G. Noya, Pauline Wong
J. Chem. Phys. 127, 085106 (2007)
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2006

48. Hydrodynamic interactions and Brownian forces in colloidal suspensions: Coarse-graining over time and length-scales
J.T. Padding and A.A. Louis
Phys. Rev. E 74, 031402 (2006)
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47. Phase separation of a model binary polymer solution in an external field
Chris I. Addison, Pierre-Arnaud Artola, Jean-Pierre Hansen, and Ard A. Louis,
J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 3661 (2006) (Special issue in honour of Mike Klein )
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2005

46. Polymer solutions: from hard monomers to soft polymers
J.-P. Hansen, C.I. Addison and A.A. Louis, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 17, S3185 (2005)
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45. Stick boundary conditions and rotational velocity auto-correlation functions for colloidal particles in a coarse-grained representation of the solvent
J.T. Padding, H. Löwen, A. Wysocki, and A.A. Louis, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 17, S3393 (2005)
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44. Coarse-graining diblock copolymer solutions: a macromolecular version of the Widom-Rowlinson model
C.I. Addison, J.P. Hansen, V. Krakoviack and A. A. Louis, Mol. Phys. 103, 2045 (2005) (Special issue in honour of Ben Widom )
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43. From concentration profiles to polymer osmotic equations of state
C.I. Addison, J.P. Hansen, and A. A. Louis, ChemPhysChem. 6, 1760 (2005) (Special issue in honour of Michele Parrinello )
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42. A density--functional study of interfacial properties of colloid--polymer mixtures
A. Moncho Jorda, J. Dzubiella, J. P. Hansen, and A. A. Louis, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 6640 (2005). (Special issue in honour of David Chandler)
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2004

41. Dynamic colloidal stabilization by nanoparticle halos
S. Karanikas and A. A. Louis, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 248303 (2004)
see also Jiwen Liu and Erik Luijten, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 247802 (2004) or cond-mat/0411278
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40. Hydrodynamic and Brownian Fluctuations in Sedimenting Suspensions
J.T. Padding and A. A. Louis, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 220601 (2004)
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39. Influence of solvent quality on polymer solutions: a Monte Carlo study of bulk and interfacial properties
C.I. Addison, A. A. Louis, and J-.P. Hansen, J. Chem. Phys. 121, 612 (2004)
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38. Inhibition of protein crystallization by evolutionary negative design
J.P.K. Doye, A. A. Louis,and M. Vendruscolo, Physical Biology 1, P9-P13 (2004)
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37. Phase separation of a multiple occupancy lattice gas
R. Finken, J.-P. Hansen, A.A. Louis, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 37, 577 (2004)
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36. Thermodynamic perturbation theory of the phase behaviour of colloid / interacting polymer mixtures
B. Rotenberg, J. Dzubiella, J.-P. Hansen, A. A. Louis, Mol. Phys. 102, 1 (2004)
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2003

35. Effect of polymer-polymer interactions on the surface tension of colloid-polymer mixtures
A. Moncho-Jorda, B. Rotenberg, A. A. Louis, J. Chem. Phys. 119, 12667 (2003)
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34. The Asakura-Oosawa model in the protein limit: the role of many-body interactions
A. Moncho-Jorda, A. A. Louis, P. G. Bolhuis, R. Roth J. Phys.: Condensed Matter, 15, S3429 (2003)
special issue Effective many-body interactions and correlations in soft matter
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33. Influence of solvent quality on effective pair potentials between polymers in solution
V. Krakoviack, J. P. Hansen,and A. A. Louis, Phys. Rev. E 67, 041801 (2003)
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32. Non-monotonic variation with salt concentration of the second virial coefficient in protein solutions
E. Allahyarov, H. Löwen, J.P. Hansen, and A.A. Louis, Phys. Rev. E 67, 051494 (2003)
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31. Phase separation of penetrable core mixtures
R. Finken, J.-P. Hansen, A. A. Louis, J. Stat. Phys. 110 , 1015 (2003). (Special issue in honour of Prof. Michael E. Fisher )
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30. Colloid-polymer mixtures in the protein limit
P.G. Bolhuis, E.J. Meijer, and A.A. Louis, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 068304 (2003)
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2002

29. Influence of polymer excluded volume on the phase behavior of colloid--polymer mixtures
P.G. Bolhuis, A.A. Louis, and J.P. Hansen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 128302 (2002)
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28. Beware of density dependent pair potentials J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 14, 9187 (2002). (Special issue in honour of professor Jean-Pierre Hansen)
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27. Exotic fluids and crystals of soft polymeric colloids
C N Likos, N Hoffmann, H Lowen and A A Louis, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 14 7681 (2002). (Special issue in honour of Prof. Peter Pusey)
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26. Polymer induced depletion potentials in polymer-colloid mixtures
A.A. Louis, P.G. Bolhuis, E.J. Meijer, and J.P. Hansen, J. Chem. Phys. 117, 1893 (2002)
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25. Density profiles and surface tensions of polymers near colloidal surfaces
A.A. Louis, P.G. Bolhuis, E.J. Meijer, and J.P. Hansen, J. hem. Phys. 116 , 10547 (2002)
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24. Coarse-graining polymers as soft colloids
A.A. Louis, P.G. Bolhuis, R. Finken, V. Krakoviack, E.J. Meijer,and J.P. Hansen, Physica A 306, 251 (2002)
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23. Effective forces in colloidal mixtures: from depletion attraction to accumulation repulsion
A.A. Louis, E. Allahyarov, H. Löwen and R.Roth Phys. Rev. E 65 061407 (2002)
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22. Combining quantum and classical density functional theory for ion-electron mixtures.
A.A. Louis, H. Xu, J.A. Anta J. Non-Cryst. Solids 312-314C, 60 (2002)
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21. Relating monomer to centre-of-mass distribution functions in polymer solutions
V. Krakoviack, J. P. Hansen, A. A. Louis, Europhysics Letters 58, 53 (2002)
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20. How to derive and parameterize effective potentials in colloid-polymer mixtures
P.G. Bolhuis and A.A. Louis, Macromolecules 35, 1860 (2002)
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19. Discrete charge patterns, Coulomb correlations and interactions in protein solutions
E. Allahyarov, H. Löwen, A.A. Louis, and J.P. Hansen, Europhys. Lett. 57, 731 (2002)
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2001

18. Theory of asymmetric non-additive binary hard-sphere mixtures
R. Roth, R. Evans, and A. A. Louis, Phys. Rev. E 64, 051202 (2001)
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17. "Many-body interactions and correlations in coarse-grained descriptions of polymer solutions"
P.G. Bolhuis, A.A. Louis, and J.P. Hansen, Phys. Rev. E. 64, 021801 (2001)
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16. Effective potentials for polymers and colloids: Beyond the van der Waals picture of fluids?"
A.A. Louis, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A 359 , 939 (2001)
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15. Generalized effective depletion potentials
A.A. Louis,and R. Roth J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 33 L777 (2001)
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14. Accurate effective pair potentials for polymer solutions
P.G. Bolhuis, A.A. Louis, J.P. Hansen, and E.J. Meijer, J. Chem. Phys. 114, 4296 (2001)
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2000

13. Mean Field Fluid Behavior of the Gaussian Core Model
A.A. Louis, P.G. Bolhuis, and J.P. Hansen, Phys. Rev. E. 62, 7961 (2000)
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12. Can Polymer Coils be modeled as Soft Colloids?
A. A. Louis, P.G. Bolhuis, J.P. Hansen, E.J. Meijer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2522 (2000)
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11. Fluid-solid phase-separation in hard-sphere mixtures is unrelated to bond-percolation
A. A. Louis, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1840 (2000) (comment)
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10. Probing Ion-Ion and Electron-Ion Correlations in Liquid Metals within the Quantum Hypernetted Chain Approximation
J.A. Anta and A.A. Louis, Phys. Rev. B. 61, 11400 (2000)
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9. Crystallization and phase-separation in non-additive binary hard-sphere mixtures
A. A. Louis, R. Finken and J.P. Hansen, Phys. Rev. E. 61, R1028 (2000)
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