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Willem K. Kegel is a researcher affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their scholarly work primarily encompasses the disciplines of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions to related subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Food Science, and Biomedical Engineering.

The core focus of their research covers topics including Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, surfactants and colloidal systems, proteins in food systems, micro and nano robotics, iron metabolism and disorders, gene regulatory network analysis, and thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses.

Kegel's publication record includes articles in several recurring scientific venues. These include:

  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Langmuir
  • Soft Matter
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Soft Robotics

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Kegel include:

  • "Out-of-Equilibrium Colloidal Assembly Driven by Chemical Reaction Networks," 2020, Langmuir
  • "Photoresponsive Hydrogel Microcrawlers Exploit Friction Hysteresis to Crawl by Reciprocal Actuation," 2020, Soft Robotics
  • "Is there a difference between surfactant-stabilised and Pickering emulsions?" 2023, Soft Matter
  • "Ethyl cellulose nanoparticles as stabilizers for Pickering emulsions," 2022, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
  • "Patchy rough colloids as Pickering stabilizers," 2020, Soft Matter

The scholar frequently collaborates with others in their field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Bas G. P. van Ravensteijn
  • Krassimir P. Velikov
  • Riande I. Dekker
  • Daniel Bonn
  • Neshat Moslehi

Best Publications

  • Direct Observation of Dynamical Heterogeneities in Colloidal Hard-Sphere Suspensions

    Willem K. Kegel;and Alfons van Blaaderen;and Alfons van Blaaderen

  • Spontaneous Assembly of a Monolayer of Charged Gold Nanocrystals at the Water/Oil Interface

    Francois Reincke;Stephen G. Hickey;Stephen G. Hickey;Willem K. Kegel;Daniel Vanmaekelbergh

  • Surface roughness directed self-assembly of patchy particles into colloidal micelles.

    Daniela J. Kraft;Ran Ni;Frank Smallenburg;Michiel Hermes

  • Anomalously large equilibrium clusters of colloids

    Jan Groenewold;Willem K. Kegel

  • Thermodynamically stable pickering emulsions.

    S. Sacanna;W. K. Kegel;A. P. Philipse

  • Preparation of monodisperse, fluorescent PMMA-latex colloids by dispersion polymerization.

    Gilles Bosma;Chellapah Pathmamanoharan;Els H.A. de Hoog;Willem K. Kegel

  • Quantitative real-space analysis of self-assembled structures of magnetic dipolar colloids.

    Mark Klokkenburg;Roel P. A. Dullens;Willem K. Kegel;Ben H. Erné

  • Self-assembly of colloids with liquid protrusions

    Daniela J Kraft;Wessel S Vlug;Carlos M van Kats;Alfons van Blaaderen

  • Understanding the self-assembly of charged nanoparticles at the water/oil interface

    François Reincke;Willem K. Kegel;Hao Zhang;Marc Nolte

  • Classical Nucleation Theory of Virus Capsids

    Roya Zandi;Paul van der Schoot;David Reguera;Willem Kegel

  • Competing Hydrophobic and Screened-Coulomb Interactions in Hepatitis B Virus Capsid Assembly

    Willem K. Kegel;Paul van der Schoot

  • Colloidal molecules with well-controlled bond angles

    Daniela J. Kraft;Jan Groenewold;Willem K. Kegel

  • Direct observation of crystallization and aggregation in a phase-separating colloid-polymer suspension.

    E. H. A. de Hoog;W. K. Kegel;A. van Blaaderen;A. van Blaaderen;H. N. W. Lekkerkerker

  • Predator-prey interactions between droplets driven by non-reciprocal oil exchange.

    Caleb H. Meredith;Pepijn G. Moerman;Jan Groenewold;Jan Groenewold;Yu Jen Chiu

  • Particle Shape Anisotropy in Pickering Emulsions: Cubes and Peanuts

    Julius W. J. de Folter;Eline M. Hutter;Sonja I. R. Castillo;Kira E. Klop

  • Colloidal Hard-Sphere Crystal Growth Frustrated by Large Spherical Impurities

    Volkert W. A. de Villeneuve;Roel P. A. Dullens;Dirk G. A. L. Aarts;Esther Groeneveld

  • Fuel-Mediated Transient Clustering of Colloidal Building Blocks

    Bas G. P. van Ravensteijn;Wouter E. Hendriksen;Rienk Eelkema;Jan H. van Esch

  • Charge Regulation as a Stabilization Mechanism for Shell-Like Assemblies of Polyoxometalates

    Aletta A. Verhoeff;Melissa L. Kistler;Anish Bhatt;Joe Pigga

  • Self-assembly of microcapsules via colloidal bond hybridization and anisotropy

    Chris H. J. Evers;Jurriaan A. Luiken;Peter G. Bolhuis;Willem K. Kegel

  • Physical regulation of the self-assembly of tobacco mosaic virus coat protein.

    Willem K. Kegel;Paul van der Schoot

  • Patchy polymer colloids with tunable anisotropy dimensions.

    Daniela J. Kraft;Jan Hilhorst;Maria A. P. Heinen;Mathijs J. Hoogenraad

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfons van Blaaderen
Alfons van Blaaderen Utrecht University
Henk N. W. Lekkerkerker
Henk N. W. Lekkerkerker Utrecht University
Albert P. Philipse
Albert P. Philipse Utrecht University
Andrei V. Petukhov
Andrei V. Petukhov Utrecht University
Marjolein Dijkstra
Marjolein Dijkstra Utrecht University
Peter G. Bolhuis
Peter G. Bolhuis University of Amsterdam
Jianbin Huang
Jianbin Huang Peking University
Arnout Imhof
Arnout Imhof Utrecht University
Daniel Bonn
Daniel Bonn University of Amsterdam
Howard Reiss
Howard Reiss University of California, Los Angeles

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