Book chapters

(with Anne-Florence Bitbol et Jean-Baptiste Fournier)
Membrane-Mediated Interactions in
Physics of Biological Membranes
edited by Patricia Bassereau and Pierre Sens, Springer International Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-3-030-00630-3

This chapter gives an overview of the topic and of our theoretical and experimental work.

Topological evolution in the ordered and isotropic phases of a lyotropic system in
Phase Transitions. Applications in Liquid Crystals, Organic Electronic and Optoelectronic Fields
edited by Vlad Popa-Nita, Research Signpost, Kerala, India, 2006. ISBN 81-308-0062-4

This chapter presents a succinct review of my PhD research. The full text of my PhD thesis (in French) is available here.

Habilitation

Doped lamellar phases

Journal papers

Prismatic Confinement Induces Tunable Orientation in Plasmonic Supercrystals
Wajdi Chaâbani et al., ACS Nano, ASAP Article (2024).
CNRS Highlight (Chemistry department)
Out-of-Equilibrium Mechanical Disruption of Β-Amyloid-Like Fibers using Light-Driven Molecular Motors
Dania Daou et al., Advanced Materials, Accepted Article (2024).
CNRS Highlight (Chemistry department)
Molecular Actuation of a Bistable Liquid-Crystalline [c2]Daisy Chain Rotaxane
Christian C. Carmona-Vargas et al., ChemistryEurope, 2, e202300069 (2024).
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Shedding Light on the Birth of Hybrid Perovskites: A Correlative Study by In Situ Electron Microscopy and Synchrotron-Based X-ray Scattering
Charles Sidhoum et al., Chemistry of Materials, 19, 7943-7956 (2023).
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Confinement Effects on the Structure of Entropy-Induced Supercrystals
Claire Goldmann et al., Small, 19, 2303380 (2023).
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Tailoring the 3D porous structure of conducting PEDOT:PSS gels via ice-templating
Quentin Weinbach et al., Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 11, 7802-7816 (2023).
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Polymorphous Packing of Pentagonal Nanoprisms
Jules Marcone et al., Nano Letters, 23, 1337-1342 (2023).
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Extracting the morphology of gold bipyramids from small-angle X-ray scattering experiments via form factor modelling
Jieli Lyu et al., Journal of Applied Crystallography, 56, 214-221 (2023).
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Formation of kinetically trapped small clusters of PEGylated gold nanoparticles revealed by the combination of small-angle X-ray scattering and visible light spectroscopy
Dániel Szekrényes et al., Soft Matter, 18, 8295-8301 (2022).
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Longitudinal and Transversal Directed Overgrowth of Pentatwinned Silver Nanorods with Tunable Optical Properties
Claire Goldmann et al., J. Phys. Chem. C, 126, 11667-11673 (2022).
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Shape-Controlled Second-Harmonic Scattering from Gold Nanotetrapods
Jieli Lyu et al., J. Phys. Chem. C, 126, 9831-9835 (2022).
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Acoustic Vibration Modes of Gold–Silver Core–Shell Nanoparticles
Tadele Orbula Otomalo et al., Chemosensors, 10, 193 (2022).
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Unique orientation of 1D and 2D nanoparticle arrays confined in smectic topological defects
Haifa Jeridi et al., Soft Matter,, 18, 4792 (2022).
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Efficient Control of a Mesoporous Fibrillar PEDOT:PSS Aerogel Structure for Promising Thermoelectric Applications
Quentin Weinbach et al., Frontiers in Electronic Materials, 2, 875856 (2022).
FREE ACCESS preprint
Double-Lattice Packing of Pentagonal Gold Bipyramids in Supercrystals with Triclinic Symmetry
Jieli Lyu et al., Advanced Materials, 34, 2200883 (2022).
preprint CNRS Highlight (INP department) SOLEIL Highlight
Versailles project on advanced materials and standards (VAMAS) interlaboratory study on measuring the number concentration of colloidal gold nanoparticles
Caterina Minelli et al., Nanoscale, 11, 031012 (2022).
Fréedericksz-Like Transition in a Biaxial Smectic-A Phase
Claire Meyer et al., Phys. Rev. X, 11, 031012 (2021).
FREE ACCESS Focus story
Softness-driven complexity in supercrystals of gold nanoparticles
Brigitte Pansu et al., Soft Matter, 17, 6461 (2021).
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Symmetry Breaking in Seed-Mediated Silver Nanorod Growth Induced by Dimethyl Sulfoxide
Claire Goldmann et al., Chem. Mater, 33, 2948-2956 (2021).
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Structure and Formation Kinetics of Millimeter-Size Single Domain Supercrystals
Daniel García-Lojo et al., Adv. Func. Mat., 31, 2101869 (2021).
preprint CNRS Highlight (INP department)
Doxorubicin-Loaded Metal-Organic Frameworks Nanoparticles with Engineered Cyclodextrin Coatings: Insights on Drug Location by Solid State NMR Spectroscopy
Xue Li et al., Nanomaterials, 11, 945 (2021).
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Sharp Spectral Variations of the Ultrafast Transient Light Extinction by Bimetallic Nanoparticles in the Near-UV
Tadele Orbula Otomalo et al., Adv. Opt. Mat., 9, 2001778 (2021).
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Interplay of Structure and Dynamics in Lithium/Ionic Liquid Electrolytes: Experiment and Molecular Simulation
P. Judeinstein et al., J. Phys. Chem. B, 125, 1618-1631 (2021).
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Two-step assembly kinetics of gold nanoparticles
Jieli Lyu, Damien Alloyeau, Cyrille Hamon and Doru Constantin, J. Mater. Chem. C, 9, 1730-1739 (2021).
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Growth Kinetics of Core–Shell Au/Ag Nanoparticles
Cyrille Hamon and Doru Constantin, J. Phys. Chem. C, 124, 21717-21721 (2020).
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Determining the morphology and concentration of core–shell Au/Ag nanoparticles
J. Lyu et al., Nanoscale Advances, 2, 4522-4528 (2020).
OPEN ACCESS HOT Article
Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction Studies of Lipid–Peptide Mixed Monolayers during Shear Flow
P. K. Bera et al., ACS Omega, 5, 14555 (2020).
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Real-Time In Situ Observations Reveal a Double Role for Ascorbic Acid in the Anisotropic Growth of Silver on Gold
K. Aliyah et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 11, 2830 (2020).
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From Chains to Monolayers : Nanoparticle Assembly Driven by Smectic Topological Defects
Syou-P’heng Do et al., Nano Letters 20, 1598 (2020).
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Interactions between Topological Defects and Nanoparticles
Syou-P’heng Do et al., Frontiers in Physics 7, 234 (2020).
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Plasmonic Oligomers with Tunable Conductive Nanojunctions
Xiaoyan Li et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 10, 7093-7099 (2019).
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Insights into the Formation Mechanism of CdSe Nanoplatelets Using in Situ X-ray Scattering
N. Castro, C. Bouet, S. Ithurria, N. Lequeux, D. Constantin, P. Levitz, D. Pontoni, B. Abécassis, Nano Letters 19, 6466 (2019).
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Design of Engineered Cyclodextrin Derivatives for Spontaneous Coating of Highly Porous Metal-Organic Framework Nanoparticles in Aqueous Media
G. Cutrone et al., Nanomaterials 9, 1103 (2019).
Interaction and structuration of membrane-binding and membrane-excluding colloidal particles in lamellar phases
R. Zakine, D. de Silva Edirimuni, D. Constantin, P. Galatola and J.-B. Fournier, Soft Matter 15, 4351 (2019).
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Nanoparticle-Templated Self-Assembly of Viral Capsids Probed by Time-Resolved Absorbance Spectroscopy and X-Ray Scattering
A. Burke, M. Chevreuil, A. Paris, V. de La Grange, C. Goldmann, J. Pérez, D. Constantin, and G. Tresset, Phys. Rev. Applied 10, 054065 (2018).
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Controlling the symmetry of supercrystals formed by plasmonic core-shell nanorods with tunable cross-section.
C. Hamon, C. Goldmann and D. Constantin, Nanoscale 10, 18362-18369 (2018).
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Nonequilibrium self-assembly dynamics of icosahedral viral capsids packaging genome or polyelectrolyte
M. Chevreuil et al., Nature Comm. 9, 3071 (2018).
preprint CNRS Highlight (INP department)
Direct Liquid to Crystal Transition in a Quasi-Two-Dimensional Colloidal Membrane
T. Gibaud and D. Constantin, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9, 4302-4307 (2018).
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Isotropic, nematic, and lamellar phases in colloidal suspensions of nanosheets
P. Davidson, C. Penisson, D. Constantin, and J.-C. P. Gabriel, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci 115, 6662-6667 (2018).
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The effect of gramicidin inclusions on the local order of membrane components
E. Azar, D. Constantin, D. E. Warschawski, European Physical Journal E 41, 44 (2018).
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Coupling between Inclusions and Membranes at the Nanoscale
F. Bories, D. Constantin, P. Galatola, J.-B. Fournier, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 128104 (2018).
preprint CNRS Highlight (INSIS department)
Reversible strain alignment and reshuffling of nanoplatelet stacks confined in a lamellar block copolymer matrix
Emmanuel Beaudoin, Patrick Davidson, Benjamin Abecassis, Thomas Bizien and Doru Constantin, Nanoscale, 9, 17371 (2017).
Ionic Liquids: evidence of the viscosity scale-dependence
Quentin Berrod, Filippo Ferdeghini, Jean-Marc Zanotti, Patrick Judeinstein, Didier Lairez, Victoria Garcia Sakai, Orsolya Czakkel, Peter Fouquet and Doru Constantin, Scientific Reports, 7, 2241 (2017).
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Nanostructuration of Ionic Liquids: impact on the cation mobility. A multi-scale study.
Filippo Ferdeghini, Quentin Berrod, Jean-Marc Zanotti, Patrick Judeinstein, Victoria Garcia Sakai, Orsolya Czakkel, Peter Fouquet and Doru Constantin, Nanoscale, 9, 1901-1908 (2016).
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Solution Self-Assembly of Plasmonic Janus Nanoparticles
N. Castro, D. Constantin, P. Davidson and B. Abécassis, Soft Matter 12, 9666-9673 (2016).
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Identification of a major intermediate along the self-assembly pathway of an icosahedral viral capsid by using an analytical model of a spherical patch
D. Law-Hine, M. Zeghal, S. Bressanelli, D. Constantin and G. Tresset, Soft Matter 12, 6728-6736 (2016).
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Solution scattering from colloidal curved plates: barrel tiles, scrolls and spherical patches
Doru Constantin, J. Appl. Cryst. 48, 1901 (2015).
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Why the aspect ratio? Shape equivalence for the extinction spectra of gold nanoparticles
Doru Constantin, Eur. Phys. J. E 38, 116 (2015).
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Varying the counter ion changes the kinetics, but not the final structure of colloidal gels
L. Zhang et al., J. Coll. Interf. Sci. 463, 137-144 (2015).
Reconstruction of the Disassembly Pathway of an Icosahedral Viral Capsid and Shape Determination of Two Successive Intermediates
D. Law-Hine, A. K. Sahoo, V. Bailleux, M. Zeghal, S. Prevost, P. K. Maiti, S. Bressanelli, D. Constantin, and G. Tresset, J. Phys. Chem. Letters 6, 3471-3476 (2015).
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Real-Time in Situ Probing of High-Temperature Quantum Dots Solution Synthesis
B. Abécassis, C. Bouet, C. Garnero, D. Constantin, N. Lequeux, S. Ithurria, B. Dubertret, B. R. Pauw, and D. Pontoni, Nano Letters 15, 2620-2626 (2015).
preprint ESRF Highlights 2015
Strain-controlled fluorescence polarization in a CdSe nanoplatelet–block copolymer composite
E. Beaudoin, B. Abécassis, D. Constantin, J. Degrouard and P. Davidson, Chemical Communications 51, 4051-4054 (2015).
Morphology of gold nanoparticles determined by full-curve fitting of the light absorption spectrum. Comparison with X-ray scattering and electron microscopy data
K. Slyusarenko, B. Abécassis, P. Davidson and D. Constantin, Nanoscale 6, 13527-13534 (2014).
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Infrared dichroism of gold nanorods controlled using a magnetically addressable mesophase
K. Slyusarenko, D. Constantin, B. Abécassis, P. Davidson and C. Chanéac, J. Mater. Chem. C 2, 5087-5092 (2014).
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A two-dimensional nematic phase of magnetic nanorods
K. Slyusarenko, D. Constantin and P. Davidson, J. Chem. Phys. 140, 104904 (2014).
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Lamellar Lα mesophases doped with inorganic nanoparticles
D. Constantin and P. Davidson, ChemPhysChem 15, 1270-1282 (2014).
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Hybrid nanocomposites with tunable alignment of the magnetic nanorod filler
F. Perineau, C. Rosticher, L. Rozes, C. Chaneac, C. Sanchez, D. Constantin, I. Dozov, P. Davidson, and C. Rochas, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 6, 1583-1588 (2014).
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The amine content of PEGylated chitosan Bombyx mori nanoparticles acts as a trigger for protein delivery
D. Vasquez, R. Milusheva, P. Baumann, D. Constantin, M. Chami, and C. G. Palivan, Langmuir 30, 965-975 (2014).
Norovirus Capsid Proteins Self-Assemble through Biphasic Kinetics via Long-Lived Stave-like Intermediates
Guillaume Tresset, Clémence Le Coeur, Jean-François Bryche, Mouna Tatou, Mehdi Zeghal, Annie Charpilienne, Didier Poncet, Doru Constantin, and Stéphane Bressanelli, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 15373–15381 (2013).
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Smectic mesophases of functionalized silver and gold nanoparticles with anisotropic plasmonic properties
W. Lewandowski, D. Constantin, K Walicka, D. Pociecha, J. Mieczkowski, and E. Górecka, Chemical Communications 49, 7845–7847 (2013).
Structure, thermodynamics and dynamics of the isotropic phase of spherical non-ionic surfactant micelles
Kévin Tse-Ve-Koon, Nicolas Tremblay, Doru Constantin, and Éric Freyssingeas, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 393, 161–173 (2013).
Bilayer Elasticity at the Nanoscale: The Need for New Terms
Anne-Florence Bitbol, Doru Constantin, and Jean-Baptiste Fournier, PLOS One 7, e48306 (2012).
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The interaction of charged nanoparticles at interfaces
Andreas S. Poulos, Doru Constantin, Patrick Davidson, Marianne Impéror-Clerc, Brigitte Pansu, and Stéphan Rouzière, EPL 100, 18002 (2012).
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Insertion of Gold Nanoparticles in Fluid Mesophases: Size Filtering and Control of Interactions
Brigitte Pansu, Amélie Lecchi, Doru Constantin, Marianne Impéror-Clerc, Michèle Veber, and Ivan Dozov, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115, 17682–17687 (2011).
Slow dynamics of a colloidal lamellar phase
Doru Constantin, Patrick Davidson, Éric Freyssingeas, and Anders Madsen, The Journal of Chemical Physics 133, 224902 (2010).
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The interaction of hybrid nanoparticles inserted within surfactant bilayers
Doru Constantin, The Journal of Chemical Physics 133, 144901 (2010).
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Short-range dynamics of a nematic liquid-crystalline phase
Andreas S. Poulos, Doru Constantin, Patrick Davidson, Brigitte Pansu, Eric Freyssingeas, Anders Madsen and Corinne Chanéac, The Journal of Chemical Physics 132, 091101 (2010).
preprint ESRF Highlights 2010
Lyotropic Lamellar Phase Doped with a Nematic Phase of Magnetic Nanorods
Doru Constantin, Patrick Davidson, and Corinne Chanéac, Langmuir 26, 4586-4589 (2010).
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A PGSE-NMR Study of Molecular Self-Diffusion in Lamellar Phases Doped with Polyoxometalates
Andreas S. Poulos, Doru Constantin, Patrick Davidson, Marianne Impéror, Patrick Judeinstein and Brigitte Pansu, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 114, 220-227 (2010).
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Membrane-mediated repulsion between gramicidin pores
Doru Constantin, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes 1788, 1782-1789 (2009).
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Intermittent Brownian dynamics over a rigid strand: Heavily tailed relocation statistics in a simple geometry
Pierre Levitz, Michel Zinsmeister, Patrick Davidson, Doru Constantin, and Olivier Poncelet, Physical Review E 78 030102(R) (2008).
Repulsion Between Inorganic Particles Inserted Within Surfactant Bilayers
Doru Constantin, Brigitte Pansu, Marianne Impéror, Patrick Davidson, and François Ribot, Physical Review Letters 101, 098101 (2008).
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Magnetic Nanorods Confined in a Lamellar Lyotropic Phase
Keevin Béneut, Doru Constantin, Patrick Davidson, Arnaud Dessombz, and Corinne Chanéac, Langmuir 24, 8205–8209 (2008).
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Photochromic Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Liquid-Crystalline Materials Built from Nonionic Surfactants and Polyoxometalates: Elaboration and Structural Study
Andreas S. Poulos, Doru Constantin, Patrick Davidson, Marianne Impéror, Brigitte Pansu, Pierre Panine, Lionel Nicole, and Clément Sanchez, Langmuir 24, 6285–6291 (2008).
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Interaction of Alamethicin Pores in DMPC Bilayers
Doru Constantin, Guillaume Brotons, Ansgar Jarre, Chenghao Li, and Tim Salditt, Biophysical Journal 92, 3978–3987 (2007).
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Dynamics of bulk fluctuations in a lamellar phase studied by coherent x-ray scattering
Doru Constantin, Guillaume Brotons, Tim Salditt, Eric Freyssingeas, and Anders Madsen, Physical Review E 74, 031706 (2006).
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Structure and interaction potentials in solid-supported lipid membranes studied by X-ray reflectivity at varied osmotic pressure
Ulrike Mennicke, Doru Constantin, and Tim Salditt, European Physical Journal E 20, 221–230 (2006).
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Electric field unbinding of solid-supported lipid multilayers
Doru Constantin, Christoph Ollinger, Michael Vogel, and Tim Salditt, European Physical Journal E 18, 273–278 (2005).
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Lipid membranes on a surface grating studied by neutron reflectometry
Christoph Ollinger, Doru Constantin, Jens Seeger, and Tim Salditt, Europhysics Letters 71, 311–317 (2005).
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Biomimetic membranes of lipid-peptide model systems prepared on solid support
Chenghao Li, Doru Constantin, and Tim Salditt, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 16, S2439-S2453 (2004).
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Solid-Supported Lipid Multilayers : Structure Factor and Fluctuations
Doru Constantin, Ulrike Mennicke, Chenghao Li, and Tim Salditt, European Physical Journal E 12, 283-290 (2003).
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Comment on "Tracer diffusion in a dislocated lamellar system"
Doru Constantin and Robert Hołyst, Physical Review Letters 91, 039801 (2003).
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Structural transition in the isotropic phase of the C₁₂EO₆/H₂O lyotropic mixture : A rheological investigation
Doru Constantin, Eric Freyssingeas, Jean-François Palierne, and Patrick Oswald, Langmuir 19, 2554-2559 (2003).
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High-frequency behaviour of an isotropic and multiconnected surfactant phase
Doru Constantin, Jean-François Palierne, Eric Freyssingeas, and Patrick Oswald, Europhysics Letters 58, 236-242 (2002).
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Connectivity of the Hexagonal, Cubic, and Isotropic Phases of the C₁₂EO₆/H₂O Lyotropic Mixture Investigated by Tracer Diffusion and X-ray Scattering
Doru Constantin, Patrick Oswald, Marianne Impéror-Clerc, Patrick Davidson, and Paul Sotta, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 105, 668-673 (2001).
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Diffusion coefficients in a lamellar lyotropic phase: evidence for defects connecting the surfactant structure
Doru Constantin and Patrick Oswald, Physical Review Letters 85, 4297-4300 (2000).
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Kinetics of phase ordering of nematic liquid crystals confined in porous media
Vlad Popa-Nita and Doru Constantin, Physical Review E 60, 1812-1814 (1999).
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Conference proceedings

Mesostructured silica matrix for irinotecan delivery systems
S. Nastase, L. Bajenaru, D. Berger, C. Matei, M. G. Moisescu, D. Constantin, T. Savopol, Central European Journal of Chemistry 12, 813-820 (2014).
Coherent X-ray scattering and speckle pattern of solid-supported surfactant bilayers
Guillaume Brotons, Doru Constantin, Anders Madsen, and Tim Salditt, Physica B 357, 61-65 (2005).