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Peter Virnau

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DE
Area of research
Materials Chemistry · Condensed Matter Physics
Research interest
Research interests include Statistical physics, Physics, Materials science, Colloid, Monte Carlo method, and Polymer.
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2,476
works
62
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Recent publications

Real-time observation of topological defect dynamics mediating two-dimensional skyrmion lattice melting
Nature Nanotechnology 2025cited by 13position: middledoi
Realizing Quantitative Quasiparticle Modeling of Skyrmion Dynamics in Arbitrary Potentials
Physical Review Letters 2025cited by 9position: lastdoi
Topology in soft and biological matter
Physics Reports 2024cited by 76position: middledoi
Two levels of topology in skyrmion lattice dynamics
Physical Review Research 2024cited by 9position: middledoi
Skyrmion flow in periodically modulated channels
Physical review. E 2024cited by 8position: lastdoi
Constructing coarse-grained skyrmion potentials from experimental data with Iterative Boltzmann Inversion
Communications Physics 2023cited by 30position: lastdoi
300‐Times‐Increased Diffusive Skyrmion Dynamics and Effective Pinning Reduction by Periodic Field Excitation
Advanced Materials 2023cited by 20position: middledoi
Growth and aging in a few phase-separating active matter systems
Physical review. E 2023cited by 11position: middledoi
Viscosity of Flexible and Semiflexible Ring Melts: Molecular Origins and Flow-Induced Segregation
Macromolecules 2023cited by 9position: lastdoi
Can Polymer Helicity Affect Topological Chirality of Polymer Knots?
ACS Macro Letters 2023cited by 8position: middledoi
Influence of ionic conditions on knotting in a coarse-grained model for DNA
Frontiers in Chemistry 2023cited by 4position: lastdoi
Non-Conventional Computing using thermal and driven Skyrmion Dynamics
2023cited by 1position: middledoi
Brownscher Reservoir‐Computer mit Skyrmionen
Physik in unserer Zeit 2023cited by 1position: middledoi
<scp>AlphaFold</scp> predicts the most complex protein knot and composite protein knots
Protein Science 2022cited by 46position: lastdoi
Critical behavior in active lattice models of motility-induced phase separation
The European Physical Journal E 2021cited by 37position: lastdoi
Commensurability between Element Symmetry and the Number of Skyrmions Governing Skyrmion Diffusion in Confined Geometries
Advanced Functional Materials 2021cited by 37position: middledoi
Shear-Thinning in Oligomer Melts—Molecular Origins and Applications
Polymers 2021cited by 24position: lastdoi
Phase transitions and phase coexistence: equilibrium systems versus externally driven or active systems - Some perspectives
Soft Materials 2021cited by 21position: lastdoi
Comparing equilibration schemes of high-molecular-weight polymer melts with topological indicators
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 2021cited by 10position: middledoi
Magnetic Direct-Write Skyrmion Nanolithography
ACS Nano 2020cited by 27position: middledoi
Can Soft Models Describe Polymer Knots?
Macromolecules 2020cited by 18position: middledoi
Thermal skyrmion diffusion used in a reshuffler device
Nature Nanotechnology 2019cited by 338position: middledoi
Critical behavior of active Brownian particles
Physical review. E 2018cited by 120position: lastdoi
Proteins' Knotty Problems
Journal of Molecular Biology 2018cited by 53position: middledoi
KnotGenome: a server to analyze entanglements of chromosomes
Nucleic Acids Research 2018cited by 11position: middledoi
The phase coexistence method to obtain surface free energies and nucleation barriers: a brief review
Molecular Physics 2018cited by 10position: middledoi
Phase behavior of active Brownian disks, spheres, and dimers
Soft Matter 2017cited by 58position: lastdoi
Are There Knots in Chromosomes?
Polymers 2017cited by 42position: lastdoi
Free-energy barriers for crystal nucleation from fluid phases
Physical review. E 2017cited by 24position: middledoi
Equilibrium between a Droplet and Surrounding Vapor: A Discussion of Finite Size Effects
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2017cited by 22position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Kurt Binder · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz30 papers (2012–2021)Mathias Kläui · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz10 papers (2019–2025)Antonia Statt · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz10 papers (2012–2018)Maarten A. Brems · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz9 papers (2021–2025)Jan Rothörl · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz9 papers (2021–2025)J. Siebert · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz6 papers (2014–2018)Fabian Schmitz · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz6 papers (2013–2017)Fabian Kammerbauer · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz5 papers (2023–2025)Leonid Yelash · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz5 papers (2012–2021)Benjamin Trefz · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz5 papers (2014–2018)Daniel Reith · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz4 papers (2012–2015)Thomas Speck · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz4 papers (2017–2021)Alexander Winkler · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz4 papers (2012–2013)Florian Dittrich · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz4 papers (2018–2021)K Raab · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz4 papers (2021–2024)Benjamin Blöck · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz3 papers (2012–2014) · 3 papers (2020–2023)A. Tröster · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz3 papers (2012–2017)Nico Kerber · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz3 papers (2020–2023)Raphael Gruber · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz3 papers (2023–2025)