Paulo Ivo Teixeira

Communications Comunicações

Invited Talks Palestras Convidadas

Theory and simulation of liquid crystal sandwiches P. I. C. Teixeira, C. Anquetil-Deck and D. J. Cleaver, SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science (MS21), Bilbao, Spain (online), May 2021
Surface energy of two-dimensional finite or periodic foams M. F. Vaz and P. I. C. Teixeira, Workshop on Isoperimetric Problems, space-filling, and soap-bubble geometry, International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, March 2012
Wrinkling Labyrinth Patterns on Elastomeric Janus Particles A. C. Trindade, J. P. Canejo, P. Patrício, P. Brogueira, P. I. C. Teixeira and M. H. Godinho, Workshop on Assembling of Superstructures in Soft Matter, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 2012
Cellulose spirals and helices M. H. Godinho. J. P. Canejo, J. P. Borges and P. I. Teixeira, Flow(ers) and Jam(mers) Workshop, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2009
How patchy can one get and still condense? The role of dissimilar patches in the interactions of colloidal particles J. M. Tavares, P. I. C. Teixeira and M. M. Telo da Gama, Flow(ers) and Jam(mers) Workshop, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2009
Micro- and nanostructures from liquid crystalline cellulose materials M. H. Godinho, J. P. Canejo, L. F. V. Pinto, J. P. Borges, P. Brogueira and P. I. C. Teixeira, NanoSWEC, First edition of the Nano South-West European Conference, Bordeaux (ENSCPB), France, November 2008
Symmetric alignment of the nematic matrix between close penetrable colloidal particles P. I. C. Teixeira, F. Barmes and D. J. Cleaver, ESF Exploratory Workshop on Nematic Colloids, Bled, Slovenia, August 2003
Structure of liquid crystal interfaces: anchoring and surface deformations from molecular theory P. I. C. Teixeira, The Rank Prize Funds Mini-Symposium on Surface Interactions in Ordered Systems for Electro-Optic Devices, Grasmere, United Kingdom, May 1998
Modelling polymer-dispersed liquid crystal formation P. I. C. Teixeira and B. M. Mulder, Workshop on Mathematical Models for Liquid Crystals, Cortona, Italy, September 1995

Talks Palestras

Dynamics of liquid bridges between patterned surfaces M. S. Rodrigues, R. C. V. Coelho and P. I. C. Teixeira, American Physical Society March Meeting, Minneapolis, USA, March 2024
Dynamics of two-dimensional liquid bridges R. C. V. Coelho, L. A. R. G. Cordeiro, R. B. Gazola and P. I. C. Teixeira, Eufoam 2022, Cracow, Poland, July 2022
Patchy particles at a hard wall: orientation-dependent bonding P. I. C. Teixeira and F. Sciortino, Designed Assembly of Colloids at Interfaces - Fundamentals to Applications, online, June 2021
The shapes of water M. A. C. Teixeira, S. Arscott, S. J. Cox and P. I. C. Teixeira, 707. WE-Heraeus Seminar on Wetting and Capillarity in Complex Systems, Bad Honnef, Germany, November 2019
When is a surface foam-phobic or foam-philic? M. A. C. Teixeira, S. Arscott, S. J. Cox and P. I. C. Teixeira, Flowing Matter 2018, Lisbon, Portugal, February 2018
What is the shape of an air bubble on a liquid surface? M. A. C. Teixeira, S. Arscott, S. J. Cox and P. I. C. Teixeira, Eufoam 2016, Dublin, Ireland, July 2016
Liquid-vapour interfaces of patchy colloids A. Oleksy and P. I. C. Teixeira, 6th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces, Guimarães, Portugal, July 2015
Approaches for surface tailoring: wrinkling labyrinth patterns on Janus elastomers A. C.Trindade, J. P. Canejo, P. I. C. Teixeira, P. Patrício and M. H. Godinho, 4th International Colloids Conference--Surface Design and Engineering, Madrid, Spain, June 2014
Curling and wrinkling in elastomeric Janus fibres A. C. Trindade, J. P. Canejo, P. I. C. Teixeira, P. Patrício and M. H. Godinho, 7th International Liquid Crystal Elastomer Conference, Shanghai, China, September 2013
The phase behaviour of shape-changing spheroids P. I. C. Teixeira and A. J. Masters, BLCS/SMTG/INI Workshop on the Molecular Modelling and Theory of Liquid Crystals, Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 2013
A dissimilar patch model with a "pinched" phase diagram J. Russo, J. M. Tavares, P. I. C. Teixeira, M. M. Telo da Gama and F. Sciortino, 8^th Liquid Matter Conference, Vienna, Austria, September 2011
Wrinkling Labyrinth Patterns on Elastomeric Janus Particles A. C. Trindade, J. P. Canejo, L. F. V. Pinto, P. Patrício, P. Brogueira, P. I. C. Teixeira and M. H. Godinho, 6^th International Liquid Crystal Elastomer Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2011
Defects in bubble clusters: simulation and analytical approach M. F. Vaz, S. J. Cox and P. I. C. Teixeira, Eufoam 2010, Borovets, Bulgaria, June 2010
How patchy can one get and still condense? Criticality and percolation of colloids with dissimilar patches J. M. Tavares, P. I. C. Teixeira and M. M. Telo da Gama, Staphys 24, Cairns, Australia, July 2010
How foam-like is the shear-induced lamellar phase of an ionic liquid crystal? C. Cruz, M. H. Godinho, A. J. Ferreira, P. S. Kulkarni, C. A. M. Afonso and P. I. C. Teixeira, European/Japanese Molecular Liquids Group Conference 2008, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2008
Modelling of nano-confined liquid crystals: ordering and ordering transitions from density-functional theory P. I. C. Teixeira, International Workshop on Recent Advances in the Understanding of Confined Fluids: from Superfluids to Oil Reservoirs. Abingdon, United Kingdom, January 2008
Energy and tension of films and Plateau borders in a foam P. I. C. Teixeira and M. A. Fortes, Eufoam 2006, Potsdam, Germany, July 2006
Transitions in Plateau borders M. F. Vaz, M. A. Fortes and P. I. C. Teixeira, Workshop on Foam Rheology in Two Dimensions (FRIT), University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales, June 2005
Tuneable micro- and nano-periodic structures in a free-standing flexible urethane/urea elastomer film M. H. Godinho, A. C. Trindade, J. L. Figueirinhas, L. V. Melo, P. Brogueira, A. M. Deus and P. I. C. Teixeira,.International Liquid Crystal Elastomer Conference 2005, Cambridge, United Kingdom, September 2005
A simple model for biaxial smectic phases P. I. C. Teixeira, M. A. Osipov and G. R. Luckhurst, Topical Meeting on Biaxiality, Southampton Liquid Crystal Institute, Romsey, United Kingdom, November 2004
Mean field calculations of morphology development in reactive polymer blends N. Clarke, A. D. Duckett, D. J. Read, P. I. C. Teixeira, T. C. B. McLeish, J. Sweeney, J. Hobdell and G. Eeckhoudt, 40^th IUPAC World Polymer Congress MACRO 2004, Paris, France, July 2004
Mechanical instabilities of foam clusters between parallel plates M. A. Fortes, M. E. Rosa, M. F. Vaz and P. I. C. Teixeira, Eufoam 2004, Université de Marne-La Vallée, France, July 2004
Mixing and sorting of bidisperse two-dimensional bubbles P. I. C. Teixeira, F. Graner and M. A. Fortes, Royal Society of Chemistry and Institute of Physics Modelling and Simulation of Colloids Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom, September 2004
Distribution of film orientations in free bubble clusters M. A. Fortes, P. I. C. Teixeira and M. F. Vaz, 6^th Ibero-American Workshop on Complex Fluids and Applications, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2003
Surface energy minimisation in two-dimensional cellular systems P. I. C. Teixeira, M. A. Fortes and F. Graner, II International Materials Symposium - Materiais 2003, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, April 2003
Hard particles between hard walls A. Chrzanowska, P. I. C. Teixeira, H. Ehrentraut and D. J. Cleaver, CCP5 Annual Conference, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, September 2001
Finite element simulation of the mechanical response of spinodal structures D. J. Read, P. I. C. Teixeira, R. A. Duckett, T. C. B. McLeish and J. Sweeney, 11^th International Conference on Deformation, Yield and Fracture of Polymers, Cambridge, United Kingdom, April 2000
The Tolkien landscapes of early spinodal decomposition Y. Mao, T. C. B. McLeish and P. I. C. Teixeira, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Conference - 1999, Leicester, United Kingdom, December 1999
Dynamics of reorientation of a nematic elastomer P. I. C. Teixeira, 17th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Strasbourg, France, July 1998
Cell dynamical models of structure formation in polymer-dispersed liquid crystals P. I. C. Teixeira and B. M. Mulder, 16th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Kent, USA, June 1996
Modelling polymer-dispersed liquid crystal formation P. I. C. Teixeira and B. M. Mulder, Workshop on Modelling and Simulation of Structure Formation in Liquid Crystals, Polymers, and their Mixtures, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, June 1995
The surface-like elastic constant $K_{13}$ of a nematic liquid crystal: microscopic calculation and effects in a thin nematic film V. M. Pergamenshchik, P. I. C. Teixeira and T. J. Sluckin, British Liquid Crystal Society 8th Annual Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom, March 1993
Landau-de Gennes theory of anchoring transitions at a nematic liquid crystal--substrate interface P. I. C. Teixeira, D. E. Sullivan and T. J. Sluckin, 14th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Pisa, Italy, June 1992
Microscopic theory of doping-induced anchoring transitions at liquid crystal surfaces P. I. C. Teixeira and T. J. Sluckin, British Liquid Crystal Society 7th Annual Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, April 1992
Doping-induced anchoring transitions at liquid crystal surfaces P. I. C. Teixeira and T. J. Sluckin, Euromech 283, Glasgow, United Kingdom, July 1991
Surface properties of mixtures of molecular fluids: comparison between theory and experiment B. S. Almeida, M. M. Telo da Gama and P. I. C. Teixeira, 11th IUPAC Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics, Como, Italy, August 1990

Posters Cartazes

‘Dynamics of liquid bridges between patterned surfaces M. S. Rodrigues, R. C. V. Coelho and P. I, C. Teixeira, CMD31 - General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division, Braga, Portugal, September 2024; 12th Liquid Matter Conference, Mainz, Germany, September 2024
‘Ultraconfined oblate hard particles between hybrid penetrable walls C. Anquetil-Deck, D. J. Cleaver and P. I. C. Teixeira, CMD31 - General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division, Braga, Portugal, September 2024; 12th Liquid Matter Conference, Mainz, Germany, September 2024
Dynamics of two-dimensional liquid bridges R. C. V. Coelho, L. A. R. G. Cordeiro, R. B. Gazola and P. I. C. Teixeira, CECAM workshop on Challenges and opportunities in non-equilibrium soft matter, Mont Sant Benet, Spain, 24-27 September 2023
Flattening a different curve: can we eliminate the adsorption of a liquid crystal at a solid substrate? C. Anquetil-Deck and P. I. C. Teixeira, 28th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2022
Ordering of oblate hard particles between hybrid penetrable walls C. Anquetil-Deck, D. J. Cleaver and P. I. C. Teixeira, 11th Liquid Matter Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (online), July 2021
Ordering of oblate hard particles between hybrid penetrable walls C. Anquetil-Deck, D. J. Cleaver and P. I. C. Teixeira, British Liquid Crystal Society 35th Annual Conference, Aberdeen, United Kingdom (online), June 2021
Ordering of oblate hard particles between symmetric penetrable walls P. I. C. Teixeira, C. Anquetil-Deck and D. J. Cleaver, 11th Liquid Matter Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (online), July 2021
Ordering of oblate hard particles between symmetric penetrable walls P. I. C. Teixeira, C. Anquetil-Deck and D. J. Cleaver, British Liquid Crystal Society 35th Annual Conference, Aberdeen, United Kingdom (online), June 2021
Patchy particles at a hard wall: orientation-dependent bonding P. I. C. Teixeira and F. Sciortino, 11th Liquid Matter Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (online), July 2021
Ordering of oblate hard particles between hybrid penetrable walls C. Anquetil-Deck, D. J. Cleaver and P. I. C. Teixeira, Física 2020 - 20ª Conferência Nacional de Física, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2020
Ordering of oblate hard particles between symmetric penetrable walls P. I. C. Teixeira, C. Anquetil-Deck and D. J. Cleaver,, Física 2020 - 20ª Conferência Nacional de Física, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2020
The shape of liquid bridges P. I. C. Teixeira and M. A. C. Teixeira, Condensed Matter Physics National Conference, Porto, Portugal, May 2019
The shape of liquid bridges P. I. C. Teixeira and M. A. C. Teixeira, 707. WE-Heraeus Seminar on Wetting and Capillarity in Complex Systems, Bad Honnef, Germany, November 2019
When is a surface foam-phobic or foam-philic? M. A. C. Teixeira, S. Arscott, S. J. Cox and P. I. C. Teixeira, Flowing Matter 2018, Lisbon, Portugal, February 2018
When is a surface foam-phobic or foam-philic? M. A. C. Teixeira, S. Arscott, S. J. Cox and P. I. C. Teixeira, Eufoam 2018, Liège, Belgium, May 2018
Density-functional theory of lyotropic nematic order in semiflexible dimers A. Vaghela, P. I. C. Teixeira and E. M. Terentjev, 10th Liquid Matter Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 2017
Interplay between self-assembly and condensation in models with asymmetric patches J. M. Tavares and P. I. C. Teixeira, 10th Liquid Matter Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 2017
When is a surface foam-phobic? M. A. C. Teixeira, S. Arscott, S. J. Cox and P. I. C. Teixeira, 10th Liquid Matter Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 2017
From wrinkly elastomers to Janus particles to Janus fibres A. C. Trindade, J. P. Canejo, P. Patrício, P. Brogueira, P. I. C. Teixeira and M. H. Godinho, The British Society of Rheology Midwinter Meeting 2016, Reading, United Kingdom, December 2016
What is the shape of an air bubble on a liquid surface? M. A. C. Teixeira, S. Arscott, S. J. Cox and P. I. C. Teixeira, 4th International Soft Matter Conference, Grenoble, France, September 2016
Order reconstruction in ultraconfinement, from density-functional theory P. I. C. Teixeira, 13th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Manchester, United Kingdom, September 2015
First curl, then wrinkle A. C. Trindade, J. P. Canejo, P. I. C. Teixeira, P. Patrício and M. H. Godinho, 9th Liquid Matter Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2014
Inhomogeneous associating fluids - patchy colloids at interfaces A. Oleksy and P. I. C. Teixeira, CCP5 Annual Meeting 2014, Harper Adams University, United Kingdom, September 2014
Which way does a core-shell fibre wrinkle? P. Patrício, P. I. C. Teixeira , A. C. Trindade and M. H. Godinho, 9th Liquid Matter Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2014
First curl, then wrinkle A. C. Trindade, J. P. Canejo, P. I. C. Teixeira, P. Patrício and M. H. Godinho, Thermodynamics 2013, Manchester, United Kingdom, September 2013
Inhomogeneous associating fluids - patchy colloids at interfaces A. Oleksy and P. I. C. Teixeira, International Soft Matter Conference 2013, Rome, Italy, September 2013
Inhomogeneous associating fluids - the liquid/vapour interface of patchy colloids A. Oleksy and P. I. C. Teixeira, Workshop on Wetting and Capillarity in Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany, February 2013
The phase behaviour of shape-changing spheroids P. I. C. Teixeira and A. J. Masters, British Liquid Crystal Society 27th Annual Conference, Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 2013
Wrinkling Labyrinth Patterns on Elastomeric Janus Particle A. C. Trindade, J. P. Canejo, L. F. V. Pinto, P. Patrício, P. Brogueira, P. I. C. Teixeira and M. H. Godinho, 8^th Liquid Matter Conference, Vienna, Austria, September 2011
A neural network approach to modelling a confined liquid crystal T. Santos Silva, P. I. C. Teixeira, C. Anquetil-Deck and D. J. Cleaver, 23^rd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Cracow, Poland, July 2010
Self-assembly, percolation and thermodynamics of patchy particles with dissimilar bonds J. M. Tavares, M. M. Telo da Gama and P. I. C. Teixeira, International Soft Matter Conference 2010, Granada, Spain, July 2010
A neural network approach to modelling a confined liquid crystal T. Santos Silva, P. I. Teixeira, C. Anquetil-Deck and D. J. Cleaver, Biological and Soft Matter Conference, Warwick, United Kingdom, April 2009
Criticality of colloids with distinct interaction patches J. M. Tavares, M. M. Telo da Gama and P. I. C. Teixeira, CECAM Workshop on Computer Simulation Approaches to Study Self-Assembly: From Patchy Nano-Colloids to Virus Capsids, Lausanne, Switzerland, July 2009
How patchy can one get and still condense? The role of dissimilar patches in the interactions of colloidal particles J. M. Tavares, P. I. C. Teixeira and M. M. Telo da Gama, Biological and Soft Matter Conference, Warwick, United Kingdom, April 2009
Shear-induced lamellar ionic liquid crystal foam A. J. Ferreira, P. I. C. Teixeira, C. Cruz, M. H. Godinho, P. S. Kulkarni and C. A. M. Afonso, Biological and Soft Matter Conference, Warwick, United Kingdom, April 2009
Shear-induced lamellar ionic liquid crystal foam A. J. Ferreira, P. I. C. Teixeira, C. Cruz, M. H. Godinho, P. S. Kulkarni and C. A. M. Afonso, 10^th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Colmar, France, April 2009
Spirals and helices of liquid crystalline cellulose derivatives: electrospinning mimics plant tendrils on the nano and microscale M. H. Godinho, J..P. Canejo, L. F. V. Pinto, J. P. Borges and P. I. Teixeira, Biological and Soft Matter Conference, Warwick, United Kingdom, April 2009
Effect of the number of shells on the pressure and energy of two-dimensional free bubble clusters M. F. Vaz, P. I. C. Teixeira, F. Graner and S. J. Cox, Eufoam 2008, Noordwijlk, The Netherlands, July 2008
Foam-like behaviour of lamellar ionic liquid crystals A. J. Ferreira, M. H. Godinho, C. Cruz, P. S. Kulkarni, C. A. M. Afonso and P. I. C. Teixeira, 7^th Liquid Matter Conference, Lund,Sweden, June/July 2008
How foam-like is the shear-induced lamellar phase of an ionic liquid crystal? C. Cruz, M. H. Godinho, A. J. Ferreira, P. S. Kulkarni, C. A. M. Afonso and P. I. C. Teixeira,. 22^nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June/July 2008
Liquid crystal spinning of cellulose nanofibers M. H. Godinho, J. Canejo, J. P. Borges, P. Brogueira, P. I. C. Teixeira and E. M. Terentjev, Advanced Nano-Materials 2008, Aveiro, Portugal, June 2008
Simulation and theory of hybrid aligned liquid crystal films P. I. C. Teixeira, F. Barmes, C. Anquetil-Deck and D. J. Cleaver, 7^th Liquid Matter Conference, Lund, Sweden, June/July 2008
Foam-like behaviour of lamellar ionic liquid crystals A. J. Ferreira, M. H. Godinho, C. Cruz, P. S. Kulkarni, C. A. M. Afonso and P. I. C. Teixeira, 9^th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2007
The phase behaviour of a model tetrapode - a theoretical analysis P. I. C. Teixeira and A. J. Masters, 9^th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2007
The shapes of soap films and Plateau borders M. A. Fortes, P. I. C. Teixeira and A. M. Deus, International Soft Matter Conference 2007, Aachen, Germany, October 2007
Instability of two-dimensional multi-layer bubble clusters M. F. Vaz, M. A. Fortes, S. J. Cox and P. I. C. Teixeira, Eufoam 2006, Potsdam, Germany, July 2006
Tuneable micro- and nano-periodic structures in a free-standing flexible urethane/urea elastomer film M. H. Godinho, A. C. Trindade, J. L. Figueirinhas, L. V. Melo, P. Brogueira, A. M. Deus and P. I. C. Teixeira,.International Workshop on Mesoscale and Multiscale Simulation of Complex Fluids, Prato, Italy, July 2006
A simple model for biaxial smectic phases P. I. C. Teixeira, M. A. Osipov and G. R. Luckhurst, 6^th Liquid Matter Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 2005
Line tension in three-dimensional foams M. A. Fortes and P. I. C. Teixeira, 6^th Liquid Matter Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 2005
Topological and geometrical transitions in two-dimensional Plateau borders under gravity P. I. C. Teixeira, M. F. Vaz and M. A. Fortes, Eufoam 2004, Université de Marne-La Vallée, France, July 2004
Minimum-perimeter partitions of the plane into equal numbers of regions of two different areas M. A. Fortes and P. I. C. Teixeira, Eurofoam 2002, UMIST, Manchester, United Kingdom, July 2002
Mixing and sorting of bidisperse two-dimensional bubbles P. I. C. Teixeira, F. Graner and M. A. Fortes, 5^th Liquid Matter Conference, Konstanz, Germany, September 2002
Discontinuous structural transition in a thin hybrid liquid crystal film D. J. Cleaver and P. I. C. Teixeira, Euroconference on Chains@Interfaces, Évora, Portugal, January 2001
Minimum-perimeter partitions of the plane into equal numbers of regions of two different areas M. A. Fortes and P. I. C. Teixeira, CCP5 Annual Conference,University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, September 2001
De-mixing instability in polymer blends undergoing polycondensation reactions P. I. C. Teixeira, D. J. Read and T. C. B. McLeish, Physical Aspects of Polymer Science Conference, Sheffield, United Kingdom, September 1999; Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Conference -- 1999, Leicester, United Kingdom, December 1999; and MacroGroup Young Researchers Meeting, Royal Society of Chemistry Annual Conference 2000, Manchester, United Kingdom, April 2000
Finite element simulation of the mechanical response of spinodal structures D. J. Read, P. I. C. Teixeira, R. A. Duckett, T. C. B. McLeish and J. Sweeney, Physical Aspects of Polymer Science Conference, Sheffield, United Kingdom, September 1999
Dynamics of reorientation of a nematic elastomer P. I. C. Teixeira, British Liquid Crystal Society 13th Annual Conference, Leeds, United Kingdom, March 1998
Dynamics of soft and semi-soft nematic elastomers P. I. C. Teixeira and M. Warner, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Conference - 1998, Manchester, United Kingdom, December 1998
Kinetic stabilisation of the polar smectic-A phase of cyclic siloxane oligomers P. I. C. Teixeira and E. M. Terentjev, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Conference - 1998, Manchester, United Kingdom, December 1998; and British Liquid Crystal Society 14th Annual Conference, Durham, United Kingdom, March 1999
Structure of a nematic liquid crystal between aligning walls: Strong subsurface deformations? P. I. C. Teixeira, 4th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Zakopane, Poland, March 1997; and British Liquid Crystal Society 12th Annual Conference, Southampton, United Kingdom, March 1997
Cell dynamical models of structure formation in polymer-dispersed liquid crystals P. I. C. Teixeira and B. M. Mulder, 3rd Liquid Matter Conference, Norwich, United Kingdom, July 1996
Theories of anchoring at liquid crystal interfaces P. I. C. Teixeira, T. J. Sluckin, D. E. Sullivan and V. M. Pergamenshchik, 2nd European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Flims, Switzerland, March 1993
Landau-de Gennes theory of anchoring transitions at a nematic liquid crystal--substrate interface P. I. C. Teixeira, D. E. Sullivan and T. J. Sluckin, 14th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Pisa, Italy, June 1992; and British Liquid Crystal Society 8th Annual Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom, March 1993
Microscopic theory of doping-induced anchoring transitions at liquid crystal surfaces P. I. C. Teixeira and T. J. Sluckin, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Conference -- 1991, Birmingham, United Kingdom, December 1991; 14th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Pisa, Italy, June 1992
Density functional theories of molecular fluid interfaces J. M. Sebrosa, P. I. Teixeira and M. M. Telo da Gama, 10th General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division of the European Physical Society, Lisbon, Portugal, April 1990

Seminars Seminрrios

Bidisperse tilings of the plane and a little more CFTC-UL, October 2023
Bidisperse tilings of the plane and more Isaac Newton Institute, University of Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, August 2023
Como pavimentar um plano com dois tipos de ladrilho, e outras histórias Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, November 2023
A história de "Offbeat Physics: Machines, Meditations and Misconceptions" Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, October 2022
Building up DNA (and other molecules), bit by bit Departamento de Física, Universidade de Lisboa, October 2021; CeFEMA-UL, November 2022
Ordering of oblate hard particles between penetrable walls CFTC-UL, February 2021
Discos voadores Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, April 2020
The shapes of water Durham Centre for Soft Matter, University of Durham, United Kingdom, February 2020; School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, February 2020
A forma da água Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, May 2019
Liquid-vapour interfaces of patchy colloids Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, May 2017; School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, October 2018; School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, November 2018; Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, February 2019
The shape of liquid bridges Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, University of Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, February 2019
Espumas: mosaicos, flores e defeitos Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, June 2018
When is a surface foam-phobic or foam-philic? Department of Applied Physics, Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, February 2018
Espumofobia e espumofilia Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, October 2017
From wrinkly elastomers to Janus particles to Janus fibres Departamento de Física, Universidade do Minho, Portugal, January 2015; Department of Mathematics, University of Reading, United Kingdom, May 2015; Department of Chemistry, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom, September 2015; Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, University of Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, August 2016; Department of Physics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, February 2017
What is the shape of an air bubble on a liquid surface? School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Ireland, January 2016; School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, February 2017
O despertar da bolha Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal, January 2016
Can shape-changing spheroids give you a biaxial nematic? CFTC-UL, April 2015
Liquid crystal foam Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom, April 2013; Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom, April 2013; School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, November 2014; Department of Mathematics, University of Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, August 2023
Surprises in patchy colloids Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Germany, June 2013
From wrinkly elastomers to Janus particles Department of Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany, February 2012; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edimburgh, United Kingdom, March 2012; Department of Chemical Engineering, City College of New York, USA, August 2012
Foams: tilings, flowers and defects School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, January 2011; School of Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, February 2011
From wrinkly elastomers to Janus particles CFTC-UL, September 2011
More surprises in patchy colloids School of Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, February 2011; Institute of Mathematics and Physics, University of Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, February 2011; CENIMAT/I3N, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, April 2011; Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, Portugal, April 2011
Foams: tilings, flowers and defects CFTC-UL, June 2010; Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany, December 2010; Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Erlangen, Germany, December 2010
Espumas de cristal líquido iónico induzidas por cisalhamento Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal, April 2009
How foam-like is the shear-induced lamellar phase of an ionic liquid crystal? CFTC-FCUL, January 2009
How patchy can one get and still condense? The role of dissimilar patches in the interactions of colloidal particles Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany, March 2009
The hard science of soft matter Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland, October 2009; Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science, Krakow University of Technology, Krakow, Poland, October 2009
Espumas de cristal líquido iónico? Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portuga, December 2008
A simple model for biaxial smectic-A phases CFTC-FCUL, January 2007
Cristais líquidos: o que fazemos Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal, February 2007
Modelação da separação de fases em misturas de pré-polímeros reactivos Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal, September 2007
Modelling of nano-confined liquid crystals: ordering and ordering transitions from density-functional theory Materials and Engineering Research Institute. Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom, June 2007
Modelação da matéria mole Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Sintra, Portugal, September 2005
Surface energy minimisation in two-dimensional cellular systems CFTC-FCUL, May 2003
Dinâmica de elastómeros nemáticos Instituto de Ciência e Engenharia de Materiais e Superfícies, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, January 2001
Hard particles between hard walls Physics Department, University of Bielefeld, Germany, May 2001
How foams can teach us geometry Department of Mechanics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, May 2001
Dynamics of soft and semi-soft nematic elastomers Max Planck Institute for Polymer Physics, Mainz, Germany, February 2000; Institut für Festkörperforschung, Jülich, Germany, May 2000; Department of Mechanics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, May 2000
The Tolkien landscapes of early spinodal decomposition Physics Department, University of Wuppertal, Germany, May 2000
Structure of strongly dipolar fluids Physics Department, University of Wuppertal, Germany, September 1996; FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 1996
Modelling of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal formation Physics Department, Case Western Reserve University, USA, June 1995; Physics Department, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, July 1995; Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, USA, July 1995
Anchoring transitions at liquid crystal surfaces School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, November 1992
Density-functional theory for fluid interfacial properties School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, June 1990