The space within: How architected voids promote tissue formation
A. PuiggalíJou, I.B. Hui, C. Fernández-Rico, M. ZenobiWong, Advanced Materials 38 (2026).

Thermodynamics of microphase separation in a swollen, strain-stiffening polymer network
C. Fernández-Rico, R.W. Style, S. Heyden, S. Wang, P.D. Olmsted, E.R. Dufresne, Soft Matter 22 (2026) 330–342.

Synthetic quorum sensing and absorbing phase transitions in colloidal active matter
T. Lefranc, A. Dinelli, C. Fernández-Rico, R.P.A. Dullens, J. Tailleur, D. Bartolo, Physical Review X 15 (2025).

Field-driven reversible networks from colloidal rods
J. Fojo, R. Subert, L. Rodríguez-Arco, M.T. López-López, M. Dijkstra, C. Fernández-Rico, L. Alvarez, Soft Matter 21 (2025) 4596–4605.

Liquid crystals from curved colloidal rods: Waves, twists and more
C. Fernández-Rico, R.P.A. Dullens, Reports on Progress in Physics 87 (2024).

Elastic microphase separation produces robust bicontinuous materials
C. Fernández-Rico, S. Schreiber, H. Oudich, C. Lorenz, A. Sicher, T. Sai, V. Bauernfeind, S. Heyden, P. Carrara, L.D. Lorenzis, R.W. Style, E.R. Dufresne, Nature Materials 23 (2024) 124–130.

Effect of curvature on the diffusion of colloidal bananas
J.-A. Ulbrich, C. Fernández-Rico, B. Rost, J. Vialetto, L. Isa, J.S. Urbach, R.P.A. Dullens, Physical Review E 107 (2023).

Commentary: Researching around Europe: A personal reflection
C. Fernández-Rico, Physics Today 75 (2022) 10–11.

Putting the squeeze on phase separation
C. Fernández-Rico, T. Sai, A. Sicher, R.W. Style, E.R. Dufresne, JACS Au 2 (2021) 66–73.

Hierarchical self-assembly of polydisperse colloidal bananas into a two-dimensional vortex phase
C. Fernández-Rico, R.P.A. Dullens, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (2021).

Synthesis of rough colloidal SU-8 rods and bananas via nanoprecipitation
C. Fernández-Rico, J.S. Urbach, R.P.A. Dullens, Langmuir 37 (2021) 2900–2906.

Shaping colloidal bananas to reveal biaxial, splay-bend nematic, and smectic phases
C. Fernández-Rico, M. Chiappini, T. Yanagishima, H. de Sousa, D.G.A.L. Aarts, M. Dijkstra, R.P.A. Dullens, Science 369 (2020) 950–955.

Synthesis of colloidal S polymer rods using sonication
C. Fernández-Rico, T. Yanagishima, A. Curran, D.G.A.L. Aarts, R.P.A. Dullens, Advanced Materials 31 (2019).

Wet-chemical synthesis of chiral colloids
S. Ouhajji, B.G.P. van Ravensteijn, C. Fernández-Rico, K.S. Lacina, A.P. Philipse, A.V. Petukhov, ACS Nano 12 (2018) 12089–12095.