Joakim Löfgren

Research

Joakim’s research was focused on understanding the properties of surfactant layers in nanoparticle growth as well as on mesoscale modeling of nanoparticle assembly.

In January 2020 Joakim moved to Aalto University in Finland to join the group of Patrick Rinke.

Education

• 2019: Doctorate in Physics; Chalmers University of Technology
  Modeling colloidal nanoparticles: From growth to deposition
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• 2017: Licentiate in Physics; Chalmers University of Technology
  Elements of Modeling Nanoparticle Growth: Surface Thermodynamics and Dispersive Interactions

• 2014: M.Sc. in Applied Physics; Chalmers University of Technology
  The Monte Carlo Method and Quantum Path Integrals

• 2012: B.Sc. in Applied Physics; Chalmers University of Technology
  Configuration Interaction Methods and Large-scale Matrix Diagonalization

Publications

• Quantitative predictions of thermodynamic hysteresis: Temperature-dependent character of the phase transition in Pd–H Permalink
  J. M. Rahm, J. Löfgren, and P. Erhart
  Acta Materialia 227, 117697 (2022)
• A tale of two phase diagrams: Interplay of ordering and hydrogen uptake in Pd-Au-H Permalink
  J. M. Rahm, J. Löfgren, E. Fransson, and P. Erhart
  Acta Materialia 211, 116893 (2021)
• Understanding Interactions Driving the Template-Directed Self-Assembly of Colloidal Nanoparticles at Surfaces Permalink
  J. Eklöf-Österberg, J. Löfgren, P. Erhart, and K. Moth-Poulsen
  Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124, 4660 (2020)
• A Computational Assessment of the Efficacy of Halides as Shape-Directing Agents in Nanoparticle Growth Permalink
  J. Löfgren, J. M. Rahm, J. Brorsson, and P. Erhart
  Physical Review Materials 4, 096001 (2020)
• Electric-field-controlled reversible order-disorder switching of a metal tip surface Permalink
  L. de Knoop, M. J. Kuisma, J. Löfgren, K. Lodewijks, M. Thuvander, P. Erhart, A. Dmitriev, and E. Olsson
  Physical Review Materials 2, 085006 (2018)
• libvdwxc: A library for exchange-correlation functionals in the vdW-DF family Permalink
  A. H. Larsen, M. Kuisma, J. Löfgren, Y. Pouillon, P. Erhart, and P. Hyldgaard
  Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 25, 27140 (2017)
• Understanding the Phase Diagram of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Alkanethiolates on Gold Permalink
  J. Löfgren, H. Grönbeck, K. Moth-Poulsen, and P. Erhart
  Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120, 12059 (2016)

Theses

• Modeling colloidal nanoparticles: From growth to deposition Permalink
  J. Löfgren, Doctoral Thesis (2019)
• Elements of modeling nanoparticle growth: Surface thermodynamics and dispersive interactions Permalink
  J. Löfgren, Licentiate Thesis (2017)