“Kinetic Frustration Effects on Dense Two-Dimensional Packings of Convex Particles and Their Structural Characteristics” is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B Categories News Author ms87 Read the full paper: here Link to the journal: here The study of hard-particle packings is of fundamental importance in physics, chemistry, cell biology, and discrete geometry. Much of the previous work on hard-particle packings concerns their densest possible arrangements. By contrast, we examine kinetic effects inevitably present in both numerical and experimental packing protocols. … Continue Reading “Kinetic Frustration Effects on Dense Two-Dimensional Packings of Convex Particles and Their Structural Characteristics” is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
A popular account of how the Torquato-Jiao algorithm is being used to find optimal packings of different-sized spheres for applications in 3D printing can be found here Categories News Author ms87 Link to the article from Princeton’s Department of Chemistry here. Image: a dense packing of spheres of two different sizes made using the Torquato-Jiao algorithm.
“Quantum phase transitions in long-range interacting hyperuniform spin chains in a transverse field” is published in Physical Review B Categories News Author ms87 Read the full paper: here Link to the journal: here Hyperuniform states of matter are characterized by anomalous suppression of long-wavelength density fluctuations. While most of the interesting cases of disordered hyperuniformity are provided by complex many-body systems such as liquids or amorphous solids, classical spin chains with certain long-range interactions have been shown to … Continue Reading “Quantum phase transitions in long-range interacting hyperuniform spin chains in a transverse field” is published in Physical Review B
