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cond-mat.soft2023
Geometric frustration of hard-disk packings on cones
Jessica H. Sun, Abigail Plummer, Grace H. Zhang +2
Conical surfaces pose an interesting challenge to crystal growth: a crystal growing on a cone can wrap around and meet itself at different radii. We use a disk-packing algorithm to…
cond-mat.soft2023
Obstructed swelling and fracture of hydrogels
Abigail Plummer, Caroline Adkins, Jean-François Louf +2
Obstructions influence the growth and expansion of bodies in a wide range of settings -- but isolating and understanding their impact can be difficult in complex environments. Here…