3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Robust Critical Connectivity Threshold in Ranked Percolation of Granular Packings
Vasco C. Braz, N. A. M. Araújo
The formation of sintering bridges in amorphous powders affects both flow behavior and perceived material quality. When sintering is driven by surface tension, bridges emerge seque…
cond-mat.soft2025
Ranked percolation model for the caking time of amorphous molecular powders
Vasco C. Braz, Nuno A. M. Araújo
When amorphous molecular powders are exposed to high humidity levels or temperatures, the particle viscosity increases due to plasticization, promoting the formation of sinter brid…
physics.bio-ph2019
Enhanced propagation of motile bacteria on surfaces due to forward scattering
Stanislaw Makarchuk, Vasco C. Braz, Nuno A. M. Araújo +2
How motile bacteria move near a surface is a problem of fundamental biophysical interest and is key to the emergence of several phenomena of biological, ecological and medical rele…