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most citedEarly-Stage Bifurcation of Crystallization in a Sphere

26 citations · 62 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cond-mat.soft2025

Solid-Angle Nearest-Neighbor Method for Size-Disperse Systems of Spheres

Nydia Roxana Varela-Rosales, Michael Engel

Identifying nearest neighbors accurately is essential in particle-based simulations, from analyzing local structure to detecting phase transitions. While parameter-free methods suc…

cond-mat.soft2025

Configurational forces explain echelon cracks in soft materials

Angel Santarossa, Nydia Roxana Varela-Rosales, Paul Steinmann +1

Soft fracture in highly deformable solids involves both geometric and constitutive nonlinearities, necessitating advanced theoretical and computational frameworks for its accurate…

cond-mat.soft2025★ 24 cited

Intelligent Soft Matter: Towards Embodied Intelligence

Vladimir A. Baulin, Achille Giacometti, Dmitry Fedosov +24

Intelligent soft matter stands at the intersection of materials science, physics, and cognitive science, promising to change how we design and interact with materials. This transfo…

physics.comp-ph2024

Computational Self-Assembly of a Six-Fold Chiral Quasicrystal

Nydia Roxana Varela-Rosales, Michael Engel

Quasicrystals are unique materials characterized by long-range order without periodicity. They are observed in systems such as metallic alloys, soft matter, and particle simulation…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 2 cited

Tuning the Stability of a Model Quasicrystal and its Approximants with a Periodic Substrate

Nydia Roxana Varela-Rosales, Michael Engel

Quasicrystals and their periodic approximants are complex phases, which have by now been observed in many metallic alloys, soft matter systems, and particle simulations. In recent…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 26 cited

Early-Stage Bifurcation of Crystallization in a Sphere

Chrameh Fru Mbah, Junwei Wang, Silvan Englisch +5

Bifurcations in kinetic pathways decide the evolution of a system. An example is crystallization, in which the thermodynamically stable polymorph may not form due to kinetic hindra…