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Symmetry breaking in two dimensions on ultra-fast time scales
Alireza Valizadeh, Patrick Dillmann, Peter Keim
Melting of two-dimensional mono-crystals is described within the celebrated Kosterlitz-Thouless-Halperin-Nelson-Young scenario (KTHNY-Theory) by the dissociation of topological def…
Kibble-Zurek mechanism in colloidal monolayers
Sven Deutschländer, Patrick Dillmann, Georg Maret +1
The Kibble-Zurek mechanism describes the evolution of topological defect structures like domain walls, strings, and monopoles when a system is driven through a second order phase t…
Spontaneous symmetry breaking in 2D: Kibble-Zurek mechanism in temperature quenched colloidal monolayers
Patrick Dillmann, Georg Maret, Peter Keim
The Kibble-Zurek mechanism describes the formation of topological defects during spontaneous symmetry breaking for quite different systems. Shortly after the big bang, the isotropy…
Comparison of 2D melting criteria in a colloidal system
Patrick Dillmann, Georg Maret, Peter Keim
We use super-paramagnetic spherical particles which are arranged in a two-dimensional monolayer at a water/air interface to investigate the crystal to liquid phase transition. Acco…
The experimental realization of a two-dimensional colloidal model system
F. Ebert, P. Dillmann, G. Maret +1
We present the technical details of an experimental method to realize a model system for 2D phase transitions and the glass transition. The system consists of several hundred thous…