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Coupling between particle shape and long-range interaction in the high-density regime
Can-can Zhou, Hongchuan Shen, Hua Tong +2
By using long-range interacting polygons, we experimentally probe the coupling between particle shape and long-range interaction. For two typical space-filling polygons, square and…
Self-assembling two-dimensional quasicrystals in simple systems of monodisperse soft-core disks
Mengjie Zu, Peng Tan, Ning Xu
In previous approaches to form quasicrystals, multiple competing length scales involved in particle size, shape or interaction potential are believed to be necessary. It is unexpec…
Probing the role of mobility in the collective motion of non-equilibrium systems
Hongchuan Shen, Peng Tan, Lei Xu
By systematically varying the mobility of self-propelled particles in a two-dimensional (2D) lattice, we experimentally study the influence of particle mobility on system's collect…
Kelvin Helmholtz instability in an ultrathin air film causes drop splashing on smooth surfaces
Yuan Liu, Peng Tan, Lei Xu
When a fast-moving drop impacts onto a smooth substrate, splashing will be produced at the edge of the expanding liquid sheet. This ubiquitous phenomenon lacks a fundamental unders…
From Crystals to Disordered Crystals: A Hidden Order-Disorder Transition
Hua Tong, Peng Tan, Ning Xu
We find an order-disorder transition from crystals to disordered crystals for static packings of frictionless spheres. While the geometric indicators are mostly blind to the transi…
Visualizing kinetic pathways of homogeneous nucleation in colloidal crystallization
Peng Tan, Ning Xu, Lei Xu
When a system undergoes a transition from a liquid to a solid phase, it passes through multiple intermediate structures before reaching the final state. However, our knowledge on t…