2 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Reentrant melting of scarred odd crystals by self-shear
Uttam Tiwari, Pragya Arora, A K Sood +3
Spatial confinement can induce geometrical frustration in condensed phases, giving rise to topological defects that confer materials with new and exotic properties. Here, we experi…
cond-mat.soft2025
Edge states, pairing, and sorting of motile chiral particles
Raushan Kant, Ananyo Maitra, A K Sood +1
We present experiments on chiral active polar particles, realized as vibrated granular rods, revealing the formation of robust ``skipping orbits'' at hard boundaries. These edge st…