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20042025
most citedFrank's constant in the hexatic phase

127 citations · 1.1k across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

cond-mat.soft2025

Tracking shear mode dynamics across the glass transition in a 2D colloidal system

Jimin Bai, Peter Keim, Matteo Baggioli

Long-wavelength collective shear dynamics are profoundly different in solids and liquids. According to the theoretical framework developed by Maxwell and Frenkel, collective shear…

physics.app-ph2024★ 17 cited

Stealthy and hyperuniform isotropic photonic bandgap structure in 3D

Lukas Siedentop, Gianluc Lui, Georg Maret +5

In photonic crystals the propagation of light is governed by their photonic band structure, an ensemble of propagating states grouped into bands, separated by photonic band gaps. D…

cond-mat.soft2016★ 40 cited

Strain pattern in supercooled liquids

Bernd Illing, Sebastian Fritschi, David Hajnal +3

Investigations of strain correlations at the glass transition reveal unexpected phenomena. The shear strain fluctuations show an Eshelby-strain pattern (),…

cond-mat.soft2015★ 103 cited

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…

cond-mat.soft2015★ 30 cited

Discontinuous shear modulus determines the glass transition temperature

Christian L. Klix, Georg Maret, Peter Keim

A solid - amorphous or crystalline - is defined by a finite shear modulus while a fluid lacks such. We thus experimentally investigate the elastic properties of a colloidal glass f…

cond-mat.soft2015★ 4 cited

Entropy and Kinetics of Point-Defects in Two-Dimensional Dipolar Crystals

Wolfgang Lechner, David Polster, Georg Maret +2

We study in experiment and with computer simulation the free energy and the kinetics of vacancy and interstitial defects in two-dimensional dipolar crystals. The defects appear in…

cond-mat.soft2013★ 55 cited

Specific heat in two-dimensional melting

Sven Deutschländer, Antonio M. Puertas, Georg Maret +1

We report the specific heat around the melting transition(s) of micrometer-sized superparamagnetic particles confined in two dimensions, calculated from fluctuations of posit…

cond-mat.soft2013★ 121 cited

Two-dimensional melting under quenched disorder

Sven Deutschländer, Tobias Kruppa, Hartmut Löwen +2

We study the influence of quenched disorder on the two-dimensional melting behavior by using both video-microscopy of superparamagnetic colloidal particles and computer simulations…

cond-mat.soft2013

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…

cond-mat.soft2012★ 42 cited

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…

cond-mat.soft2011★ 60 cited

Glass elasticity from particle trajectories

Christian L. Klix, Florian Ebert, Fabian Weysser +3

Using positional data from video-microscopy of a two-dimensional colloidal system and from simulations of hard discs we determine the wave-vector-dependent normal mode spring const…

cond-mat.soft2009★ 40 cited

Crystal nuclei and structural correlations in two-dimensional colloidal mixtures: experiment versus simulation

L Assoud, F Ebert, P Keim +3

We examine binary mixtures of superparamagnetic colloidal particles confined to a two-dimensional water-air interface both by real-space experiments and Monte-Carlo computer simula…

cond-mat.soft2009★ 100 cited

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…

cond-mat.soft2009★ 62 cited

Dynamics of particles and cages in an experimental 2D glass former

S. Mazoyer, F. Ebert, G. Maret +1

We investigate the dynamics of a glass forming 2D colloidal mixture and show the existence of collective motions of the particles. We introduce a mean square displacement MSD with…

cond-mat.soft2009★ 33 cited

Partial clustering prevents global crystallization in a binary 2D colloidal glass former

F. Ebert, G. Maret, P. Keim

A mixture of two types of super-paramagnetic colloidal particles with long range dipolar interaction is confined by gravity to a flat interface of a hanging water droplet. The part…

cond-mat.soft2008★ 77 cited

Ultra-fast quenching of binary colloidal suspensions in an external magnetic field

Lahcen Assoud, Florian Ebert, Peter Keim +3

An ultra-fast quench is applied to binary mixtures of superparamagnetic colloidal particles confined at a two-dimensional water-air interface by a sudden increase of an external ma…

cond-mat.soft2006★ 127 cited

Frank's constant in the hexatic phase

P. Keim, G. Maret, H. H. von Gruenberg

Using video-microscopy data of a two-dimensional colloidal system the bond-order correlation function G6 is calculated and used to determine the temperature-dependence of both the…

cond-mat.soft2004★ 108 cited

Elastic Behavior of a Two-dimensional Crystal near Melting

H. H. von Grünberg, P. Keim, K. Zahn +1

Using positional data from video-microscopy we determine the elastic moduli of two-dimensional colloidal crystals as a function of temperature. The moduli are extracted from the wa…

cond-mat.soft2004★ 112 cited

Harmonic lattice behavior of two-dimensional colloidal crystals

P. Keim, G. Maret, U. Herz +1

Using positional data from video-microscopy and applying the equipartition theorem for harmonic Hamiltonians, we determine the wave-vector-dependent normal mode spring constants of…