4 papers
Friction-controlled reentrant aging and fluidization in granular materials
Ye Yuan, Walter Kob, Hajime Tanaka
Granular materials densify under repeated mechanical perturbations, a nonequilibrium dynamics that underlies many natural and industrial processes. Because granular relaxation is g…
Disentangling hierarchical relaxations in glass formers via dynamic eigenmodes
Wensi Sun, Yanshuang Chen, Wencheng Ji +6
Hierarchical dynamics in glass-forming systems span multiple timescales, from fast vibrations to slow structural rearrangements, appearing in both supercooled fluids and glassy sta…
Unraveling the impact of competing interactions on non-equilibrium colloidal gelation
Joeri Opdam, Michio Tateno, Hajime Tanaka
Competing interactions stabilize exotic mesoscopic structures, yet the microscopic mechanisms by which they influence non-equilibrium processes leading to disordered states remain…
Network-forming phase separation of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes forming coacervates in a solvent
Jiaxing Yuan, Hajime Tanaka
The formation of coacervates through phase separation of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes (PEs) is critical for understanding biological condensates and developing responsive ma…