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Absolute Measurement Of Laminar Shear Rate Using Photon Correlation
Spectroscopy: An absolute measurement of the components of the shear rate tensor
$\mathcal{S}$ in a fluid can be found by measuring the photon correlation
function of light scattered from particles in the fluid. Previous methods of
measuring $\mathca... | cond-mat_soft |
The interplay between phase-separation and gene-enhancer communication:
a theoretical study: The phase-separation occurring in a system of mutually interacting proteins
that can bind on specific sites of a chromatin fiber is here investigated. This
is achieved by means of extensive Molecular Dynamics simulations of a... | cond-mat_soft |
Nonequilibrium thermodynamics versus model grain growth: derivation and
some physical implications: Nonequilibrium thermodynamics formalism is proposed to derive the flux of
grainy (bubbles-containing) matter, emerging in a nucleation growth process.
Some power and non-power limits, due to the applied potential as we... | cond-mat_soft |
On the relevance of numerical simulations to booming sand: We have performed a simulation study of 3D cohesionless granular flows down
an inclined chute. We find that the oscillations observed in [L.E. Silbert,
Phys. Rev. Lett., 94, 098002 (2005)] near the angle of repose are harmonic
vibrations of the lowest normal mo... | cond-mat_soft |
Dynamic heterogeneity in polydisperse systems: A comparative study of
the role of local structural order parameter and particle size: In polydisperse systems, describing the structure and any structural order
parameter (SOP) is not trivial as it varies with the number of species we use
to describe the system, M . Dep... | cond-mat_soft |
Biocompatible carbon nitride-based light-driven microswimmer propulsion
in biological and ionic media with responsive on-demand drug delivery: We propose two-dimensional organic poly(heptazine imide) (PHI) carbon nitride
microparticles as light-driven microswimmers in various ionic and biological
media. Their demonst... | cond-mat_soft |
Liquid-liquid phase separation of a surfactant-solubilized membrane
protein: The phase behavior of membrane proteins stems from a complex synergy with the
amphiphilic molecules required for their solubilization. We show that
ionization of a pH-sensitive surfactant, LDAO, bound to a bacterial
photosynthetic protein, t... | cond-mat_soft |
Programmable phase behavior in fluids with designable interactions: We introduce a method for solving the "inverse" phase equilibria problem: How
should the interactions among a collection of molecular species be designed in
order to achieve a target phase diagram? Using techniques from convex
optimization theory, we s... | cond-mat_soft |
Early stage of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate test: Fracture of a
high-volume-fraction gel: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) is a clinical parameter used as a
non-specific marker for inflammation, and recent studies have shown that it is
linked to the collapse of the gel formed by red blood cells (RBCs) at
physio... | cond-mat_soft |
Stability analysis of twist grain boundaries in lamellar phases of block
copolymers: Twist grain boundaries are widely observed in lamellar phases of block
copolymers. A mesoscopic model of the copolymer is used to obtain stationary
configurations that include a twist grain boundary, and to analyze their
stability ag... | cond-mat_soft |
Active Nematic Ratchet in Asymmetric Obstacle Arrays: We numerically investigate the effect of a periodic array of asymmetric
obstacles in a two-dimensional active nematic. We find that activity in
conjunction with the asymmetry leads to a ratchet effect or unidirectional flow
of the fluid along the asymmetry direction... | cond-mat_soft |
Activation of a muscle as a mapping of stress-strain curves: The mathematical modeling of the contraction of a muscle is a crucial problem
in biomechanics. Several different models of muscle activation exist in
literature. A possible approach to contractility is the so-called active
strain: it is based on a multiplicat... | cond-mat_soft |
Can a Carbon Nanotube Pierce through a Phospholipid Bilayer?: Great efficiency to penetrate into living cells is attributed to carbon
nanotubes due to a number of direct and indirect observations of carbon
nanotubes inside the cells. However, a direct evidence of physical
translocation of nanotubes through phospholipid... | cond-mat_soft |
Anomalous fluctuations of active polar filaments: Using a simple model, we study the fluctuating dynamics of inextensible,
semiflexible polar filaments interacting with active and directed force
generating centres such as molecular motors. Taking into account the fact that
the activity occurs on time-scales comparable ... | cond-mat_soft |
Topology of Complex Bridges inside Vibrated Dry Granular Media: After some communications (EMAIL EXCHANGE) with the co-authors, this article
has been withdrawn (for appropriate reason, please refer to the comments
section). | cond-mat_soft |
Large heat-capacity jump in cooling-heating of fragile glass from
kinetic Monte Carlo simulations based on a two-state picture: The specific heat capacity $c_v$ of glass formers undergoes a hysteresis when
subjected to a cooling-heating cycle, with a larger $c_v$ and a more pronounced
hysteresis for fragile glasses t... | cond-mat_soft |
Topology counts: force distributions in circular spring networks: Filamentous polymer networks govern the mechanical properties of many
biological materials. Force distributions within these networks are typically
highly inhomogeneous and, although the importance of force distributions for
structural properties is well... | cond-mat_soft |
Dissipative particle dynamics for coarse-grained models: We develop a computational method based on Dissipative Particle Dynamics
(DPD) that introduces solvent hydrodynamic interactions to coarse-grained
models of solutes, such as ions, molecules, or polymers. DPD-solvent (DPDS) is
a fully off-lattice method that allow... | cond-mat_soft |
Critical bending and magnetic shape memory effect in magnetoactive
elastomers: The results of a study of magnetoactive elastomers (MAEs) consisting of an
elastomer matrix with embedded ferromagnetic particles are presented. A
continuous critical bending induced by the magnetic field, characterized by a
critical expon... | cond-mat_soft |
Passive viscous flow selection via fluid-induced buckling: We study the buckling of a clamped beam immersed in a creeping flow within a
rectangular channel. Via a combination of precision experiments, simulations,
and theoretical modeling, we show how the instability depends on a pressure
feedback mechanism and rationa... | cond-mat_soft |
Intermittency, aging and record fluctuations: Aging in spin glasses is analyzed via the Probability Density Function (PDF)
of the heat transfer between system and bath over a small time $\delta t$. The
PDF contains a Gaussian part, describing reversible fluctuations, and an
exponential tail caused by intermittent event... | cond-mat_soft |
Modelling chemotaxis of microswimmers: from individual to collective
behavior: We discuss recent progress in the theoretical description of chemotaxis by
coupling the diffusion equation of a chemical species to equations describing
the motion of sensing microorganisms. In particular, we discuss models for
autochemota... | cond-mat_soft |
Nonlinear Viscoelastic Modeling of Adhesive Failure for Polyacrylate
Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives: We investigate experimentally the adherence energy $\Gamma$ of model
polyacrylate Pressure Sensitive Adhesives (PSAs) with combined large strain
rheological measurements in uniaxial extension and an instrumented peel te... | cond-mat_soft |
Mathematical Modeling of Electrolyte Flow Dynamic Patterns and
Volumetric Flow Penetrations in the Flow Channel over Porous Electrode
Layered System in Vanadium Flow Battery with Serpentine Flow Field Design: In this work, a two-dimensional mathematical model is developed to study the
flow patterns and volumetric f... | cond-mat_soft |
Size distribution and waiting times for the avalanches of the Cell
Network Model of Fracture: The Cell Network Model is a fracture model recently introduced that resembles
the microscopical structure and drying process of the parenchymatous tissue of
the Bamboo Guadua angustifolia. The model exhibits a power-law dist... | cond-mat_soft |
Colloidal trains: Single and double paramagnetic colloidal particles are placed above a
magnetic square pattern and are driven with an external magnetic field
precessing around a high symmetry direction of the pattern. The external
magnetic field and that of the pattern confine the colloids into lanes parallel
to a lat... | cond-mat_soft |
Random copolymer adsorption: Morita approximation compared to exact
numerical simulations: We study the adsorption of ideal random lattice copolymers with correlations
in the sequences on homogeneous substrates with two different methods: An
analytical solution of the problem based on the constrained annealed
approxi... | cond-mat_soft |
On the stability of 2 \sqrt{2} x 2 \sqrt{2} oxygen ordered
superstructures in YBa2Cu3O6+x: We have compared the ground-state energy of several observed or proposed " 2
\sqrt{2} x 2 \sqrt{2} oxygen (O) ordered superstructures " (from now on HS),
with those of "chain superstructures" (CS) (in which the O atoms of the b... | cond-mat_soft |
Time-Rate-Transformation framework for targeted assembly of short-range
attractive colloidal suspensions: The aggregation of attractive colloids has been extensively studied from both
theoretical and experimental perspectives as the fraction of solid particles is
changed, and the range, type and strength of attractiv... | cond-mat_soft |
Effect of topology on the collapse transition and the instantaneous
shape of a model heteropolymer: The effect of topology on the collapse transition and instantaneous shape of
an energy polydisperse polymer (a model heteropolymer) is studied by means of
computer simulations. In particular, we consider three differen... | cond-mat_soft |
Structure and dynamics of colloidal depletion gels: coincidence of
transitions and heterogeneity: Transitions in structural heterogeneity of colloidal depletion gels formed
through short-range attractive interactions are correlated with their dynamical
arrest. The system is a density and refractive index matched susp... | cond-mat_soft |
Effect of bond length fluctuations on crystal nucleation of hard bead
chains: We study the spontaneous nucleation and crystallization of linear and cyclic
chains of flexibly connected hard spheres using extensive molecular dynamics
simulations. To this end, we present a novel event-driven molecular dynamics
simulatio... | cond-mat_soft |
Liquid Crystal Distortions Revealed by an Octupolar Tensor: The classical theory of liquid crystal elasticity as formulated by Oseen and
Frank describes the (orientable) optic axis of these soft materials by a
director $\mathbf{n}$. The ground state is attained when $\mathbf{n}$ is
uniform in space; all other states, w... | cond-mat_soft |
Swelling, Structure, and Phase Stability of Compressible Microgels: Microgels are soft colloidal particles that, when dispersed in a solvent,
swell and deswell in response to changes in environmental conditions, such as
temperature, concentration, and $p$H. Using Monte Carlo simulation, we model
bulk suspensions of mic... | cond-mat_soft |
Effect of stretching-induced changes in hydrodynamic screening on
coil-stretch hysteresis of unentangled polymer solutions: Extensional rheometry and Brownian Dynamics simulations of flexible polymer
solutions confirm predictions based on blob concepts that coil--stretch
hysteresis in extensional flows increases with... | cond-mat_soft |
Critical behavior of a water monolayer under hydrophobic confinement: The properties of water can have a strong dependence on the confinement.
Here, we consider a water monolayer nanoconfined between hydrophobic parallel
walls under conditions that prevent its crystallization. We investigate, by
simulations of a many-b... | cond-mat_soft |
Electric field unbinding of solid-supported lipid multilayers: We studied by X-ray reflectivity the behaviour of fully hydrated
solid-supported lipid multilayers under the influence of a transverse electric
field, under conditions routinely used in the electroformation process. The
kinetics of sample loss (unbinding) w... | cond-mat_soft |
From ageing to immortality: cluster growth in stirred colloidal
solutions: This model describes cluster aggregation in a stirred colloidal solution
Interacting clusters compete for growth in this 'winner-takes-all' model; for
finite assemblies, the largest cluster always wins, i.e. there is a uniform
sediment. In mea... | cond-mat_soft |
Hydrodynamic Coupling of Two Brownian Spheres to a Planar Surface: We describe direct imaging measurements of the collective and relative
diffusion of two colloidal spheres near a flat plate. The bounding surface
modifies the spheres' dynamics, even at separations of tens of radii. This
behavior is captured by a stokes... | cond-mat_soft |
Nucleation-induced transition to collective motion in active systems: While the existence of polar ordered states in active systems is well
established, the dynamics of the self-assembly processes are still elusive. We
study a lattice gas model of self-propelled elongated particles interacting
through excluded volume a... | cond-mat_soft |
Non-Gaussian Dynamics in Smectic Liquid Crystals of Parallel Hard Rods: Using computer simulations, we studied the diffusion and structural
relaxation in equilibrium smectic liquid crystal bulk phases of parallel hard
spherocylinders. These systems exhibit a non-Gaussian layer-to-layer diffusion
due to the presence of ... | cond-mat_soft |
Velocity Distribution and the Effect of Wall Roughness in Granular
Poiseuille Flow: From event-driven simulations of a gravity-driven channel flow of inelastic
hard-disks, we show that the velocity distribution function remains close to a
Gaussian for a wide range densities (even when the Knudsen number is of order
o... | cond-mat_soft |
Dynamic path dependence of phase behaviors in dense active system: There are rich emergent phase behaviors in non-equilibrium active systems.
Flocking and clustering are two representative dynamic phases. The relationship
between these two phases is still unclear. In the paper, we numerically
investigate the evolution ... | cond-mat_soft |
Shear-induced ordering of nano-pores and instabilities in concentrated
surfactant mesh phases: Mixed surfactant systems with strongly bound counterions show many
interesting phases such as the random mesh phase consisting of a disordered
array of defects (water-filled nano-pores in the bilayers). The present study
ad... | cond-mat_soft |
How reciprocity impacts ordering and phase separation in active
nematics?: Active nematics undergo spontaneous symmetry breaking and show phase
separation instability. Within the prevailing notion that macroscopic
properties depend only on symmetries and conservation laws, different
microscopic models are used out of... | cond-mat_soft |
Controlling the self-assembly of binary copolymer mixtures in solution
through molecular architecture: We present a combined experimental and theoretical study on the role of
copolymer architecture in the self-assembly of binary PEO-PCL mixtures in
water-THF, and show that altering the chain geometry and composition ... | cond-mat_soft |
Hexatic phase and water-like anomalies in a two-dimensional fluid of
particles with a weakly softened core: We study a two-dimensional fluid of particles interacting through a
spherically-symmetric and marginally soft two-body repulsion. This model can
exist in three different crystal phases, one of them with square ... | cond-mat_soft |
Phase Dependent Forcing and Synchronization in the three-sphere model of
Chlamydomonas: The green alga {\it Chlamydomonas} swims with synchronized beating of its two
flagella, and is experimentally observed to exhibit run-and-tumble behaviour
similar to bacteria. Recently we studied a simple hydrodynamic three-sphere... | cond-mat_soft |
Non-Equilibrium Effects of Molecular Motors on Polymers: We present a generic coarse-grained model to describe molecular motors acting
on polymer substrates, mimicking, for example, RNA polymerase on DNA or kinesin
on microtubules. The polymer is modeled as a connected chain of beads; motors
are represented as freely d... | cond-mat_soft |
How granular materials deform in quasistatic conditions: Based on numerical simulations of quasistatic deformation of model granular
materials, two rheological regimes are distinguished, according to whether
macroscopic strains merely reflect microscopic material strains within the
grains in their contact regions (type... | cond-mat_soft |
Confocal microscopy of colloidal particles: towards reliable, optimum
coordinates: Over the last decade, the light microscope has become increasingly useful as
a quantitative tool for studying colloidal systems. The ability to obtain
particle coordinates in bulk samples from micrographs is particularly
appealing. In ... | cond-mat_soft |
Microstructures and Dynamics of Tetraalkylphosphonium Chloride Ionic
Liquids: Atomistic simulations have been performed to investigate the effect of
aliphatic chain length in tetraalkylphosphonium cations on liquid morphologies,
microscopic ionic structures and dynamical properties of tetraalkylphosphonium
chloride i... | cond-mat_soft |
New Field Model of Polymer/Nanoparticle Mixture-Realizing Discreteness
in the Continuous Description: Field-theoretical method is efficient in predicting the assembling structures
of polymeric systems. However, for the polymer/nanoparticle mixture, the
continuous density description is not suitable to capture the rea... | cond-mat_soft |
Mediated interactions between rigid inclusions in two-dimensional
elastic or fluid films: Interactions between rigid inclusions in continuous three-dimensional
linearly elastic solids and low-Reynolds-number viscous fluids have largely
been quantified during the past. Prime example systems are given by
functionalized... | cond-mat_soft |
Repulsive and attractive depletion forces mediated by nonadsorbing
polyelectrolytes in the Donnan limit: In mixtures of colloids and nonadsorbing polyelectrolytes, a Donnan potential
arises across the region between surfaces that are depleted of polyelectrolyte
and the rest of the system. This Donnan potential tends ... | cond-mat_soft |
Frustrated colloidal ordering and fully packed loops in arrays of
optical traps: We propose that a system of colloidal particles interacting with a honeycomb
array of optical traps that each contain three wells can be used to realize a
fully packed loop model. One of the phases in this system can be mapped to
Baxter'... | cond-mat_soft |
Construction and calibration of a goniometer to measure contact angles
and calculate the surface free energy in solids with uncertainty analysis: Here, we present the construction and calibration of a low-cost goniometer to
measure contact angles by the sessile drop method. Besides, we propose a simple
and fast metho... | cond-mat_soft |
Micro/Nano Motor Navigation and Localization via Deep Reinforcement
Learning: Efficient navigation and precise localization of Brownian micro/nano
self-propelled motor particles within complex landscapes could enable future
high-tech applications involving for example drug delivery, precision surgery,
oil recovery, a... | cond-mat_soft |
Bubble Relaxation Dynamics in Double-Stranded DNA: The paper deals with the two-state (opening-closing of base pairs) model used
to describe the fluctuation dynamics of a single bubble formation. We present
an exact solution for the discrete and finite size version of the model that
includes end effects and derive anal... | cond-mat_soft |
Force Dipole Interactions in Tubular Fluid Membranes: We construct viscous fluid flow sourced by a force dipole embedded in a
cylindrical fluid membrane, coupled to external embedding fluids. We find
analytic expressions for the flow, in the limit of infinitely long and thin
tubular membranes. We utilize this solution ... | cond-mat_soft |
The FCC-BCC-Fluid triple point for model pair interactions with variable
softness: It is demonstrated that the coordinates of the fcc-bcc-fluid triple point of
various model systems are located in a relatively narrow region, when expressed
in terms of the two proper variables, characterizing the softness and strength... | cond-mat_soft |
Active particle dynamics beyond the jamming density: Many biological systems form colonies at high density. Passive granular
systems will be jammed at such densities, yet for the survival of biological
systems it is crucial that they are dynamic. We construct a phase diagram for a
system of active particles interacting... | cond-mat_soft |
Topology of protocells: do nanoholes catalyse fission ?: We propose a mechanism with a low activation energy for lipid translocation,
based on a change of topology of the membrane of a protocell. The inner and
outer layers are connected and form toroidal nanoholes stabilised by repulsive
electrostatic forces for small ... | cond-mat_soft |
Sequence Dependence of Electronic Transport in DNA: We study electronic transport in long DNA chains using the tight-binding
approach for a ladder-like model of DNA. We find insulating behavior with
localizaton lengths xi ~ 25 in units of average base-pair seperation.
Furthermore, we observe small, but significant diff... | cond-mat_soft |
Counter-ions at single charged wall: Sum rules: For inhomogeneous classical Coulomb fluids in thermal equilibrium, like the
jellium or the two-component Coulomb gas, there exists a variety of exact sum
rules which relate the particle one-body and two-body densities. The necessary
condition for these sum rules is that t... | cond-mat_soft |
Topological Linking Drives Anomalous Thickening of Ring Polymers In Weak
Extensional Flows: Molecular dynamics simulations confirm recent extensional flow experiments
showing ring polymer melts exhibit strong extension-rate thickening of the
viscosity at Weissenberg numbers $Wi<<1$. Thickening coincides with the extr... | cond-mat_soft |
Lattice models of directed and semiflexible polymers in anisotropic
environment: We study the conformational properties of polymers in presence of extended
columnar defects of parallel orientation. Two classes of macromolecules are
considered: the so-called partially directed polymers with preferred
orientation along... | cond-mat_soft |
Correlation between ordering and shear thinning in confined liquids: Despite the extensive research that has been conducted for decades on the
behavior of confined liquids, detailed knowledge of this phenomenon,
particularly in the mixed/boundary lubrication regime, remains limited. This
can be attributed to several fa... | cond-mat_soft |
Predicting Pair Correlation Functions of Glasses using Machine Learning: Glasses offer a broad range of tunable thermophysical properties that are
linked to their compositions. However, it is challenging to establish a
universal composition-property relation of glasses due to their enormous
composition and chemical spa... | cond-mat_soft |
Force balance of particles trapped at fluid interfaces: We study the effective forces acting between colloidal particles trapped at a
fluid interface which itself is exposed to a pressure field. To this end we
apply what we call the ``force approach'', which relies solely on the condition
of mechanical equilibrium and ... | cond-mat_soft |
Weak Viscoelastic Nematodynamics of Maxwell Type: A constitutive theory for weak viscoelastic nematodynamics of Maxwell type is
developed using the standard local approach of non-equilibrium thermodynamics.
Along with particular viscoelastic and nematic kinematics, the theory uses the
weakly elastic potential proposed ... | cond-mat_soft |
Open and anisotropic soft regions in a model polymer glass: The vibrational dynamics of a model polymer glass is studied by Molecular
Dynamics simulations. The focus is on the "soft" monomers with high
participation to the lower-frequency vibrational modes contributing to the
thermodynamic anomalies of glasses. To bett... | cond-mat_soft |
Macroscopic forces in inhomogeneous polyelectrolyte solutions: In this paper, we present a self-consistent field theory of macroscopic
forces in spatially inhomogeneous flexible chain polyelectrolyte solutions. We
derive an analytical expression for a stress tensor which consists of three
terms: isotropic hydrostatic s... | cond-mat_soft |
Self-propelled Worm-like Filaments: Spontaneous Spiral Formation,
Structure, and Dynamics: Worm-like filaments that are propelled homogeneously along their tangent
vector are studied by Brownian dynamics simulations. Systems in two dimensions
are investigated, corresponding to filaments adsorbed to interfaces or
surf... | cond-mat_soft |
A microscopic model for chemically-powered Janus motors: Very small synthetic motors that make use of chemical reactions to propel
themselves in solution hold promise for new applications in the development of
new materials, science and medicine. The prospect of such potential
applications, along with the fact that sys... | cond-mat_soft |
Intercellular Friction and Motility Drive Orientational Order in Cell
Monolayers: Spatiotemporal patterns in multicellular systems are important to
understanding tissue dynamics, for instance, during embryonic development and
disease. Here, we use a multiphase field model to study numerically the
behavior of a near-c... | cond-mat_soft |
Healing of polymer interfaces: Interfacial dynamics, entanglements, and
strength: Self-healing of polymer films often takes place as the molecules diffuse
across a damaged region, above their melting temperature. Using molecular
dynamics simulations we probe the healing of polymer films and compare the
results with t... | cond-mat_soft |
First-order layering and critical wetting transitions in non-additive
hard sphere mixtures: Using fundamental-measure density functional theory we investigate entropic
wetting in an asymmetric binary mixture of hard spheres with positive
non-additivity. We consider a general planar hard wall, where preferential
adsor... | cond-mat_soft |
Partial osmotic pressures of ions in electrolyte solutions: The concept of the partial osmotic pressure of ions in an electrolyte
solution is critically examined. In principle these can be defined by
introducing a solvent-permeable wall and measuring the force per unit area
which can certainly be attributed to individu... | cond-mat_soft |
Soft self-assembled nanoparticles with temperature-dependent properties: The fabrication of versatile building blocks that are reliably self-assemble
into desired ordered and disordered phases is amongst the hottest topics in
contemporary material science. To this end, microscopic units of varying
complexity, aimed at ... | cond-mat_soft |
Different scenarios of dynamic coupling in glassy colloidal mixtures: Colloidal mixtures represent a versatile model system to study transport in
complex environments. They allow for a systematic variation of the control
parameters, namely size ratio, total volume fraction and composition. We study
the effects of these... | cond-mat_soft |
Elasticity in strongly interacting soft solids: polyelectrolyte network: This paper discusses the elastic behavior of a very long crosslinked
polyelectrolyte chain (Debye-H\"uckel chain), which is weakly charged.
Therefore the response of the crosslinked chain (network) on an external
constant force $f$ acting on the e... | cond-mat_soft |
Effective dynamics of twisted and curved scroll waves using virtual
filaments: Scroll waves are three-dimensional excitation patterns that rotate around a
central filament curve; they occur in many physical, biological and chemical
systems. We explicitly derive the equations of motion for scroll wave filaments
in rea... | cond-mat_soft |
Elastic monopoles and external torques in nematic liquid crystal
colloids: Up to now it is commonly believed that a colloidal particle suspended in a
nematic liquid crystal never produces elastic monopoles because this violates
the mechanical equilibrium condition. And the only way to obtain deformations
of director ... | cond-mat_soft |
Force density functional theory in- and out-of-equilibrium: When a fluid is subject to an external field, as is the case near an
interface or under spatial confinement, then the density becomes spatially
inhomogeneous. Although the one-body density provides much useful information,
a higher level of resolution is provi... | cond-mat_soft |
Electrohydrodynamic Quincke rotation of a prolate ellipsoid: We experimentally study the occurrence of spontaneous spinning (Quincke
rotation) of an ellipsoid in a uniform DC electric field. For an ellipsoid
suspended in an unbounded fluid, we find two stable states characterized by the
orientation of the ellipsoid lon... | cond-mat_soft |
Crystallography on Curved Surfaces: We study static and dynamical properties that distinguish two dimensional
crystals constrained to lie on a curved substrate from their flat space
counterparts. A generic mechanism of dislocation unbinding in the presence of
varying Gaussian curvature is presented in the context of a ... | cond-mat_soft |
History-dependent growth and reduction of the ripples formed on a swept
granular track: When a solid object or wheel is repeatedly dragged on a dry sandy surface,
ripple patterns are formed. Although the conditions to form ripple patterns
have been studied well, methods to eliminate the developed ripple patterns have... | cond-mat_soft |
Blinking statistics of a molecular beacon triggered by end-denaturation
of DNA: We use a master equation approach based on the Poland-Scheraga free energy
for DNA denaturation to investigate the (un)zipping dynamics of a denaturation
wedge in a stretch of DNA, that is clamped at one end. In particular, we
quantify th... | cond-mat_soft |
Granular Response to Impact: Topology of the Force Networks: Impact of an intruder on granular matter leads to formation of mesoscopic
force networks seen particularly clearly in the recent experiments carried out
with photoelastic particles, e.g., Clark et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 114 144502
(2015). These force networks... | cond-mat_soft |
Smectic ordering in liquid crystal - aerosil dispersions II. Scaling
analysis: Liquid crystals offer many unique opportunities to study various phase
transitions with continuous symmetry in the presence of quenched random
disorder (QRD). The QRD arises from the presence of porous solids in the form
of a random gel ne... | cond-mat_soft |
Toroidal Crystals: Crystalline assemblages of identical sub-units packed together and
elastically bent in the form of a torus have been found in the past ten years
in a variety of systems of surprisingly different nature, such as viral
capsids, self-assembled monolayers and carbon nanomaterials. In this Letter we
analy... | cond-mat_soft |
Defects and Metric Anomalies in Föppl-von Kármán Surfaces: A general framework is developed to study the deformation and stress response
in F{\"o}ppl-von K{\'a}rm{\'a}n shallow shells for a given distribution of
defects, such as dislocations, disclinations, and interstitials, and metric
anomalies, such as thermal and g... | cond-mat_soft |
Nonlinear screening and gas-liquid separation in suspensions of charged
colloids: We calculate phase diagrams of charged colloidal spheres (valency $Z$ and
radius $a$) in a 1:1 electrolyte from multi-centered nonlinear
Poisson-Boltzmann theory. Our theory takes into account charge-renormalization
of the colloidal int... | cond-mat_soft |
Maier-Saupe nematogenic fluid with isotropic Yukawa repulsion at a hard
wall: Mean field approximation: The mean field approximation is formulated within the framework of the
density field theory to study the properties of a Maier-Saupe nematogenic fluid
near a hard wall. The density and the order parameter profiles ... | cond-mat_soft |
Nonlinear optical properties of a channel waveguide produced with
crosslinkable ferroelectric liquid crystals: A binary mixture of ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs) was used for the
design of a channel waveguide. The FLCs possess two important functionalities:
a chromophore with a high hyperpolarizability $\beta$ ... | cond-mat_soft |
RheoSpeckle: a new tool to investigate local flow and microscopic
dynamics of soft matter under shear: To investigate the interplay between microscopic dynamics and macroscopic
rheology in soft matter, we couple a stress-controlled-rheometer equipped with
a Couette cell to a light scattering setup in the imaging geom... | cond-mat_soft |
Narrow escape in composite domains forming heterogeneous networks: Cellular networks are often composed of thin tubules connecting much larger
node compartments. These structures serve for active or diffusion transport of
proteins. Examples are glial networks in the brain, the endoplasmic reticulum
in cells or dendriti... | cond-mat_soft |
Elastic disk with isoperimetric Cosserat coating: A circular elastic disk is coated with an elastic beam, absorbing shear and
normal forces without deformation and linearly reacting to a bending moment
with a change in curvature. The inexstensibility of the elastic beam introduces
an isoperimetric constraint, so that t... | cond-mat_soft |
Influence of Micro-mixing on the Size of Liposomes Self-Assembled from
Miscible Liquid Phases: Ethanol injection and variations of it are a class of methods where two
miscible phases---one of which contains dissolved lipids---are mixed together
leading to the self-assembly of lipid molecules to form liposomes. This m... | cond-mat_soft |
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