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Book Dynamics and Structure Close to the Glass and Jamming Transitions

Download or read book Dynamics and Structure Close to the Glass and Jamming Transitions written by Raphaël Candelier and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Au-delà des liquides moléculaires, une grande classe de systèmes amorphes présente les caractéristiques d'un transition vitreuse lorsque leur densité augmente: ralentissement de la dynamique et passage hors équilibre. Par ailleurs, un autre phénomène proche lui a souvent été associé : la transition de blocage (Jamming), qui intervient par exemple dans une assemblée amorphe et confinée de grains que l'on fait gonfler. A une valeur critique de la densité, la pression à l'intérieur de la boîte diverge et le matériau devient rigide.L'objectif de cette thèse est double : mieux comprendre la dynamique des particules au voisinage de la transition vitreuse d'une part, et au voisinage de la transition de blocage d'autre part.Dans une première partie, nous montrons que la transition de blocage dans un matériau granulaire dense vibré horizontalement a un comportement critique. Nous utilisons pour cela un protocole original dans lequel un intrus est tiré à force constante parmi des grains excités mécaniquement. Ce travail ouvre la voie vers des expériences de rhéologie en milieu granulaire dense.Dans une seconde partie, nous étudions comment se forment les hétérogénéités dynamiques. Pour cela, nous disposons des données de deux dispositifs expérimentaux de grains et d'une simulation d'un liquide de Lennard-Jones bidisperse répulsif, couvrant une large plage de systèmes vitreux. Malgré les apparentes différences, nous montrons que la dynamique des particules est pilotée par les mêmes mécanismes sous-jacents et mettons en évidence différentes échelles de temps ainsi qu'un mécanisme de facilitation dynamique.

Book Jamming and Glass Transitions

Download or read book Jamming and Glass Transitions written by Ada Altieri and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work described in this book originates from a major effort to develop a fundamental theory of the glass and the jamming transitions. The first chapters guide the reader through the phenomenology of supercooled liquids and structural glasses and provide the tools to analyze the most frequently used models able to predict the complex behavior of such systems. A fundamental outcome is a detailed theoretical derivation of an effective thermodynamic potential, along with the study of anomalous vibrational properties of sphere systems. The interested reader can find in these pages a clear and deep analysis of mean-field models as well as the description of advanced beyond-mean-field perturbative expansions. To investigate important second-order phase transitions in lattice models, the last part of the book proposes an innovative theoretical approach, based on a multi-layer construction. The different methods developed in this thesis shed new light on important connections among constraint satisfaction problems, jamming and critical phenomena in complex systems, and lay part of the groundwork for a complete theory of amorphous solids.

Book The Glass Transition

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ernst-Joachim Donth
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2001-06-06
  • ISBN : 9783540418016
  • Pages : 450 pages

Download or read book The Glass Transition written by Ernst-Joachim Donth and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-06-06 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and interrelates the following processes: cooperative alpha processes in a cold liquid, structural relaxation in the glass near Tg, the Johari-Goldstein beta process, the Williams-Götze process in a warm liquid, fast nonactivated cage rattling and boson peak, and ultraslow Fischer modes.

Book Dynamical Heterogeneities in Glasses  Colloids  and Granular Media

Download or read book Dynamical Heterogeneities in Glasses Colloids and Granular Media written by Ludovic Berthier and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-07-14 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the solid materials we use in everyday life, from plastics to cosmetic gels exist under a non-crystalline, amorphous form: they are glasses. Yet, we are still seeking a fundamental explanation as to what glasses really are and to why they form. In this book, we survey the most recent theoretical and experimental research dealing with glassy physics, from molecular to colloidal glasses and granular media. Leading experts in this field present broad and original perspectives on one of the deepest mysteries of condensed matter physics, with an emphasis on the key role played by heterogeneities in the dynamics of glassiness.

Book Jamming and Rheology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrea J. Liu
  • Publisher : CRC Press
  • Release : 2001-02-22
  • ISBN : 1482268175
  • Pages : 568 pages

Download or read book Jamming and Rheology written by Andrea J. Liu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-02-22 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of jamming and rheology is a broad and interdisciplinary one that is generating increasing interest. This book deals with one of the oldest unsolved problems in condensed matter physics - that of the nature of glass transition in supercooled liquids. Jamming and Rheology is a collection of reprinted articles from several fields, ran

Book Jamming and Rheology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrea J. Liu
  • Publisher : CRC Press
  • Release : 2001-02-22
  • ISBN : 9780748408795
  • Pages : 584 pages

Download or read book Jamming and Rheology written by Andrea J. Liu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-02-22 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of jamming and rheology is a broad and interdisciplinary one that is generating increasing interest. This book deals with one of the oldest unsolved problems in condensed matter physics - that of the nature of glass transition in supercooled liquids. Jamming and Rheology is a collection of reprinted articles from several fields, ranging from structural glasses to foams and granular materials. Glassy relaxation and constrained dynamics (jamming) occur at all scales, from microscopic to macroscopic - in the glass transition of supercooled liquids, in fluids confined to thin films, in the structural arrest of particles such as granular materials, and in foams which must be driven by an applied stress in order to flow. Because jamming occurs at the transition between where a flow occurs and where motion stops, it is hoped that there may be a universal feature that describes this transition in all systems. This volume shows that the systems described above share many common phenomenological features, and covers work done by a wide range of scientists and technologists working in areas from physics to chemistry to chemical and mechanical engineering.

Book Structural Glasses and Supercooled Liquids

Download or read book Structural Glasses and Supercooled Liquids written by Peter G. Wolynes and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from 24 global experts in diverse fields, and edited by world-recognized leaders in physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysics, Structural Glasses and Supercooled Liquids: Theory, Experiment, and Applications presents a modern, complete survey of glassy phenomena in many systems based on firmly established characteristics of the underlying molecular motions as deduced by first principle theoretical calculations, or with direct/single-molecule experimental techniques. A well-rounded view of a variety of disordered systems where cooperative phenomena, which are epitomized by supercooled liquids, take place is provided. These systems include structural glasses and supercooled liquids, polymers, complex liquids, protein conformational dynamics, and strongly interacting electron systems with quenched/self-generated disorder. Detailed calculations and reasoned arguments closely corresponding with experimental data are included, making the book accessible to an educated non-expert reader.

Book Direct Observation of Correlated Motions in Colloidal Gels and Glasses

Download or read book Direct Observation of Correlated Motions in Colloidal Gels and Glasses written by Yongxiang Gao and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Spin Glass Theory And Far Beyond  Replica Symmetry Breaking After 40 Years

Download or read book Spin Glass Theory And Far Beyond Replica Symmetry Breaking After 40 Years written by Patrick Charbonneau and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2023-07-26 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About sixty years ago, the anomalous magnetic response of certain magnetic alloys drew the attention of theoretical physicists. It soon became clear that understanding these systems, now called spin glasses, would give rise to a new branch of statistical physics. As physical materials, spin glasses were found to be as useless as they were exotic. They have nevertheless been recognized as paradigmatic examples of complex systems with applications to problems as diverse as neural networks, amorphous solids, biological molecules, social and economic interactions, information theory and constraint satisfaction problems.This book presents an encyclopaedic overview of the broad range of these applications. More than 30 contributions are compiled, written by many of the leading researchers who have contributed to these developments over the last few decades. Some timely and cutting-edge applications are also discussed. This collection serves well as an introduction and summary of disordered and glassy systems for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and practitioners interested in the topic.

Book Powders and Grains 2005  Two Volume Set

Download or read book Powders and Grains 2005 Two Volume Set written by R. Garcia-Rojo and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 1510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Micromechanics of Granular Media, Powders and Grains 2005. Powders and Grains is an international scientific conference held every 4 years that brings together engineers and physicists interested in the micromechanics of granular media.The book is a guide to the hotte

Book Ageing and the Glass Transition

Download or read book Ageing and the Glass Transition written by Malte Henkel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-04-24 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding cooperative phenomena far from equilibrium is one of the fascinating challenges of present-day many-body physics. Glassy behaviour and the physical ageing process of such materials are paradigmatic examples. The present volume, primarily intended as introduction and reference, collects six extensive lectures addressing selected experimental and theoretical issues in the field of glassy systems.

Book Computational and Experimental Fluid Mechanics with Applications to Physics  Engineering and the Environment

Download or read book Computational and Experimental Fluid Mechanics with Applications to Physics Engineering and the Environment written by Leonardo Di G. Sigalotti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-01-11 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents a collection of selected papers from the I Workshop of the Venezuelan Society of Fluid Mechanics held on Margarita Island, Venezuela from November 4 to 9, 2012. Written by experts in their respective fields, the contributions are organized into five parts: - Part I Invited Lectures, consisting of full-length technical papers on both computational and experimental fluid mechanics covering a wide range of topics from drops to multiphase and granular flows to astrophysical flows, - Part II Drops, Particles and Waves - Part III Multiphase and Multicomponent Flows - Part IV Atmospheric and Granular Flows - and Part V Turbulent and Astrophysical Flows. The book is intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students as well as for physicists, chemists and engineers teaching and working in the field of fluid mechanics and its applications. The contributions are the result of recent advances in theoretical and experimental research in fluid mechanics, encompassing both fundamentals as well as applications to fluid engineering design, including pipelines, turbines, flow separators, hydraulic systems and biological fluid elements, and to granular, environmental and astrophysical flows.

Book Probing Out of Equilibrium Soft Matter

Download or read book Probing Out of Equilibrium Soft Matter written by Roberto Cerbino and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Complex Dynamics of Glass Forming Liquids

Download or read book Complex Dynamics of Glass Forming Liquids written by Wolfgang Götze and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2009 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amorphous condensed matter can exhibit complex motions on time scales which extend up to those relevant for the functioning of biomaterials. The book presents the derivation of a microscopic theory for amorphous matter, which exhibits the evolution of such complex motions as a new paradigm of strongly interacting particle systems.e

Book Theory and Applications of Colloidal Suspension Rheology

Download or read book Theory and Applications of Colloidal Suspension Rheology written by Norman J. Wagner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential text on the practical application and theory of colloidal suspension rheology, written by an international coalition of experts.

Book Engineering and Physical Approaches to Cancer

Download or read book Engineering and Physical Approaches to Cancer written by Ian Y. Wong and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engineering and Physical Approaches to Cancer addresses the newest research at this interface between cancer biology and the physical sciences. Several chapters address the mechanobiology of collective and individual cell migration, including experimental, theoretical, and computational perspectives. Other chapters consider the crosstalk of biological, chemical, and physical cues in the tumor microenvironment, including the role of senescence, polyploid giant cells, TGF-beta, metabolism, and immune cells. Further, chapters focus on circulating tumor cells and metastatic colonization, highlighting both bioengineered models as well as diagnostic technologies. Further, this book features the work of emerging and diverse investigators in this field, who have already made impressive cross-disciplinary scientific contributions. This book is designed for a general audience, particularly researchers conversant in cancer biology but less familiar with engineering (and vice-versa). Thus, we envision that this book will be suitable for faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students across medicine, biological sciences, and engineering. We also anticipate this book will be of interest to medical professionals and trainees, as well as researchers in the pharmaceutical and biomedical device industry. Describes physical aspects of cancer, including collective cell migration, the aberrant tumor microenvironment, circulating tumor cells, and metastatic colonization. First volume available on the topic of physical aspects of cancer

Book Phase Transition Dynamics

    Book Details:
  • Author : Akira Onuki
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2002-06-06
  • ISBN : 1139433164
  • Pages : 726 pages

Download or read book Phase Transition Dynamics written by Akira Onuki and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-06 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phase Transition Dynamics, first published in 2002, provides a fully comprehensive treatment of the study of phase transitions. Building on the statistical mechanics of phase transitions, covered in many introductory textbooks, it will be essential reading for researchers and advanced graduate students in physics, chemistry, metallurgy and polymer science.