Thermal vestige of the zero-temperature jamming transition

Zexin Zhang (), Ning Xu (), Daniel T. N. Chen, Peter Yunker, Ahmed M. Alsayed, Kevin B. Aptowicz, Piotr Habdas, Andrea J. Liu, Sidney R. Nagel and Arjun G. Yodh
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Zexin Zhang: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Ning Xu: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Daniel T. N. Chen: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Peter Yunker: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Ahmed M. Alsayed: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Kevin B. Aptowicz: West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19383, USA
Piotr Habdas: Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131, USA
Andrea J. Liu: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Sidney R. Nagel: James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Arjun G. Yodh: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA

Nature, 2009, vol. 459, issue 7244, 230-233

Abstract: Heating up the jam When the packing fraction is increased sufficiently, loose particulates jam to form a rigid solid in which the constituents are no longer free to move. In typical granular materials and foams, the thermal energy is too small to produce structural rearrangements. However, because thermal motion becomes relevant when the particles are small enough, it is imperative to understand the behaviour as the temperature is increased. Zhang et al. use both colloidal experiments and computer simulations to investigate the overlap distance between neighbouring particles beyond the zero-temperature limit. They find that this quantity evolves in an unusual manner, retaining a vestige of its zero-temperature behaviour.

Date: 2009
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