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Getting into a Proper Jam

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Eric Corwin, Physics 5, 97 (2012) – Published August 27, 2012
Numerical simulations are revealing general properties of jammed states of matter.
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Two for one in a colloidal glass

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Eric R. Weeks, Physics 4, 61 (2011) – Published August 1, 2011
Colloids containing ellipsoidal particles have two distinct glass transitions.
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Imaging matter in different spaces

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Ian Robinson, Physics 4, 22 (2011) – Published March 14, 2011
An x-ray free electron laser setup converts the diffraction pattern of randomly positioned and oriented particles into an image of a single particle.
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A Window into Glass Formation

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Phys. Rev. Focus 20, 4 (2007) – Published July 24, 2007
Experiments with tiny beads mimicking atoms shed light on the mysterious atomic-scale rearrangements that occur when molten glass solidifies.
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Quasicrystalline Polymers

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Phys. Rev. Focus 19, 15 (2007) – Published May 14, 2007
Quasicrystals–orderly but not-quite-crystalline structures–have mostly appeared in solids, but researchers have now made a larger-scale version with polymers.
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Building the Devil’s Staircase

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Phys. Rev. Focus 5, 10 (2000) – Published March 7, 2000
A drop of soapy molecules and water can form a rigid gel crystal that displays more facets than any crystal ever observed–a phenomenon called ‘the Devil’s staircase.’
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Liquid Crystal Fingers

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Phys. Rev. Focus 1, 16 (1998) – Published May 22, 1998