Droplet tilings for rapid exploration of spatially constrained many-body systems.

ABSTRACT: Geometry in materials is a key concept which can determine material behavior in ordering, frustration, and fragmentation. More specifically, the behavior of interacting degrees of freedom subject to arbitrary geometric constraints has the potential to be used for engineering materials with exotic phase behavior. While advances in lithography have allowed for an experimental exploration of geometry on ordering that has no precedent in nature, many of these methods are low throughput or the underlying dynamics remain difficult to observe directly. Here, we introduce an experimental system that enables the study of interacting many-body dynamics by exploiting the physics of multidroplet evaporation subject to two-dimensional spatial constraints. We find that a high-energy initial state of thi

SUBMITTER: Molina A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8403944 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature