Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Topological Acoustics. Authors: Zhaoju Yang, Fei Gao, Xihang Shi, Xiao Lin, Zhen Gao, Yidong Chong, and Baile Zhang. Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 114301 (2015) 2. Topological sound in active-liquid metamaterials. Authors: Anton Souslov, Benjamin C. van Zuiden, Denis Bartolo, and Vincenzo Vitelli. ArXiv: 1610.06873 Recommended with a commentary by M. Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse University. […]

1) Aggregation and Segregation of Confined Active Particles Authors: Xingbo Yang, M. Lisa Manning, M. Cristina Marchetti arXiv:1403.0697, Soft Matter (2014) 2) Dynamics of Self-Propelled Particles Under Strong Confinement Authors: Yaouen Fily, Aparna Baskaran, Michael F. Hagan arXiv:1402.5583, Soft Matter, 10, 5609-5617 (2014) Recommended with a commentary by Charles Reichhardt and Cynthia Reichhardt, Los Alamos […]

Patterning droplets with durotaxis. Authors: R. W. Style, Y. Che, S. J. Park, B. M. Weon, J. H. Je, C. Hyland, G. K. German, M. P. Power, L. A. Wilen, J. S. Wettlaufer, and E. R. Dufresne. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 110, 12541-12544 (2013) Recommended with a commentary by M. Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse University. |View […]

Defect Annihilation and proliferation in active nematics. Authors : Luca Giomi, Mark J. Bowick, Xu Ma, and M. Cristina Marchetti Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 228101 (2013) Recommended with a commentary by Aparna Baskaran, Brandeis University |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2013_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_October_2013_01

1. What buoyancy really is. A generalized Archimedes’ principle for sedimentation and ultracentrifugation. Authors: Roberto Piazza, Stefano Buzzaccaro, Eleonora Secchi and Alberto Parola. Soft Matter, 8, 7112 (2012). Recommended with a commentary by M. Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse University | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2012_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2012_01

Fluidization of tissues by cell division and apoptosis Authors: Jonas Ranft, Markus Basan, Jens Elgeti, Jean-Francois Joanny, Jacques Prost and Frank J¨ulicher, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 107, 49 20863 (2010) Recommended with a commentary by M. Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse University | View Commentary (PDF) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2011_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2011_03

1) Intrinsic decoherence mechanisms in the microcavity polariton condensate Authors: A. P. D. Love, D. N. Krizhanovskii, D. M. Whittaker, R. Bouchekioua, D. Sanvitto, S. Al Rizeiqi, R. Bradley, M. S. Skolnick, P. R. Eastham, R. Andre, and Le Si Dang Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 067404 (2008) 2) Quantized vortices in an exciton-polariton condensate Authors: […]

Elihu Abrahams, Rutgers University | View Contributions | Vivek Aji, University of California, Riverside |  View Contributions | Jason Alicea, California Institute of Technology | View Contributions | David Andelman, Tel Aviv University | View Contributions | Philip Anderson, Princeton University, Princeton | View Contributions | Arezoo M. Ardekani, University of Notre Dame | View Contributions | […]