Image of rough colloidal ellipsoids, the systems investigated by the researchers. Credit: Liang et al The so-called glass transition is the process by which some liquid-like materials become ...

Dense E.coli bacteria have several similar qualities to colloidal glass. Colloids are substances made up of small particles suspended within a fluid, like ink for example. When these particles become ...

Understanding the interplay between particle interactions and spatial restrictions is pivotal in modern soft matter physics. In colloidal liquids, particles dispersed in a fluid medium exhibit dynamic ...

This is colloidal glass with seed particles (microgravity sample). Aboard the space station, large crystals form unhindered by sedimentation and jamming effects. These experiments are relevant to ...

Researchers have probed the cage formation of the glass at surgical precision and elucidate the onset of glass transition. Researchers have probed the cage formation of the glass at surgical precision ...

Pair potentials of PMMA spheres. (A) Pair potential U(r) as function of center-to-center distance at 27°C extracted from radial distribution function g(r) (fig. S1 ...

Dense E. coli bacteria have several similar qualities to colloidal glass, according to new research at the University of Tokyo. Colloids are substances made up of small particles suspended within a ...