Ordered clusters and dynamical states of particles in a vibrated fluid
From Soft-Matter
Original entry: Hsin-I Lu, APPHY 225, Fall 2009
"Ordered clusters and dynamical states of particles in a vibrated fluid"
Greg A. Voth, B. Bigger, M. R. Buckley, W. Losert, M. P. Brenner, H. A. Stone, and J. P. Gollub, PRL 88, 234301 (2002)
Summary
This paper studied the clustering and dynamical states of small stainless steel spheres when they were vibrated in fluid. The long-range attractive interaction and short-range repulsive interaction between particles are fluid mediated. The resulting patterns include hexagonally ordered microcrystallites, time-periodic structures, and chaotic fluctuating patterns with complex dynamics.
Soft Matter Keywords
Interstitial fluid, self-assembly, viscosity, ordered clusters, microcrystallites
