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We examine binary mixtures of superparamagnetic colloidal particles confined to a two-dimensional water-air interface both by real-space experiments and Monte-Carlo computer simulations at high coupling strength. In the simulations, the…

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Anisotropic fluids appear in a diverse array of systems, from liquid-crystal displays to bacterial swarms, and are characterized by orientational order. Large colloidal particles immersed in such environments disturb the medium's…

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Our focus is to study constellations of disjoint disks in the hyperbolic space, the unit disk equipped with the hyperbolic metric. Each constellation corresponds to a set $E$ which is the union of $m>2$ disks with hyperbolic radii $r_j>0,…

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We study the annihilation of topological defect pairs in the quasi-twodimensional (2D) geometry of freely suspended smectic films. This elementary process is at the basis of all models describing the statistics of complex defect patterns.…

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Most active colloid experiments are quasi-2D. Here a 3D density-matched solution of active particles propelled and aligned with an AC electric field uniquely facilitates measurement of short and long-range particle-wall interactions.…

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We propose a minimal theoretical model for the description of a two-dimensional (2D) strongly interacting Fermi gas confined transversely in a tight harmonic potential, and present accurate predictions for its equation of state and…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-04-22 Fan Wu , Jianshen Hu , Lianyi He , Xia-Ji Liu , Hui Hu

Freely suspended films of smectic liquid crystals are unique examples of quasi two-dimensional fluids. Mechanically stable and with quantized thickness of the order of only a few molecular layers, smectic films are ideal systems for…

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