Pore configuration landscape of granular crystallization

M. Saadatfar; H. Takeuchi; V. Robins; N. Francois; Y. Hiraoka

doi:10.1038/ncomms15082

Nature Communications (May 2017)

Pore configuration landscape of granular crystallization

M. Saadatfar,
H. Takeuchi,
V. Robins,
N. Francois,
Y. Hiraoka

Affiliations

M. Saadatfar: Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University
H. Takeuchi: Mathematics Department, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
V. Robins: Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University
N. Francois: Centre for Plasmas and Fluids, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University
Y. Hiraoka: WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15082
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Emergence and growth of crystalline domains in granular media remains under-explored. Here, the authors analyse tomographic snapshots from partially recrystallized packings of spheres using persistent homology and find agreement with proposed transitions based on continuous deformation of octahedral and tetrahedral voids.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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