The Shape of Melting in Two Dimensions
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 - 15:31
in Physics & Chemistry
As part of her team's research into matter's tendency to self-organize, Sharon Glotzer of the University of Michigan ran a series of hard particle simulations to study melting in two-dimensional (2-D) systems. Specifically, the team explored how particle shape affects the physics of a 2-D solid-to-fluid melting transition.