Light in correlated disordered media

K Vynck, R Pierrat, R Carminati, LS Froufe-Pérez… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
The optics of correlated disordered media is a conceptually rich research topic emerging at
the interface between the physics of waves in complex media and nanophotonics. Inspired …

Universal hyperuniform organization in looped leaf vein networks

Y Liu, D Chen, J Tian, W Xu, Y Jiao - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
The leaf vein network is a hierarchical vascular system that transports water and nutrients to
the leaf cells. The thick primary veins form a branched network, while the secondary veins …

Spatial organization of phase-separated DNA droplets

S Wilken, A Chaderjian, OA Saleh - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
Many recent studies of liquid-liquid phase separation in biology focus on phase separation
as a dynamic control mechanism for cellular function, but it can also result in complex …

Computational design of anisotropic stealthy hyperuniform composites with engineered directional scattering properties

W Shi, D Keeney, D Chen, Y Jiao, S Torquato - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
Disordered hyperuniform materials are an emerging class of exotic amorphous states of
matter that endow them with singular physical properties, including large isotropic photonic …

Over 65% sunlight absorption in a 1 μm Si slab with hyperuniform texture

N Tavakoli, R Spalding, A Lambertz, P Koppejan… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Thin, flexible, and invisible solar cells will be a ubiquitous technology in the near future.
Ultrathin crystalline silicon (c-Si) cells capitalize on the success of bulk silicon cells while …

Simulated diffusion spreadability for characterizing the structure and transport properties of two-phase materials

M Skolnick, S Torquato - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Time-dependent diffusion processes between phases of heterogeneous materials are
ubiquitous in a variety of contexts in the physical, chemical, and biological sciences …

Nonequilibrium hyperuniform states in active turbulence

R Backofen, AYA Altawil… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
We demonstrate that the complex spatiotemporal structure in active fluids can feature
characteristics of hyperuniformity. Using a hydrodynamic model, we show that the transition …

[HTML][HTML] Disordered hyperuniform solid state materials

D Chen, H Zhuang, M Chen, PY Huang… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Disordered hyperuniform (DHU) states are recently discovered exotic states of condensed
matter. DHU systems are similar to liquids or glasses in that they are statistically isotropic …

Scalable Disordered Hyperuniform Architectures via Nanoimprint Lithography of Metal Oxides

Z Chehadi, M Bouabdellaoui… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Fabrication and scaling of disordered hyperuniform materials remain hampered by the
difficulties in controlling the spontaneous phenomena leading to this novel kind of exotic …

The impact of diffusiophoresis on hydrodynamic dispersion and filtration in porous media

M Jotkar, P De Anna, M Dentz… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
It is known that the dispersion of colloidal particles in porous media is determined by
medium structure, pore-scale flow variability and diffusion. However, much less is known …