A great success of solid state physics comes from the characterization of crystal structures in
the reciprocal (wave vector) space. The power of structural characterization in Fourier space …

The simplicity of hard spheres as a model system is deceptive. Although the particles
interact solely through volume exclusion, that nevertheless suffices for a wealth of static and …

A challenging goal in materials chemistry and physics is spontaneously to form intended
superstructures from designed building blocks. In fields such as crystal engineering and the …

The vibrational spectra of solids, both ordered and amorphous, in the low-energy regime,
control the thermal and transport properties of materials, from heat capacity to heat …

We report an analytical study of the vibrational spectrum of the simplest model of jamming,
the soft perceptron. We identify two distinct classes of soft modes. The first kind of modes are …

Connectedness and applied stress strongly affect elasticity in solids. In various amorphous
materials, mechanical stability can be lost either by reducing connectedness or by …

Burgeoning experimental and simulation activity seeks to understand the existence of self-
assembled colloidal structures that are not close-packed,,,,,,,,. Here we describe an …

We conduct experiments on two-dimensional packings of colloidal thermosensitive hydrogel
particles whose packing fraction can be tuned above the jamming transition by varying the …

This review collects and describes experiments that employ colloidal suspensions to probe
physics in ordered and disordered solids and related complex fluids. The unifying feature of …

We investigate correlations between low-frequency vibrational modes and rearrangements
in two-dimensional colloidal glasses composed of thermosensitive microgel particles, which …