A theoretical perspective is provided on the glass transition in molecular liquids at thermal
equilibrium, on the spatially heterogeneous and aging dynamics of disordered materials …

As one increases the concentration of a colloidal suspension, the system exhibits a dramatic
increase in viscosity. Beyond a certain concentration, the system is said to be a colloidal …

Despite decades of theoretical studies, the nature of the glass transition remains elusive and
debated, while the existence of structural predictors of its dynamics is a major open …

From coffee beans flowing in a chute to cells remodelling in a living tissue, a wide variety of
close-packed collective systems—both inert and living—have the potential to jam. The …

Origami is used beyond purely aesthetic pursuits to design responsive and customizable
mechanical metamaterials,,,,,,,. However, a generalized physical understanding of origami …

Metamaterial-based optical cloaks have thus far used volumetric distribution of the material
properties to gradually bend light and thereby obscure the cloaked region. Hence, they are …

In contrast with crystallization, there is no noticeable structural change at the glass transition.
Characteristic features of glassy dynamics that appear below an onset temperature, T 0 …

Liquid-like at rest, dense suspensions of hard particles can undergo striking transformations
in behaviour when agitated or sheared. These phenomena include solidification during …

Cells comprising a tissue migrate as part of a collective. How collective processes are
coordinated over large multi-cellular assemblies has remained unclear, however, because …

When a system jams, it undergoes a transition from a flowing to a rigid state. Despite this
important change in the dynamics, the internal structure of the system remains disordered in …