Sphere packing is an ancient problem. The densest packing is known to be a face-centered
cubic (FCC) crystal, with space-filling fraction ϕ FCC= π/18≈ 0.74. The densest “random …

Two drastically different theories predict the marginal criticality of jamming. The full replica
symmetry breaking (fullRSB) theory predicts the power-law distributions of weak contact …

The maximally random jammed (MRJ) state is the most random (ie, disordered)
configuration of strictly jammed (mechanically rigid) nonoverlapping objects. MRJ packings …

This research focuses on performing ultrasound propagation measurements and micro-X-
ray computed tomography (µXRCT) imaging on prestressed granular packings prepared …

Dense, disordered packings of particles are useful models of low-temperature amorphous
phases of matter, biological systems, granular media, and colloidal systems. The study of …

In amorphous solids, plastic flow is prone to localization into shear bands via an avalanche
of shear-transformation (ST) rearrangements of constituent atoms or particles. However …

Jamming is an emergent phenomenon wherein the local stability of individual particles
percolates to form a globally rigid structure. However, the onset of rigidity does not imply that …

We present Simu-D, a software suite for the simulation and successive identification of local
structures of atomistic systems, based on polymers, under extreme conditions, in the bulk, on …

The conventional approach to elucidate the atomic structure of liquid and glass is to start
with local structural units made of several atoms, and to use them as building blocks to form …

The Zhang–Torquato conjecture [G. Zhang and S. Torquato, Phys. Rev. E, 2020, 101,
032124.] states that any realizable pair correlation function g2 (r) or structure factor S (k) of a …