Modeling of heterogeneous materials and media is a problem of fundamental importance to
a wide class of phenomena and systems, ranging from condensed matter physics, soft …

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 …

Granular materials consist of macroscopic grains, interacting via contact forces, and
unaffected by thermal fluctuations. They are one of a class systems that undergo jamming, ie …

In 1989, Sir Sam Edwards made the visionary proposition to treat jammed granular materials
using a volume ensemble of equiprobable jammed states in analogy to thermal equilibrium …

Colloids have increasingly been used to characterize or mimic many aspects of atomic and
molecular systems. With confocal microscopy these colloidal particles can be tracked …

In nature, cells self-assemble into spatially coded tissular configurations to execute higher-
order biological functions as a collective. This mechanism has stimulated the recent trend in …

We examine the coevolution of N cycles and force chains as part of a broader study which is
designed to quantitatively characterize the role of the laterally supporting contact network to …

Force chains form heterogeneous physical structures that can constrain the mechanical
stability and acoustic transmission of granular media. However, despite their relevance for …

Packing problems are ubiquitous,, ranging from oil extraction through porous rocks to grain
storage in silos and the compaction of pharmaceutical powders into tablets. At a given …

We review an experimental method that allows to probe the time-dependent structure of fully
three-dimensional densely packed granular materials and suspensions by means of particle …