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Glass formation in colloidal suspensions has many of the hallmarks of glass formation in
molecular materials,,,,. For hard-sphere colloids, which interact only as a result of excluded …

All liquids (except helium owing to quantum effects) crystallize at low temperatures, forming
ordered structures. The competition between disorder, which stabilizes the liquid phase, and …

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Glasses are structurally liquidlike, but mechanically solidlike. Most attempts to understand
glasses start from liquid state theory. Here we take the opposite point of view, and use …

Most of the solid materials we use in everyday life, from plastics to cosmetic gels exist under
a non-crystalline, amorphous form: they are glasses. Yet, we are still seeking a fundamental …

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 …

Controlling interparticle interactions, aggregation and cluster formation is of central
importance in a number of areas, ranging from cluster formation in various disease …

We report simulations of glassy arrest in hard-core particles with short-range interparticle
attraction. Previous experiments, theory, and simulations suggest that in this kind of system …

Glasses and gels are the two dynamically arrested, disordered states of matter. Despite their
importance, their similarities and differences remain elusive, especially at high density …