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Granular packing as model glass formers (1612.08870v1)
Published 28 Dec 2016 in cond-mat.soft
Abstract: Static granular packings are model hard-sphere glass formers. The nature of glass transition has remained a hotly debated issue. We review recent experimental progresses in using granular materials to study glass transitions. We focus on the growth of glass order with five-fold symmetry in granular packings and relate the findings to both geometric frustration and random first-order phase transition theories.