Measuring the Coordination Number and Entropy of a 3D Jammed Emulsion Packing by Confocal Microscopy Export

@article{citeulike:4381108, abstract = {Jammed matter is by definition impenetrable to light, such that little is known about the geometry of jammed systems. Using confocal microscopy to image an emulsion in 3D, we first explain the origin of the enhanced fluorescence at the droplet contacts and then determine the contact network inside the model frictionless system. This enables the experimental determination of the average coordination number Z which agrees with the isostatic predicted value of Z6. Furthermore, we calculate the entropy of the packing from the network of contacts.}, author = {Bruji\'{c}, Jasna and Song, Chaoming and Wang, Ping and Briscoe, Christopher and Marty, Guillaume and Makse, Hern\'{a}n A.}, citeulike-article-id = {4381108}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000098000024248001000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v98/e248001}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.248001}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.248001}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {3d, emulsion, experiment, jamming, qualif4}, number = {24}, pages = {248001+}, posted-at = {2009-04-23 00:30:19}, priority = {2}, publisher = {APS}, title = {Measuring the Coordination Number and Entropy of a 3D Jammed Emulsion Packing by Confocal Microscopy}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.248001}, volume = {98}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4381108 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4381108 N2 - Jammed matter is by definition impenetrable to light, such that little is known about the geometry of jammed systems. Using confocal microscopy to image an emulsion in 3D, we first explain the origin of the enhanced fluorescence at the droplet contacts and then determine the contact network inside the model frictionless system. This enables the experimental determination of the average coordination number Z which agrees with the isostatic predicted value of Z6. Furthermore, we calculate the entropy of the packing from the network of contacts. IS - 24 JF - Physical Review Letters TI - Measuring the Coordination Number and Entropy of a 3D Jammed Emulsion Packing by Confocal Microscopy PB - APS VL - 98 SP - 248001 KW - 3d KW - emulsion KW - experiment KW - jamming KW - qualif4 AU - Brujić, Jasna AU - Song, Chaoming AU - Wang, Ping AU - Briscoe, Christopher AU - Marty, Guillaume AU - Makse, Hernán PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.248001 ER -