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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Colloidal friction: Kinks in motion

Andrea Vanossi & Erio Tosatti

The ability of laser interference potentials to trap and control colloidal particles opens up a new potential area of 'toy systems' displaying real physics. A beautiful example is the study of friction between colloidal crystals and a variety of artificially created surface potentials.

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