Disordered and Glassy Systems (non-polymeric) I

Presentations

• Critical dynamics and scaling in ultra-strong glassforming systems

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Daniel Sussman

    • Emory University

  Authors

  • Daniel Sussman

    • Emory University

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• Measuring two-level tunneling systems in the ultrastable organic glass 2TNATA

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Thomas Metcalf

    • United States Naval Research Laboratory

  Authors

  • Thomas Metcalf

    • United States Naval Research Laboratory

  • Xiao Liu

  • Riccardo Casalini

  • Raymond Robie

    • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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• Basin volumes have a Zipf distribution in a high-dimensional energy landscape

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Zhaoning Liu

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Zhaoning Liu

    • University of Chicago

  • Varda Hagh

  • Sidney Nagel

    • University of Chicago

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• Understanding the Glass-Forming Ability of Lennard-Jones Mixtures using the Properties of the Interface between the Liquid and Crystal Phases

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Jinpeng Fan

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Jinpeng Fan

    • Yale University

  • Weiwei Jin

    • Yale University

  • Mark D Shattuck

    • The City College of New York

  • Corey O'Hern

    • Yale University

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• Rotational and translational diffusion in a 2D glass-former

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Eric Weeks

    • Emory University

  Authors

  • Eric Weeks

    • Emory University

  • Rene Nome

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• Effect of Confinement on Crystallization Above and Below T_g in Small Molecule Glasses

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Sarah Wolf

    • SUNY Cortland

  Authors

  • Sarah Wolf

    • SUNY Cortland

  • Abigail Morse

  • Sarah Kono

  • Christopher Faherty

  • Frederick Sitner

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• Jamming and Shear Yielding of Ultra-Low Density Packings of Brownian Rods

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Ben Lonial

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Ben Lonial

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Nicholas Cuccia

    • Harvard University

  • Zvonimir Dogic

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Isolating the Effect of Pre-strain in Disordered Solids

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Ayanna Matthews

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Ayanna Matthews

    • University of Chicago

  • Sidney Nagel

    • University of Chicago

  • Margaret Gardel

    • University of Chicago

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• Microscopic details of the flow of highly polydisperse emulsions

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Weishi Xing

    • Emory University

  Authors

  • Weishi Xing

    • Emory University

  • Eric Weeks

    • Emory University

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• Avalnaches to Flow, Avalanches to Stop

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Publication: [2] Bayer, L., Vinutha, HA, and Del Gado, E., in preparation (2025)

  Presenters

  • Logan Bayer

    • Georgetown University

  Authors

  • Logan Bayer

    • Georgetown University

  • H. Vinutha

    • Georgetown University

  • Emanuela Gado

    • Georgetown University

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• Expression of Quenched Disorder in Lattice Fracture

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Matthaios Chouzouris

    • University of Edinburgh

  Authors

  • Matthaios Chouzouris

    • University of Edinburgh

  • Leo de Waal

    • University College London

  • Antoine Sanner

  • Alessandra Lingua

  • Raquel Dantas Batista

  • David Kammer

  • Marcelo A. Dias

    • University of Edinburgh

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• Aging and Memory in a Mylar Sheet under Cyclic Compression

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 6:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Marzuk Gazi

    • McMaster University

  Authors

  • Marzuk Gazi

    • McMaster University

  • Daniela Reyes-Ladino

  • Andrew Gluck

  • Hamza Khattak

    • McMaster University

  • Kari Dalnoki-Veress

    • McMaster University

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• Crack Front Dynamics in Disordered Solids

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 6:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:30 PM

  Publication: Dual Role for Heterogeneity in Dynamic Fracture, Itamar Kolvin, Mokhtar Adda-Bedia. Physical Review Letters 2025, 135 (10), 106201 https://doi.org/10.1103/j4vb-y1ng
  
  A comprehensive study of nonlinear perturbations in the dynamics of planar crack fronts
  Itamar Kolvin, Mokhtar Adda-Bedia. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. Vol 191, 105788 (2024).

  Presenters

  • Itamar Kolvin

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Itamar Kolvin

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Mokhtar Adda-Bedia

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