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Non-equilibrium dynamic hyperuniform states

Yusheng Lei, Ran Ni

2024Journal of Physics Condensed Matter16 citationsDOI

Abstract

Disordered hyperuniform structures are an exotic state of matter having suppressed density fluctuations at large length-scale similar to perfect crystals and quasicrystals but without any long range orientational order. In the past decade, an increasing number of non-equilibrium systems were found to have dynamic hyperuniform states, which have emerged as a new research direction coupling both non-equilibrium physics and hyperuniformity. Here we review the recent progress in understanding dynamic hyperuniform states found in various non-equilibrium systems, including the critical hyperuniformity in absorbing phase transitions, non-equilibrium hyperuniform fluids and the hyperuniform structures in phase separating systems via spinodal decomposition.

Topics & Concepts

Spinodal decompositionState of matterStatistical physicsSpinodalPhase transitionThermodynamic equilibriumPhase equilibriumPhysicsDynamic equilibriumPhase (matter)Condensed matter physicsThermodynamicsQuantum mechanicsnanoparticles nucleation surface interactionsTheoretical and Computational PhysicsAdvanced Chemical Physics Studies