https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714008003
Clustering and melting in a wet granular monolayer
Experimentalphysik V, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
* e-mail: kai.huang@uni-bayreuth.de
Published online: 30 June 2017
We investigate experimentally the collective behavior of a wet granular monolayer under vertical vibrations. The spherical particles are partially wet such that there are short-ranged attractive interactions between adjacent particles. As the vibration strength increases, clustering, reorganizing and melting regimes are identified subsequently through a characterization with the bond-orientational order parameters and the mean kinetic energy of the particles. The melting transition is found to be a continuous process starting from the defects inside the crystal.
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