Packing problems, which are concerned with optimal arrangements of objects in space, are cross-disciplinary in nature and are encountered in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, and architecture. Such problems form a subject of interest in its own right, providing intriguing intellectual challenges, but are also at the heart of many material properties of condensed matter. This book provides a broad and authoritative overview of current research.
Packing Problems in Soft Matter Physics: Fundamentals and Applications
eds. HK Chan, S Hutzler, A Mughal, CS O'Hern, Y Wang and D Weaire, Royal Society of Chemistry, 578 pages (2025)
Chapter 1: A Brief Overview of Packing Problems
D Weaire, A Mughal and S Hutzler, In "Packing Problems in Soft Matter Physics: Fundamentals and Applications", eds. HK Chan, S Hutzler, A Mughal, CS O'Hern, Y Wang and D Weaire, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1 -- 12 (2025)
Chapter 10: Packing Problems in Foams
S Hutzler and D Weaire, In "Packing Problems in Soft Matter Physics: Fundamentals and Applications", eds. HK Chan, S Hutzler, A Mughal, CS O'Hern, Y Wang and D Weaire, Royal Society of Chemistry, 241 -- 264 (2025)
Compression of a line of spheres or bubbles in a transverse confining potential
Ryan-Purcell J, Irannezhad A, Whelan MTP, Weaire D, Mughal A and Hutzler S, Philosophical Magazine 105 684-697 (2025)
Self-assembled clusters of magnetically tilted dipoles
de Lima PDS, Lyons A, Irannezhad A, de Araújo JM, Hutzler S and Ferreira MS, Physical Review E 110 064134 (2024)
Equilibrium shape of a bubble in a liquid-filled horizontal capillary
Zefeng, J, Feng C, Ryan-Purcell J and Hutzler, S, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 172 104729 (2024)
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