Fig. 3: Gel structure and dynamics.
From: Transient chirality in the gelation of adhesive spinner monolayers
a Structure of a spinner gel at ϕ = 0.4 and \({{{\rm{Re}}}}=0.1\). (i) Particle configuration, with the color representing coordination number \({{{\mathcal{Z}}}}\). (ii) Pair distribution function, with the color representing intensity. (iii) static structure factor, with the color representing intensity. b Radial-averaged structure factors S(k) for a colloidal gel and spinner gels at ϕ = 0.4. Colored symbols refer to different values of spinning activity Re. The gray line refers to colloids. c Evolution of the fraction of particles in the largest cluster Nlc/N, for different Re. Dashed lines denote percolation points. d Distributions of coordination number \({{{\mathcal{Z}}}}\) for spinner gels at different spinning activities Re and passive colloidal gel, with the same color scheme used in (b, c). Inset: mean coordination number \(\langle {{{\mathcal{Z}}}}\rangle\) as a function of Re (same color scheme). The gray dashed line refers to the colloidal gel.
