Cool finding 2: The effect of the bonded dimers extends outward to their nearest neighbors, where we see that both coordination number and pressure are elevated compared to the average.

Civil engineering 🏛️ meets statistical physics ⚛️ is a great combination!

Cool finding 1: we can make histograms of all particles (or just the bonded ones), and study how increased rigidity arises as a function of the fraction of bonded pairs. There are stronger interparticle forces present for the dimers (50% tension, 50% compression) compared to the unbonded particles.

Paul Simon’s one trick pony. I feel like a one trick pony … so i find it annoying that there’s a song about it !!

Which tintin cover is hidden by the plant? Destination moon?

Most importantly the Tintin covers !!