Abstract
Granular materials are investigated for their dynamics under the effect of humidity. Phase transitions in electrostatically driven conducting and dielectric particles are observed under the effect of the electric field. The gas phase precipitates to solid clusters with the decrease in external field. Humidity results in cluster coarsening of the conducting particles due to increased cohesion and dendritic clustering is observed at high humidity for the dielectric particles.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 050301 |
| Pages (from-to) | 503011-503014 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 5 I |
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| State | Published - May 2001 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics