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SUMMARY:Rigidity Theory and Some Applications - Micheal Thorpe
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CONTACT:Alessio Zaccone
DESCRIPTION:Many interesting phenomena occur in macromolecules and materia
 l structures that are poised between rigid and flexible. We describe the m
 odern theory of\nrigidity and show how it can be used to analyze networks 
 of constraints. Examples are given from the jamming of spheres and other s
 hapes\, zeolites\,\nprotein folding and the newly discovered 2d silicate g
 lasses where an unexpected symmetry emerges from the disorder as a result 
 of self-organization.
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Cavendish Laboratory
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