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Programming Mechanics in Knitted Materials, Stitch by Stitch Data Repository

2024-02 , Singal, Krishma , Dimitriyev, Michael S. , Gonzalez, Sarah E. , Cachine, Alexander P. , Quinn, Sam , Matsumoto, Elisabetta A.

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Data for the publication "Cryogenic platform to investigate strong microwave cavity-spin coupling in correlated magnetic materials"

2024 , Jones, Aulden , Lilly, Michael , Mounce, Andrew , Mourigal, Martin

We present a comprehensive exploration of loop-gap resonators (LGRs) for electron spin resonance (ESR) studies, enabling investigations into the hybridization of solid-state magnetic materials with microwave polariton modes. The experimental setup, implemented in a Physical Property Measurement System by Quantum Design, allows for measurements of ESR spectra at temperatures as low as 2 Kelvin. The versatility of continuous wave ESR spectroscopy is demonstrated through experiments on CuSO4·5H2O and MgCr2O4, showcasing the g-tensor and magnetic susceptibilities of these materials. The study delves into the challenges of fitting spectra under strong hybridization conditions and underscores the significance of proper calibration and stabilization. The detailed guide provided serves as a valuable resource for laboratories interested in exploring hybrid quantum systems through microwave resonators.

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Data for 'Locomotion without force, and impulse via dissipation: Robotic swimming in curved space via geometric phase'

2022 , Li, Shengkai , Wang, Tianyu , Kojouharov, Velin H. , McInerney, James , Aydin, Enes , Aydin, Yasemin O. , Goldman, Daniel I. , Rocklin, D. Zeb

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Data for the publication "Pressure control of magnetic order and excitations in the pyrochlore antiferromagnet MgCr2O4"

2024-01 , Mourigal, Martin

MgCr2O4 is one of the best-known realizations of the pyrochlore-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet. The strong antiferromagnetic exchange interactions are perturbed by small further-neighbor exchanges such that this compound may in principle realize a spiral spin liquid (SSL) phase in the zero-temperature limit. However, a spin Jahn-Teller transition below TN≈13 K yields a complicated long-range magnetic order with multiple coexisting propagation vectors. We present neutron scattering and thermo-magnetic measurements of MgCr2O4 samples under applied hydrostatic pressure up to P=1.7 GPa demonstrating the existence of multiple close-lying nearly degenerate magnetic ground states. We show that the application of hydrostatic pressure increases the ordering temperature by around 0.8 K per GPa and increases the bandwidth of the magnetic excitations by around 0.5 meV per GPa. We also evidence a strong tendency for the preferential occupation of a subset of magnetic domains under pressure. In particular, we show that the k=(0,0,1) magnetic phase, which is almost negligible at ambient pressure, dramatically increases in spectral weight under pressure. This modifies the spectrum of magnetic excitations, which we interpret unambiguously as spin waves from multiple magnetic domains. Moreover, we report that the application of pressure reveals a feature in the magnetic susceptibility above the magnetostructural transition. We interpret this as the onset of a short-range ordered phase associated with k=(0,0,1), previously not observed in magnetometry measurements.

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Experimental Data for "Spatial constraints and stochastic seeding subvert microbial arms race"

2024-01 , Copeland, Raymond , Zhang, Christopher , Hammer, Brian K. , Yunker, Peter J.

Surface attached communities of microbes grow in a wide variety of environments. Often, the size of these microbial community is constrained by their physical surroundings. However, little is known about how size constraints of a colony impact the outcome of microbial competitions. Here, we use individual-based models to simulate contact killing between two bacterial strains with different killing rates in a wide range of community sizes. We found that community size has a substantial impact on outcomes; in fact, in some competitions the identity of the most fit strain differs in large and small environments. Specifically, when at a numerical disadvantage, the strain with the slow killing rate is more successful in smaller environments than in large environments. The improved performance in small spaces comes from finite size effects; stochastic fluctuations in the initial relative abundance of each strain in small environments lead to dramatically different outcomes. However, when the slow killing strain has a numerical advantage, it performs better in large spaces than in small spaces, where stochastic fluctuations now aid the fast killing strain in small communities. Finally, we experimentally validate these results by confining contact killing strains of Vibrio cholerae in transmission electron microscopy grids. The outcomes of these experiments are consistent with our simulations. When rare, the slow killing strain does better in small environments; when common, the slow killing strain does better in large environments. Together, this work demonstrates that finite size effects can substantially modify antagonistic competitions, suggesting that colony size may, at least in part, subvert the microbial arms race.

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Raw physiology data for article "Biophysical transitions in insect flight dynamics are bridged by common muscle physiology"

2022 , Sponberg, Simon , Gau, Jeff , Lynch, James , Aiello, Brett , Wold, Ethan , Gravish, Nick

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Raw data and simulation code for "Quantum-to-classical crossover in generalized spin systems – the temperature-dependent spin dynamics of FeI2"

2024-01 , Mourigal, Martin

Simulating quantum spin systems at finite temperatures is an open challenge in many-body physics. This work studies the temperature-dependent spin dynamics of a pivotal compound, FeI2, to determine if universal quantum effects can be accounted for by a phenomenological renormalization of the dynamical spin structure factor S(q,ω) measured by inelastic neutron scattering. Renormalization schemes based on the quantum-to-classical correspondence principle are commonly applied at low temperatures to the harmonic oscillators describing normal modes. However, it is not clear how to extend this renormalization to arbitrarily high temperatures. Here we introduce a temperature-dependent normalization of the classical moments, whose magnitude is determined by imposing the quantum sum rule, i.e. ∫dωdqS(q,ω)=NSS(S+1) for NS dipolar magnetic moments. We show that this simple renormalization scheme significantly improves the agreement between the calculated and measured S(q,ω) for FeI2 at all temperatures. Due to the coupled dynamics of dipolar and quadrupolar moments in that material, this renormalization procedure is extended to classical theories based on SU(3) coherent states, and by extension, to any SU(N) coherent state representation of local multipolar moments.

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Raw mechanical testing data for article "Structural damping renders the hawkmoth exoskeleton mechanically insensitive to non-sinusoidal deformations"

2023 , Wold, Ethan S. , Lynch, James , Gravish, Nick , Sponberg, Simon

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Comparative study of snake lateral undulation kinematics in model heterogeneous terrain dataset

2020-09-24 , Schiebel, Perrin E. , Hubbard, Alex M. , Goldman, Daniel I.

Terrestrial organisms that use traveling waves to locomote must leverage heterogeneities to overcome drag on the elongate body. While previous studies illuminated how habitat generalist snakes self-deform to use rigid obstacles in the surroundings, control strategies for multi-component terrain are largely unknown. We compared the sand-specialist Chionactis occipitalis to a habitat generalist, Pantherophis guttatus, navigating a model terrestrial terrain-rigid post arrays on a low-friction substrate. We found the waveshapes used by the generalist were more variable than the specialist. Principal component analysis revealed that while the specialized sand-swimming waveform was always present on C. occipitalis, the generalist did not have a similarly pervasive low-dimensional waveshape. We expected the generalist to thus outperform the specialist in the arrays, but body slip of both species was comparable on level ground and in all trials the snakes successfully traversed the arena. When we further challenged the snakes to ascend an inclined lattice, the sand-specialist had difficulty maintaining contact with the obstacles and was unable to progress up the steepest inclines in the largest lattice spacings. Our results suggest that species adapted to different habitats use different control modalities-the specialist is primarily controlling its kinematics to achieve a target shape while, consistent with previous research, the generalist is using force control and self-deforms in response to terrain contacts. While both strategies allowed progress on the uninclined low-friction terrain with posts, the more variable waveshapes of the generalist may be necessary when faced with more challenging locomotor tasks like climbing inclines.