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Dusty (Complex) Plasma

We study the statics and dynamics of dusty plasmas interacting with quenched disorder.

Papers:

1. Subharmonic Shapiro steps in depinning dynamics of a 2D solid dusty plasma modulated by 1D nonlinear periodic substrates
   Z. Wang, N. Yu, A. Xu, C. Liang, C. Reichhardt, C.J.O. Reichhardt, and Y. Feng
   Phys. Rev. E, in press (2025). arXiv

   
   

2. Shapiro steps observed in a two-dimensional Yukawa solid modulated by a one-dimensional vibrational periodic substrate
   Z. Wang, N. Yu, C. Reichhardt, C.J.O. Reichhardt, A. Xu, X. Chen, and Y. Feng
   Phys. Rev. E 111, 035202 (2025). arXiv

   
   

3. Cyclic phase transition of substrate-modulated 2D dusty plasma driven by oscillatory forces
   A. Xu, C. Reichhardt, C.J.O. Reichhardt, and Y. Feng
   Phys. Rev. Res. 7, 013186 (2025). arXiv

   
   

4. Bidirectional flow of two-dimensional dusty plasma under asymmetric periodic substrates driven by unbiased external excitations
   W. Li, D. Huang, C. Reichhardt, C.J.O. Reichhardt, and Y. Feng
   Phys. Rev. Res. 5, 023008 (2023). arXiv

   
   

5. Dynamical commensuration effect in a two-dimensional Yukawa solid modulated by periodic substrates
   W. Zhu, C. Reichhardt, C.J.O. Reichhardt, and Y. Feng
   Phys. Plasmas 30, 043702 (2023). arXiv

   
   

6. Superlubric-pinned transition of a two-dimensional solid dusty plasma under a periodic triangular substrate
   Y. Huang, C. Reichhardt, C.J.O. Reichhardt, and Y. Feng
   Phys. Rev. E 106, 035204 (2022). arXiv

   
   

7. Directional locking in a two-dimensional Yukawa solid modulated by a two-dimensional periodic substrate
   W. Zhu, C. Reichhardt, C.J.O. Reichhardt, and Y. Feng
   Phys. Rev. E 106, 015202 (2022). arXiv

   
   

8. Phonon spectra of a two-dimensional solid dusty plasma modified by two-dimensional periodic substrates
   Y. Huang, W. Li, C. Reichhardt, C.J.O. Reichhardt, and Y. Feng
   Phys. Rev. E 105, 015202 (2022). arXiv

   
   

9. Structure and dynamical properties of two-dimensional dusty plasmas on one-dimensional periodic substrates
   Y. Feng, W. Li, C. Reichhardt, C.J.O. Reichhardt, and M.S. Murillo
   Phys. Plasmas. 28, 040501 (2021).

   
   

10. Continuous and discontinuous transitions in the depinning of two-dimensional dusty plasmas on a one-dimensional periodic substrate
    L. Gu, W. Li, C. Reichhardt, C.J.O. Reichhardt, M. S. Murillo, and Y. Feng
    Phys. Rev. E 102, 063203 (2020). arXiv

    
    

11. Oscillation-like diffusion of two-dimensional liquid dusty plasmas on one-dimensional periodic substrates with varied widths
    W. Li, C. Reichhardt, C.J.O. Reichhardt, M.S. Murillo, and Y. Feng
    Phys. Plasmas 27, 033702 (2020). arXiv

    
    

12. Depinning dynamics of two-dimensional dusty plasmas on a one-dimensional periodic substrate
    W. Li, K. Wang, C. Reichhardt, C.J.O. Reichhardt, M.S. Murillo, and Y. Feng
    Phys. Rev. E 100, 033207 (2019). arXiv

    
    

13. Structures and diffusion of two-dimensional dusty plasmas on one-dimensional periodic substrates
    K. Wang, W. Li, D. Huang, C. Reichhardt, C.J.O. Reichhardt, M.S. Murillo, and Y. Feng
    Phys. Rev. E 98, 063204 (2018). arXiv

    
    

14. Phonon spectra of two-dimensional liquid dusty plasmas on a one-dimensional periodic substrate
    W. Li, D. Huang, K. Wang, C. Reichhardt, C.J.O. Reichhardt, M.S. Murillo, and Y. Feng
    Phys. Rev. E 98, 063203 (2018). arXiv