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dc.contributor.authorTiwari, Uttam-
dc.contributor.authorArora, Pragya-
dc.contributor.authorSood, A K-
dc.contributor.authorRamaswamy, Sriram-
dc.contributor.authorMandal, Rituparno-
dc.contributor.authorGanapathy, Rajesh-
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-16T11:31:26Z-
dc.date.available2026-03-16T11:31:26Z-
dc.date.issued2026-01-16-
dc.identifier.citationNature Communications, 2026, Vol. 17, AR No. 1802en_US
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/8690-
dc.descriptionOpen Access.en_US
dc.description.abstractSpatial confinement can induce geometrical frustration in condensed phases, giving rise to topological defects that confer materials with new and exotic properties. Here, we experimentally uncover the effect of confinement-induced defect strings termed ‘grain boundary scars’ on the behavior of dense two-dimensional assemblies of granular spinners, a canonical odd elastic solid. The spatial arrangement of these scars fundamentally reshapes the flows triggered by chiral activity. Specifically, they cause the topologically protected edge flows - a ubiquitous feature of confined spinner assemblies - to decouple from the bulk. Strikingly, increasing the net chiral activity of the system by tuning the ratio of counterclockwise to clockwise spinners caused spontaneous self-shearing. The resulting odd radial stresses led to a chiral activity-mediated reentrant melting transition at a fixed areal spinner density. Our findings open new avenues for exploiting geometrical frustration to elicit novel responses from odd elastic solids.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNature Communicationsen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2512.17393en_US
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68510-4en_US
dc.rights© The Authorsen_US
dc.subjectCondensed-matter physicsen_US
dc.subjectSoft materialsen_US
dc.subjectStatistical physics, thermodynamics and nonlinear dynamicsen_US
dc.titleReentrant melting of scarred odd crystals by self-shearen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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