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The nature of the glass transition is theoretically understood in the mean-field limit of infinite spatial dimensions, but the problem remains totally open in physical dimensions. Nontrivial finite-dimensional fluctuations are hard to control analytically, and experiments fail to provide conclusive evidence regarding the nature of the glass transition. Here, we use Monte Carlo simulations that fully bypass the glassy slowdown, and access equilibrium states in two-dimensional glass-forming liquids at low enough temperatures to directly probe the transition. We find that the liquid state terminates at a thermodynamic glass transition at zero temperature, which is associated with an entropy crisis and a diverging static correlation length.

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We demonstrate room-temperature stabilization of dipolar magnetic skyrmions with diameters in the range of 100 nm in a single ultrathin layer of the Heusler alloy Co2FeAl (CFA) under moderate magnetic fields. Current-induced skyrmion dynamics in microwires is studied with a scanning nitrogen-vacancy magnetometer operating in the photoluminescence quenching mode. We first demonstrate skyrmion nucleation by spin-orbit torque and show that its efficiency can be significantly improved using tilted magnetic fields, an effect that is not specific to Heusler alloys and could be advantageous for future skyrmion-based devices. We then show that current-induced skyrmion motion remains limited by strong pinning effects, even though CFA is a magnetic material with a low magnetic damping parameter.

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The growth of single-layer graphene (SLG) by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on copper surfaces is very popular because of the self-limiting effect that, in principle, prevents the growth of few-layer graphene (FLG). However, the reproducibility of the CVD growth of homogeneous SLG remains a major challenge, especially if one wants to avoid heavy surface treatments, monocrystalline substrates and expensive equipment to control the atmosphere inside the growth system. We demonstrate here that backside tungsten coating of copper foils allows for the exclusive growth of SLG with full coverage by atmospheric pressure CVD implemented in a vacuum-free furnace. We show that the absence of FLG patches is related to the suppression of carbon diffusion through copper. In the perspective of large-scale production of graphene, this approach constitutes a significant improvement to the traditional CVD growth process since (1) a tight control of the hydrocarbon flow is no longer required to avoid FLG formation and, consequently, (2) the growth duration necessary to reach full coverage can be drastically shortened.

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We present a new light scattering setup coupled to a commercial rheometer operated in the plate-plate geometry. The apparatus allows the microscopic dynamics to be measured, discriminating between the contribution due to the affine deformation and additional mechanisms, such as plasticity. Light backscattered by the sample is collected using an imaging optical layout, thereby allowing the average flow velocity and the microscopic dynamics to be probed with both spatial and temporal resolution. We successfully test the setup by measuring the Brownian diffusion and flow velocity of diluted colloidal suspensions, both at rest and under shear. The potentiality of the apparatus are explored in the startup shear of a biogel. For small shear deformations, $\gamma \le 2\%$, the rheological response of the gel is linear. However, striking deviations from affine flow are seen from the very onset of deformation, due to temporally and spatially heterogeneous rearrangements bearing intriguing similarities with a stick-slip process.

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Diffuse low-grade gliomas (DLGG) are brain tumors of young adults. They affect the quality of life of the inflicted patients and, if untreated, they evolve into higher grade tumors where the patient's life is at risk. Therapeutic management of DLGGs includes chemotherapy, and tumor diameter is particularly important for the follow-up of DLGG evolution. In fact, the main clinical basis for deciding whether to continue chemotherapy is tumor diameter growth rate. In order to reliably assist the doctors in selecting the most appropriate time to stop treatment, we propose a novel clinical decision support system. Based on two mathematical models, one linear and one exponential, we are able to predict the evolution of tumor diameter under Temozolomide chemotherapy as a first treatment and thus offer a prognosis on when to end it. We present the results of an implementation of these models on a database of 42 patients from Nancy and Montpellier University Hospitals. In this database, 38 patients followed the linear model and four patients followed the exponential model. From a training data set of a minimal size of five, we are able to predict the next tumor diameter with high accuracy. Thanks to the corresponding prediction interval, it is possible to check if the new observation corresponds to the predicted diameter. If the observed diameter is within the prediction interval, the clinician is notified that the trend is within a normal range. Otherwise, the practitioner is alerted of a significant change in tumor diameter.

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