@article{saadatfar_pore_2017, abstract = {Emergence and growth of crystalline domains in granular media remains under-explored. Here, the authors analyse tomographic snapshots from partially recrystallized packings of spheres using persistent homology and find agreement with proposed transitions based on continuous deformation of octahedral and tetrahedral voids.}, author = {Saadatfar, Mohammad and Takeuchi, Hiroshi and Robins, Vanessa and Francois, Nicolas and Hiraoka, Yisuaki}, date = {2017-05-12}, doi = {10.1038/ncomms15082}, issn = {2041-1723}, journaltitle = {Nature Communications}, keywords = {1 - Crystal structure, 1 - Material physics, 1 - Pore configuration, 2 - Persistence diagrams, 3 - Granular packings}, langid = {english}, number = {1}, pages = {1--11}, rights = {2017 The Author(s)}, shortjournal = {Nat Commun}, title = {Pore configuration landscape of granular crystallization}, url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15082}, urldate = {2020-01-04}, volume = {8} }