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concept:domain-wall-formationDomain-wall formation
Critical phenomenon in determining whether systems can maintain ordered target states; analyzed via free-energy scaling.
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- Topological constraints on self-organizationassociated_withCore framework: necessary conditions on graph topology for ordered phases to exist in locally-interacting systems.
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- Key analytical technique used across three model systems to determine constraints on long-range order.
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- domain wallrelated_toBoundary between regions of different order; its free-energy cost determines phase stability
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