Data di Pubblicazione:
2020
Citazione:
Emergence of Multiscale Dynamics in Colloidal Gels / J.H. Cho, R. Cerbino, I. Bischofberger. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 124:8(2020), pp. 088005.1-088005.6. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.088005]
Abstract:
To gain insight into the kinetics of colloidal gel evolution at low particle volume fractions phi, we utilize differential dynamic microscopy to investigate particle aggregation, geometric percolation, and the subsequent transition to nonergodic dynamics. We report the emergence of unexpectedly rich multiscale dynamics upon the onset of nonergodicity, which separates the wave vectors q into three different regimes. In the high-q domain, the gel exhibits phi-independent internal vibrations of fractal clusters. The intermediate-q domain is dominated by density fluctuations at the length scale of the clusters, as evidenced by the q independence of the relaxation time tau. In the low-q domain, the scaling of tau as q(-3) suggests that the network appears homogeneous. The transitions between these three regimes introduce two characteristic length scales, distinct from the cluster size.
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01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
elastic properties; aggregation; gelation; transition; particles; behavior; arrest
Elenco autori:
J.H. Cho, R. Cerbino, I. Bischofberger
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