Glassy states in attractive micellar systems

F. Mallamace, M. Broccio, A. Faraone, W.R. Chen and S.-H. Chen

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2004, vol. 339, issue 1, 92-100

Abstract: Recent mode coupling theory (MCT) calculations show that in attractive colloids one may observe a new type of glass originating from clustering effects, as a result of the attractive interaction. This happens in addition to the known glass-forming mechanism due to cage effects in the hard sphere system. MCT also indicates that, within a certain volume fraction range, varying the external control parameter, the effective temperature, makes the glass-to-liquid-to-glass re-entrance and the glass-to-glass transitions possible. Here we present experimental evidence and details on this complex phase behavior in a three-block copolymer micellar system.

Keywords: Structural arrest; Glass; Micelles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.03.048

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