When gel and glass meet: A mechanism for multistep relaxation Auteur(s): Chaudhuri Pinaki, Berthier L., Hurtado Pablo, Kob W. (Article) Publié: Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, And Soft Matter Physics, vol. 81 p.040502 (2010) Texte intégral en Openaccess : PMID 20481669 Ref Arxiv: 0911.5269 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.040502 WoS: 000277265700007 Ref. & Cit.: NASA ADS 25 Citations Résumé: We use computer simulations to study the dynamics of a physical gel at high densities where gelation and the glass transition interfere. We report and provide detailed physical understanding of complex relaxation patterns for time correlation functions which generically decay in a three-step process. For certain combinations of parameters we find logarithmic decays of the correlators and subdiffusive particle motion. Commentaires: 4 pages, 5 figures Journal: Phys. Rev. E 81, 040502 (2010) |