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Kinetic arrest, dynamical transitions, and activated relaxation in dense fluids of attractive nonspherical colloids

Journal Article · · Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
 [1];  [2]
  1. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States); University of Illinois
  2. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States)
The coupled translation-rotation activated dynamics in dense suspensions of attractive homogeneous and Janus uniaxial dicolloids are studied using microscopic statistical mechanical theory. Multiple kinetic arrest transitions and reentrant phenomena are predicted that are associated with fluid, gel, repulsive glass, attractive glass, plastic glass, and novel glass-gel states. Furthermore, the activated relaxation rate is a nonuniversal nonmonotonic function of attraction strength at high volume fractions due to the consequences of a change of the transient localization mechanism from caging to physical bonding.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-07ER46471
OSTI ID:
1875528
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1099683
Journal Information:
Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 83; ISSN 1539-3755
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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