Glass States in Dense Attractive Micellar Systems

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

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Abstract

Recent mode coupling theory (MCT) studies show that if a short-range attractive interaction is added to the pure hard sphere system, one may observe a new type of glass. Within a certain volume fraction range where the two glass-forming mechanisms nearly balance each other, varying the external control parameter, the effective temperature, makes the glass-to-liquid-to-glass re-entrance and the glass-to-glass transitions possible. In this context, by using small angle neutron scattering and photon correlation measurements in a micellar system, the chapter presents evidence on this complex phase behavior. Finally, in agreement with MCT, an end point on the glass-to-glass transitions line is found, beyond which, the two glasses become identical in their local structure and the long time dynamics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUnifying Concepts in Granular Media and Glasses
Subtitle of host publicationFrom the Statistical Mechanics of Granular Media to the Theory of Jamming
PublisherElsevier
Pages163-180
Number of pages18
ISBN (Print)9780444516077
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 30 2004
Externally publishedYes

Funding

The research at MIT is supported by a grant from Materials Science Division of US DOE. The research in Italy is supported by the PRIN2002-MIUR project.

FundersFunder number
Materials Science Division of US DOE

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