Glassy states in attractive micellar systems

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

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)92-100
Number of pages9
JournalPhysica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume339
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2004
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the International Conference New Materials - Canberra, Vic., Australia
Duration: Nov 3 2003Nov 7 2003

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

    Keywords

    • Glass
    • Micelles
    • Structural arrest

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