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Cluster diffusion at the gelation point

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v1 Soft Condensed Matter

Abstract

We use molecular dynamics simulations to study a model of the gelation transition with a dynamic bond forming procedure. After establishing evidence for 3D percolation as the static universality class, we turn our attention to the dynamics of clusters at the gelation point, focusing in particular on the behavior of the diffusion constant D(s) as a function of cluster size s. We find a very clear power law behavior D(s)\sim s^{-k} with a non-trivial exponent k\approx 0.69.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0205333,
  title  = {Cluster diffusion at the gelation point},
  author = {Sune Norhoj Jespersen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0205333},
  year   = {2007}
}

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