Colloidal gelation and non-ergodicity transitions
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-10-31 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Materials Science
Abstract
Within the framework of the mode coupling theory (MCT) of structural relaxation, mechanisms and properties of non-ergodicity transitions in rather dilute suspensions of colloidal particles characterized by strong short-ranged attractions are studied. Results building on the virial expansion for particles with hard cores and interacting via an attractive square well potential are presented, and their relevance to colloidal gelation is discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9912279,
title = {Colloidal gelation and non-ergodicity transitions},
author = {J. Bergenholtz and M. Fuchs and Th. Voigtmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9912279},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, 4 figures; Talk at the Conference: "Unifying Concepts in Glass Physics" ICTP Trieste, September 1999; to be published in J. Phys.: Condens. Matter