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Is there a reentrant glass in binary mixtures?

Soft Condensed Matter 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

By employing computer simulations for a model binary mixture, we show that a reentrant glass transition upon adding a second component only occurs if the ratio α\alpha of the short-time mobilities between the glass-forming component and the additive is sufficiently small. For α1\alpha \approx 1, there is no reentrant glass, even if the size asymmetry between the two components is large, in accordance with two-component mode coupling theory. For α1\alpha \ll 1, on the other hand, the reentrant glass is observed and reproduced only by an effective one-component mode coupling theory.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0402254,
  title  = {Is there a reentrant glass in binary mixtures?},
  author = {E. Zaccarelli and H. Lowen and P. P. F. Wessels and F. Sciortino and P. Tartaglia and C. N. Likos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0402254},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures

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