A statistical-mechanical theory of self-diffusion in colloidal suspensions — application to colloidal glass transitions

2008 ◽  
Vol 387 (16-17) ◽  
pp. 4015-4032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michio Tokuyama
Keyword(s):  
Colloidal Suspensions ◽  
Glass Transitions ◽  
Mechanical Theory ◽  
Self Diffusion ◽  
Statistical Mechanical ◽  
Colloidal Glass

scholarly journals Statistical Mechanical Theory of a Closed Oscillating Universe

2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-275
Author(s):  
A. Pérez-Madrid ◽  
I. Santamaría-Holek
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Theory ◽  
Statistical Mechanical

Self‐diffusion in colloidal suspensions. Intermediate times

1993 ◽  
Vol 98 (9) ◽  
pp. 7521-7526 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. Carbajal‐Tinoco ◽  
J. L. Arauz‐Lara
Keyword(s):  
Colloidal Suspensions ◽  
Self Diffusion

Observation of the Pinning-Induced Crystal-Hexatic-Glass Transition in Two-Dimensional Colloidal Suspensions

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 106101
Author(s):  
Xiaoyan Sun ◽  
Huaguang Wang ◽  
Hao Feng ◽  
Zexin Zhang ◽  
Yuqiang Ma
Keyword(s):  
Glass Transition ◽  
Colloidal Suspensions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Colloidal Systems ◽  
Fundamental Understanding ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Glassy Materials ◽  
Colloidal Glass ◽  
Orientational Correlation

Identification of the glass formation process in various conditions is of importance for fundamental understanding of the mechanism of glass transitions as well as for developments and applications of glassy materials. We investigate the role of pinning in driving the transformation of crystal into glass in two-dimensional colloidal suspensions of monodisperse microspheres. The pinning is produced by immobilizing a fraction of microspheres on the substrate of sample cells where the mobile microspheres sediment. Structurally, the crystal-hexatic-glass transition occurs with increasing the number fraction of pinning ρ pinning, and the orientational correlation exhibits a change from quasi-long-range to short-range order at ρ pinning = 0.02. Interestingly, the dynamics shows a non-monotonic change with increasing the fraction of pinning. This is due to the competition between the disorder that enhances the dynamics and the pinning that hinders the particle motions. Our work highlights the important role of the pinning on the colloidal glass transition, which not only provides a new strategy to prevent crystallization forming glass, but also is helpful for understanding of the vitrification in colloidal systems.

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