Composition fluctuations in polydisperse liquids: Glasslike effects well above the glass transition

Autor: Olivier Benzerara, Alexander N. Semenov, L. Klochko, J. P. Wittmer, Jörg Baschnagel, Céline Ruscher
Přispěvatelé: Institut Charles Sadron (ICS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Réseau nanophotonique et optique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Matériaux et nanosciences d'Alsace (FMNGE), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Physical Review E
Physical Review E, American Physical Society (APS), 2020, 102 (4), ⟨10.1103/PhysRevE.102.042611⟩
ISSN: 2470-0045
2470-0053
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.102.042611⟩
Popis: We study a two-dimensional glass-forming system of slightly polydisperse (LJ) particles using molecular dynamics simulations and demonstrate that in the liquid regime (well above the vitrification temperature) this model shows a number of features typical of the glass transition: (i) the relation between compressibility and structure factor $S(q)$ is strongly violated; (ii) the dynamical structure factor $S(q,t)$ at low $q$ shows a two-step relaxation; (iii) the time-dependent heat capacity ${c}_{v}(t)$ shows a long-time power-law tail. We show that these phenomena can be rationalized with the idea of composition fluctuations and provide a quantitative theory for the effects (i) and (ii). It implies that such effects must be inherent in all polydisperse colloidal models, including binary LJ mixtures.
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