Glass transition in fullerenes: mode-coupling theory predictions

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dc.creatorGreenall, M. J.
dc.creatorVoigtmann, Th.
dc.date2006-07-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:15:51Z
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dc.descriptionWe report idealized mode-coupling theory results for the glass transition of ensembles of model fullerenes interacting via phenomenological two-body potentials. Transition lines are found for C60, C70 and C96 in the temperature-density plane. We argue that the observed glass-transition behavior is indicative of kinetic arrest that is strongly driven by the inter-particle attraction in addition to excluded-volume repulsion. In this respect, these systems differ from most standard glass-forming liquids. They feature arrest that occurs at lower densities and that is stronger than would be expected for repulsion-dominated hard-sphere-like or Lennard-Jones-like systems. The influence of attraction increases with increasing the number of carbon atoms per molecule. However, unrealistically large fullerenes would be needed to yield behavior reminiscent of recently investigated model colloids with strong short-ranged attraction (glass-glass transitions and logarithmic decay of time-correlation functions).
dc.description10 pages, 5 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607117
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607117
dc.identifierJ. Chem. Phys. 125, 194511 (2006)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1063/1.2390705
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/113369
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleGlass transition in fullerenes: mode-coupling theory predictions
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