A model for cage formation in colloidal suspension of laponite

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dc.creatorJoshi, Yogesh M.
dc.date2007-02-20
dc.date2007-08-08
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dc.descriptionIn this paper we investigate glass transition in aqueous suspension of synthetic hectorite clay, laponite. We believe that upon dispersing laponite clay in water, system comprises of clusters (agglomerates) of laponite dispersed in the same. Subsequent osmotic swelling of these clusters leads to increase in their volume fraction. We propose that this phenomenon is responsible for slowing down of the overall dynamics of the system. As clusters fill up the space, system undergoes glass transition. Along with the mode coupling theory, proposed mechanism rightly captures various characteristic features of the system in the ergodic regime as it approaches glass transition.
dc.description12 pages, 1 figures. The Journal of Chemical Physics, in press
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702467
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702467
dc.identifierJ. Chem. Phys. 127, 081102 (2007)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1063/1.2779026
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/138880
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleA model for cage formation in colloidal suspension of laponite
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