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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/3976| Title: | Stress relaxation in aging soft colloidal glasses |
| Authors: | Bandyopadhyay, Ranjini Mohan, Harsha P. Joshi, Yogesh M. |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2010 |
| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Citation: | Soft Matter, 2010, Vol. 6, p1462 |
| Abstract: | We investigate the stress relaxation behavior on the application of step strains to aging aqueous suspensions of the synthetic clay Laponite. The stress exhibits a two-step decay, from which the slow relaxation modes are extracted as functions of the sample ages and applied step strain deformations. Interestingly, the slow time scales that we estimate show a dramatic enhancement with increasing strain amplitudes. We argue that the system ends up exploring the deeper sections of its energy landscape following the application of the step strain. |
| Description: | Restricted Access. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/3976 |
| ISSN: | 1744-6848 (Online) 1744-683X |
| Alternative Location: | http://arxiv.org/abs/0905.0536 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b916342e |
| Copyright: | 2010 Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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