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Microscopic dynamics of recovery in sheared depletion gels

dc.contributor.authorChung, B.
dc.contributor.authorRamakrishnan, S.
dc.contributor.authorBandyopadhyay, Ranjini
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-09T09:19:42Z
dc.date.available2012-06-09T09:19:42Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.descriptionOpen Access.en
dc.description.abstractWe report x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy and diffusing wave spectroscopy studies of depletion gels formed from nanoscale silica colloids in solutions of nonabsorbing polymer following the cessation of shear. The two techniques provide a quantitatively coherent picture of the dynamics as ballistic or convective motion of colloidal clusters whose internal motion is arrested. While the dynamics possesses features characteristic of nonergodic soft solids, including a relaxation time that grows linearly with the time since shear, comparison with behavior of quenched supercooled liquids indicates that this evolution is not directly related to traditional aging phenomena in glasses.en
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review Letters, 2005, Vol.96, p228301en
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007
dc.identifier.issn1079-7114 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/4645
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen
dc.rights2006 American Physical Societyen
dc.titleMicroscopic dynamics of recovery in sheared depletion gelsen
dc.typeArticleen

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