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Crystal nucleation versus vitrification in charged colloidal suspensions

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Trends in Colloid and Interface Science XV

Part of the book series: Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science ((PROGCOLLOID,volume 118))

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We investigated the solidification behaviour of thoroughly deionised aqueous suspensions of polystyrene latex spheres by various optical scattering methods. We found a dramatic increase in the nucleation rate densities with increasing particle number density. Crystalline and nanocrystalline samples showed two relaxation processes on widely separated time scales. For an index-matched suspension of perfluorinated particles an amorphous state was accessible with the glass-typical signature of frozen long-time relaxation. From our results we propose a route into the amorphous state different to that observed in hard-sphere suspensions. It seems that in charged-sphere systems the increased nucleation rate density triggers the appearance of a Bernal-type glass.

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  1. Institut für Physik der Universität Mainz Staudinger, Weg 7, 55099, Mainz, Germany

    H. -J. Schöpe & T. Palberg

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    Petros G. Koutsoukos

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Schöpe, H.J., Palberg, T. (2001). Crystal nucleation versus vitrification in charged colloidal suspensions. In: Koutsoukos, P.G. (eds) Trends in Colloid and Interface Science XV. Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science, vol 118. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45725-9_18

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