DYNAMIC CRITERION FOR FREEZING OF COLLOIDAL LIQUIDS

被引:203
作者
LOWEN, H [1 ]
PALBERG, T [1 ]
SIMON, R [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CONSTANCE,FAK PHYS,W-7750 CONSTANCE,GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.1557
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
A simple dynamical criterion for crystallization of a colloidal fluid which undergoes Brownian motion is proposed, similar in spirit to the classic Lindemann melting rule. It states that the ratio of the long-time and short-time self-diffusion coefficients is a universal number very close to 0.1 along the freezing line. This phenomenological crystallization rule is confirmed both by Brownian dynamics simulations of a Yukawa liquid and by forced Rayleigh scattering experiments on charge-stabilized colloidal suspensions.
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页码:1557 / 1560
页数:4
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