Cluster kinetics of pressure-induced glass formation

The Journal of Chemical Physics
Lisa A Brenskelle, Benjamin J McCoy

Abstract

A prior correlation model for glass formation based on cluster-size distribution kinetics is here extended to account for pressure effects as well as temperature effects. The model describes how rapidly cooling or compressing a liquid or colloid leads to structural arrest and a consequent sharp rise in viscosity or dielectric relaxation time. In addition to activation energies, we include activation volumes in the rate coefficients for monomer-cluster addition and dissociation and cluster aggregation and breakage. The approach leads to scaled pressure correlations and plots for viscosity that reveal strong and fragile glass behavior, and agree with experimental data. A simple relationship among viscosity, attractive interparticle energy, and particle volume fraction displays how hard spheres with attractive forces can vitrify at small particle densities.

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Oct 16, 2007·The Journal of Chemical Physics·Lisa A Brenskelle, Benjamin J McCoy
Sep 11, 2007·The Journal of Chemical Physics·Alexander PuzenkoMarian Paluch

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