Kinetic glass transition in a micellar system with short-range attractive interaction

Citation
F. Mallamace et al., Kinetic glass transition in a micellar system with short-range attractive interaction, PHYS REV L, 84(23), 2000, pp. 5431-5434
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
84
Issue
23
Year of publication
2000
Pages
5431 - 5434
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20000605)84:23<5431:KGTIAM>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We show that percolation and structural arrest transitions coexist in diffe rent regions of the phase diagram of a copolymer-micellar system and relate them to short-range intermicellar attraction. The intermediate scattering function shows a nonergodic transition along a temperature and concentratio n dependent line. Analyses show a logarithmic time dependence, attributed t o a higher-order glass transition singularity predicted by mode-coupling th eory, followed by a power law.