Tailoring the flow of soft glasses by soft additives.
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چکیده
We examine the vitrification and melting of asymmetric star polymer mixtures by combining rheological measurements with mode coupling theory. We identify two types of glassy states, a single glass, in which the small component is fluid in the glassy matrix of the big one, and a double glass, in which both components are vitrified. Addition of small-star polymers leads to melting of both glasses, and the melting curve has a nonmonotonic dependence on the star-star size ratio. The phenomenon opens new ways for externally steering the rheological behavior of soft matter systems.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 95 26 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005