When gel and glass meet: A mechanism for multistep relaxation
arXiv:0911.5269 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.81.040502
Abstract
We use computer simulations to study the dynamics of a physical gel at high densities where gelation and the glass transition interfere. We report and provide detailed physical understanding of complex relaxation patterns for time correlation functions which generically decay in a three-step process. For certain combinations of parameters we find logarithmic decays of the correlators and subdiffusive particle motion.
4 pages, 5 figures