Static and Dynamic Heterogeneities in a Model for Irreversible Gelation

@article{citeulike:1252476, abstract = {We study the structure and the dynamics in the formation of irreversible gels by means of molecular dynamics simulation of a model system where the gelation transition is due to the random percolation of permanent bonds between neighboring particles. We analyze the heterogeneities of the dynamics in terms of the fluctuations of the self-intermediate scattering functions: in the sol phase close to the percolation threshold, we find that this dynamic susceptibility increases with the time until it reaches a plateau. At the gelation threshold this plateau scales as a function of the wave vector k as k-2, with being related to the decay of the percolation pair connectedness function. At the lowest wave vector, approaching the gelation threshold it diverges with the same exponent as the mean cluster size. These findings suggest an alternative way of measuring critical exponents in a system undergoing chemical gelation.}, author = {Abete, T. and de Candia, A. and Del Gado, E. and Fierro, A. and Coniglio, A. }, citeulike-article-id = {1252476}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.088301}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {2007, gel, heterogeneity, simulation}, number = {8}, posted-at = {2008-03-19 16:29:54}, priority = {2}, publisher = {APS}, title = {Static and Dynamic Heterogeneities in a Model for Irreversible Gelation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.088301}, volume = {98}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1252476 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1252476 N2 - We study the structure and the dynamics in the formation of irreversible gels by means of molecular dynamics simulation of a model system where the gelation transition is due to the random percolation of permanent bonds between neighboring particles. We analyze the heterogeneities of the dynamics in terms of the fluctuations of the self-intermediate scattering functions: in the sol phase close to the percolation threshold, we find that this dynamic susceptibility increases with the time until it reaches a plateau. At the gelation threshold this plateau scales as a function of the wave vector k as k-2, with being related to the decay of the percolation pair connectedness function. At the lowest wave vector, approaching the gelation threshold it diverges with the same exponent as the mean cluster size. These findings suggest an alternative way of measuring critical exponents in a system undergoing chemical gelation. IS - 8 JF - Physical Review Letters TI - Static and Dynamic Heterogeneities in a Model for Irreversible Gelation PB - APS VL - 98 KW - 2007 KW - gel KW - heterogeneity KW - simulation AU - Abete, T AU - de Candia, A AU - Del Gado, E AU - Fierro, A AU - Coniglio, A PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.088301 ER -