Asymmetric caging in soft colloidal mixtures

Christian Mayer,Emanuela Zaccarelli,Emmanuel Stiakakis,Christos N. Likos,Francesco Sciortino,Abdul Munam,Mario Gauthier,Nikos Hadjichristidis,Hermis Iatrou,Piero Tartaglia,Hartmut Löwen,Dimitris Vlassopoulos

Asymmetric caging in soft colloidal mixtures

2008

Christian Mayer
Emanuela Zaccarelli
Emmanuel Stiakakis
Christos N. Likos
Francesco Sciortino
Abdul Munam
Mario Gauthier
Nikos Hadjichristidis
Hermis Iatrou
Piero Tartaglia
Hartmut Löwen
Dimitris Vlassopoulos

A new, asymmetric glassy state is identified in soft colloidal mixtures composed of large and small star polymers. The results will enable the design, control and tuning of the rheological properties of other soft composite materials.

Keywords:

Amorphous solid
Polymer
Nanotechnology
Materials science
Rheology
Phase diagram
Colloid
star polymer

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