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E Zaccarelli1, C Mayer, A Asteriadi, C N Likos, F Sciortino, J Roovers, H Iatrou, N Hadjichristidis, P Tartaglia, H Löwen, D Vlassopoulos.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16486412 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.268301
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161