Abstract
The idealized version of the mode-coupling theory which focuses on the nonequilibrium structural aspects of colloidal particles in glass formation is applied to determine the liquid-glass transition boundary for a suspension of monodisperse polystyrene charged spheres as a function of electrolyte concentration. Guided by previous studies of the liquid-fcc-bcc freezing transition, we employ the same macro-ion charge as that used in the latter and predict the colloidal liquid-glass transition loci in remarkably good agreement with measurements.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3645-3648 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue number | 18 |
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| State | Published - 1999 |