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星形polymer混合物的多重玻璃化转变:理论和模拟的见解

Multiple glass transitions in star polymer mixtures: Insights from theory and simulations

Christian Mayer, Francesco Sciortino, Christos N. Likos, Piero Tartaglia, Hartmut Loewen, Emanuela Zaccarelli

摘要:

用模式耦合理论和广泛的分子动力学计算机模拟研究了星型聚合物二元混合物的玻璃化转变。特别是,我们已经探讨了玻璃化的尺寸不对称$δ$和浓度$ρ_2$的小的星形聚合物在固定浓度的大的参数空间。根据参数的选择,三种不同的玻璃态被确定:一个单一的玻璃的大聚合物在低$δ$和低$ρ_2$,一个双玻璃在高$δ$和低$ρ_2$,和一种新的双玻璃在高$ρ_2$和高$δ$,其特征在于由一个强大的本地化的小颗粒。在低$δ$和高$ρ_2$下,玻璃化和相分离之间存在竞争。以$(δ, ρ_2)$平面为中心,出现一个液态湖,揭示了可重入的玻璃形成。我们比较的动态密度泛函的理论预测的行为,并发现两者之间显着的协议。

英文摘要:

The glass transition in binary mixtures of star polymers is studied by mode coupling theory and extensive molecular dynamics computer simulations. In particular, we have explored vitrification in the parameter space of size asymmetry $δ$ and concentration $ρ_2$ of the small star polymers at fixed concentration of the large ones. Depending on the choice of parameters, three different glassy states are identified: a single glass of big polymers at low $δ$ and low $ρ_2$, a double glass at high $δ$ and low $ρ_2$, and a novel double glass at high $ρ_2$ and high $δ$ which is characterized by a strong localization of the small particles. At low $δ$ and high $ρ_2$ there is a competition between vitrification and phase separation. Centered in the $(δ, ρ_2)$-plane, a liquid lake shows up revealing reentrant glass formation. We compare the behavior of the dynamical density correlators with the predictions of the theory and find remarkable agreement between the two.

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