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剪切作用下超软胶体的晶-晶转变

Crystal-to-crystal transition of ultrasoft colloids under shear

J. Ruiz-Franco, J. Marakis, N. Gnan, J. Kohlbrecher, M. Gauthier, M. P. Lettinga, D. Vlassopoulos, E. Zaccarelli

摘要:

超软胶体在高浓度下通常不会自发结晶,而是玻璃化。结合原位流变SANS实验和数值模拟,我们表明,剪切有利于结晶的胶态星形聚合物在其玻璃化转变附近。随着剪切速率的增加,远远超过流变屈服,从最初的BCC为主的结构的FCC为主的一个过渡。这种晶体到晶体的转变并不伴随着中间熔融,而是通过晶体结构的突然重组而发生。我们的研究结果提供了一个新的途径来定制胶体结晶和晶体到晶体的转变在分子水平上耦合的柔软性和剪切。

英文摘要:

Ultrasoft colloids typically do not spontaneously crystallize, but rather vitrify, at high concentrations. Combining in-situ rheo-SANS experiments and numerical simulations we show that shear facilitates crystallization of colloidal star polymers in the vicinity of their glass transition. With increasing shear rate well beyond rheological yielding, a transition is found from an initial bcc-dominated structure to an fcc-dominated one. This crystal-to-crystal transition is not accompanied by intermediate melting but occurs via a sudden reorganization of the crystal structure. Our results provide a new avenue to tailor colloidal crystallization and crystal-to-crystal transition at molecular level by coupling softness and shear.

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