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Correlation between dynamical and structural heterogeneities in colloidal hard-sphere suspensions

Thomas PalbergHans Joachim SchöpeHans Joachim SchöpeSebastian Golde

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PhysicsCondensed matter physicsGeneral Physics and Astronomy02 engineering and technology021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural scienceslaw.inventionCondensed Matter::Soft Condensed MatterColloidlaw0103 physical sciencesFluid dynamicsStatic light scatteringVitrificationCrystallization010306 general physics0210 nano-technology

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Experiments combining dynamic and static light scattering have probed a colloidal hard-sphere system for the formation of dynamical and structural heterogeneities, which play a role in both forms of solidification: crystallization and vitrification.

https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3709