Viscoelasticity near the gel-point: a molecular dynamics study

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2001-02-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0102265v1

Phys. Rev. E vol. 64 art. 031505 (2001)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.64.031505

We report on extensive molecular dynamics simulations on systems of soft spheres of functionality f, i.e. particles that are capable of bonding irreversibly with a maximum of f other particles. These bonds are randomly distributed throughout the system and imposed with probability p. At a critical concentration of bonds, p_c approximately equal to 0.2488 for f=6, a gel is formed and the shear viscosity \eta diverges according to \eta ~ (p_c-p)^{-s}. We find s is approximately 0.7 in agreement with some experiments and with a recent theoretical prediction based on Rouse dynamics of phantom chains. The diffusion constant decreases as the gel point is approached but does not display a well-defined power law.

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