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Growing range of correlated motion in a polymer melt on cooling towards the glass transition.

Author(s) : BENNEMANN C., DONATI C., BASCHNAGEL J., et al.

Type of article: Article

Summary

The authors use computer simulations to investigate a melt of short, unentangled polymer chains over a range of temperatures for which the mode-coupling theory remains valid. They identify a growing dynamical correlation length, and a corresponding order parameter, associated with the glass transition. This finding suggests a possible connection between well established concepts in critical phenomena and the dynamics of glass-forming liquids.

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  • Original title: Growing range of correlated motion in a polymer melt on cooling towards the glass transition.
  • Record ID : 2000-0603
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Nature - vol. 399 - n. 6733
  • Publication date: 1999/05/20
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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