Density of states of colloidal glasses and supercooled liquids†
Abstract
The glass transition is perhaps the greatest unsolved problem in condensed matter physics: the main question is how to reconcile the liquid-like structure with solid-like mechanical properties. In solids, structure and mechanics are related directly through the vibrational density of states of the material. Here, we obtain for the first time the density of states of colloidal glasses and supercooled liquids from a normal-mode analysis of particle displacements measured using
- This article is part of the themed collection: Granular and jammed materials