Surface Fluctuations of an Aging Colloidal Suspension: Evidence for Intermittent Quakes
arXiv:0903.4427 · doi:10.1209/0295-5075/88/58002
Abstract
We present measurements of the thermal fluctuations of the free surface of an aging colloidal suspension, Laponite. The technique consists in measuring the fluctuations of the position of a laser beam that reflects from the free surface. Analysing the data statistics, we show that, as the fluid ages, the dynamics becomes intermittent. The intermittent events correspond to large changes in the local slope of the free surface over a few milliseconds. We show that those quakes are uncorrelated, although they are kept in memory by the surface over short time scales.
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