Properties of cage rearrangements observed near the colloidal glass transition

Abstract

We use confocal microscopy to study the motions of particles in concentrated colloidal systems. Near the glass transition, diffusive motion is inhibited, as particles spend time trapped in transient ``cages'' formed by neighboring particles. We measure the cage sizes and lifetimes, which respectively shrink and grow as the glass transition approaches. Cage rearrangements are more prevalent in regions with lower local concentrations and higher disorder. Neighboring rearranging particles typically move in parallel directions, although a nontrivial fraction move in anti-parallel directions, usually from pairs of particles with initial separations corresponding to the local maxima and minima of the pair correlation function $g(r)$, respectively.

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