A Nyquist analysis of glassy dynamics, aging, and discrete basins of attraction in a small system

作者:Sharma Prerna*; Ghosh Shankar; Bhattacharya S
来源:Journal of Chemical Physics, 2010, 133(14): 144909.
DOI:10.1063/1.3501369

摘要

The process of attachment of a deformable polystyrene colloidal particle to a planar substrate shows features of slow relaxation and aging, typically observed in many-body disordered and glassy systems. This slow dynamics is attributed to the presence of polymeric tethers constituting a few internal degrees of freedom. The effects of these few degrees of freedom are revealed by a Nyquist analysis of the data that demonstrate the existence of only a few discernible basins of attraction as the system reaches the ground state and thus provides a minimal model of complexity and glassy dynamics.

  • 出版日期2010-10-14