Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Measurements of growing surface tension of amorphous–amorphous interfaces on approaching the colloidal glass transition

  • Divya Ganapathi,
  • K. Hima Nagamanasa,
  • A. K. Sood,
  • Rajesh Ganapathy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02836-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The existence of interfaces, separating distinct relaxing regions, has been predicted in glass theory, but a direct proof remains challenging due to the amorphous nature of glasses. Ganapathi et al. identify and measure the surface tension of these interfaces in bulk supercooled colloidal liquids.