Colloidal glasses are out-of-equilibrium in nature. When such materials are quenched from a shear-melted state into a quiescent one, their structure freezes due to entropic caging of the constituents. However, thermal fluctuations allow slow structural evolution, a process known as aging, in favor of minimizing free energy. Here, we examine the rheological signatures of aging, in a model system of nearly hard sphere colloidal glass. Subtle changes in the linear viscoelastic properties are detected with the age of the colloidal glass where viscous modulus shows a decrease with aging whereas the elastic modulus remains unaffected. This is associated with the slowing-down of long-time out-of-cage dynamics as the glass ages. On the contrary, nonlinear rheological measurements such as start-up shear flow, stress relaxation, and creep experiments show a strong dependence on sample age. Moreover, creep and stress relaxation experiments show ample evidence of avalanche type processes that occur during aging of colloidal glasses. Finally, comparison of creep and start-up shear flow measurements indicate that the latter is more energy efficient in inducing flow in colloidal glasses irrespective of aging dynamics.
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August 2019
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August 14 2019
Rheological signatures of aging in hard sphere colloidal glasses
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Alan R. Jacob
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Alan R. Jacob
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IESL-FORTH and Materials Science and Technology Department, University of Crete
, 71110 Heraklion, Greece
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Esmaeel Moghimi
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Esmaeel Moghimi
IESL-FORTH and Materials Science and Technology Department, University of Crete
, 71110 Heraklion, Greece
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George Petekidis
George Petekidis
IESL-FORTH and Materials Science and Technology Department, University of Crete
, 71110 Heraklion, Greece
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Note: This paper is part of the special topic, Invited Contributions from Outstanding Early Career Researchers.
Physics of Fluids 31, 087103 (2019)
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Received:
June 04 2019
Accepted:
July 18 2019
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Alan R. Jacob, Esmaeel Moghimi, George Petekidis; Rheological signatures of aging in hard sphere colloidal glasses. Physics of Fluids 1 August 2019; 31 (8): 087103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5113500
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