Direct observation of dynamical heterogeneities in colloidal hard-sphere suspensions

被引：751

作者：

Kegel, WK

van Blaaderen, A

机构：

[1] Univ Utrecht, Debye Inst, Vant Hoff Lab Phys & Colloid Chem, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands

[2] FOM, Inst Atom & Mol Phys, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands

来源：

SCIENCE | 2000年 / 287卷 / 5451期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.287.5451.290

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The real-space dynamics in a model system of colloidal hard spheres was studied by means of time-resolved fluorescence confocal scanning microscopy. Direct experimental evidence for the presence of dynamical heterogeneities in a dense liquid was obtained from an analysis of particle trajectories in two-dimensional slices of the bulk sample. These heterogeneities manifest themselves as a non-Gaussian probability distribution of particle displacements and also affect the onset of long-time diffusive behavior.

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页码：290 / 293

页数：4

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