Directed percolation identified as equilibrium pre-transition towards non-equilibrium arrested gel states
Gels exhibit very slow dynamics, for which a structural reason remains elusive. Here, Kohl et al. show the gel formation is accompanied by a succession of continuous and directed percolation, with only the latter found to lead to the arrested dynamics.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-06-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11817 |