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    Stochastic qualifier of gel and glass transitions in laponite suspensions

    , Article Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics ; Volume 81, Issue 6 , Jun , 2010 ; 15393755 (ISSN) Shayeganfar, F ; Jabbari Farouji, S ; Movahed, M. S ; Jafari, G. R ; Rahimi Tabar, M. R ; Sharif University of Technology
    2010
    Abstract
    The existence of the important similarities between gelation and glass transition makes it hard to distinguish between the two types of nonergodic states experimentally. Here, we report on a stochastic analysis of the scattered light intensity through a colloidal particles suspension during the gel and glass formation. In this analysis, we exploit the methods developed for complex hierarchical systems, such as turbulence. Using the multiplicative log-normal cascade models, we provide a criterion to distinguish gels from glasses