Three-dimensional direct imaging of structural relaxation near the colloidal glass transition

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5453, 2000, Pages 627-631

  Weeks, Eric R ^a   Crocker, J C ^b   Levitt, Andrew C ^b   Schofield, Andrew ^c   Weitz, D A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DYNAMICS; IMAGING; LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME;

EID: 0034723445     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5453.627     Document Type: Article

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