Aging behavior of the localization length in a colloidal glass

Abstract The localization length rloc associated with a fast secondary relaxation in glassy Laponite is determined by X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) through a Debye–Waller fit of the non-ergodicity parameter. Quantitative differences are observed between the time dependence (aging) of rloc in spontaneously aged and rejuvenated samples. This behavior is also reflected in the calculated shear modulus which matches well with data obtained by rheological measurements.

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