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Farain K, Bonn D. Quantitative Understanding of the Onset of Dense Granular Flows. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:108201. [PMID: 36962056 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.108201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The question of when and how dense granular materials start to flow under stress, despite many industrial and geophysical applications, remains largely unresolved. We develop and test a simple equation for the onset of quasistatic flows of granular materials which is based on the frictional aging of the granular packing. The result is a nonmonotonic stress-strain relation which-akin to classical friction-is independent of the shear rate. This relation suffices to understand the quasistatic deformations of aging granular media, and its solid-to-liquid transition. Our results also elucidate the (flow) history dependence of the mechanical properties, and the sensitivity to the initial preparation of granular media.
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- Kasra Farain
- Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Bhandari P, Malik V, Kumar D, Schechter M. Relaxation dynamics of the three-dimensional Coulomb glass model. Phys Rev E 2021; 103:032150. [PMID: 33862762 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.032150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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In this paper, we analyze the dynamics of the Coulomb glass lattice model in three dimensions near a local equilibrium state by using mean-field approximations. We specifically focus on understanding the role of localization length (ξ) and the temperature (T) in the regime where the system is not far from equilibrium. We use the eigenvalue distribution of the dynamical matrix to characterize relaxation laws as a function of localization length at low temperatures. The variation of the minimum eigenvalue of the dynamical matrix with temperature and localization length is discussed numerically and analytically. Our results demonstrate the dominant role played by the localization length on the relaxation laws. For very small localization lengths, we find a crossover from exponential relaxation at long times to a logarithmic decay at intermediate times. No logarithmic decay at the intermediate times is observed for large localization lengths.
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- Preeti Bhandari
- Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Sector 81, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Manauli P. O. 140306, India.,Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Material Science, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Uttar Pradesh 201309, India
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- School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
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Ortuño M, Escasain E, Lopez-Elvira E, Somoza AM, Colchero J, Palacios-Lidon E. Conducting polymers as electron glasses: surface charge domains and slow relaxation. Sci Rep 2016; 6:21647. [PMID: 26911652 PMCID: PMC4766496 DOI: 10.1038/srep21647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The surface potential of conducting polymers has been studied with scanning Kelvin probe microscopy. The results show that this technique can become an excellent tool to really 'see' interesting surface charge interaction effects at the nanoscale. The electron glass model, which assumes that charges are localized by the disorder and that interactions between them are relevant, is employed to understand the complex behavior of conducting polymers. At equilibrium, we find surface potential domains with a typical lateral size of 50 nm, basically uncorrelated with the topography and strongly fluctuating in time. These fluctuations are about three times larger than thermal energy. The charge dynamics is characterized by an exponentially broad time distribution. When the conducting polymers are excited with light the surface potential relaxes logarithmically with time, as usually observed in electron glasses. In addition, the relaxation for different illumination times can be scaled within the full aging model.
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- Miguel Ortuño
- Dep. de Física - CIOyN, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Dep. de Física - CIOyN, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Dep. Surfaces and Coatings, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid - CSIC (Campus Cantoblanco), E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Dep. de Física - CIOyN, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Dep. de Física - CIOyN, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
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Ovadyahu Z. Suppression of inelastic electron-electron scattering in anderson insulators. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:156602. [PMID: 22587271 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.156602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report on measurements of absorption from applied ac fields in Anderson-localized indium-oxide films. The absorption shows a roll-off at a frequency that is much smaller than the electron-electron scattering rate measured at the same temperature in diffusive samples of this material. These results are interpreted as evidence for discreteness of the energy spectrum.
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- Z Ovadyahu
- Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Slow relaxation occurs in many physical and biological systems. "Creep" is an example from everyday life. When stretching a rubber band, for example, the recovery to its equilibrium length is not, as one might think, exponential: The relaxation is slow, in many cases logarithmic, and can still be observed after many hours. The form of the relaxation also depends on the duration of the stretching, the "waiting time." This ubiquitous phenomenon is called aging, and is abundant both in natural and technological applications. Here, we suggest a general mechanism for slow relaxations and aging, which predicts logarithmic relaxations, and a particular aging dependence on the waiting time. We demonstrate the generality of the approach by comparing our predictions to experimental data on a diverse range of physical phenomena, from conductance in granular metals to disordered insulators and dirty semiconductors, to the low temperature dielectric properties of glasses.
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Amir A, Borini S, Oreg Y, Imry Y. Huge (but finite) time scales in slow relaxations: beyond simple aging. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2011; 107:186407. [PMID: 22107656 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.186407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Experiments performed in the last years demonstrated slow relaxations and aging in the conductance of a large variety of materials. Here, we present experimental and theoretical results for conductance relaxation and aging for the case-study example of porous silicon. The relaxations are experimentally observed even at room temperature over time scales of hours, and when a strong electric field is applied for a time tw, the ensuing relaxation depends on tw. We derive a theoretical curve and show that all experimental data collapse onto it with a single time scale as a fitting parameter. This time scale is found to be of the order of thousands of seconds at room temperature. The generic theory suggested is not fine-tuned to porous silicon, and thus we believe the results should be universal, and the presented method should be applicable for many other systems manifesting memory and other glassy effects.
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- Ariel Amir
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Amir A, Oreg Y, Imry Y. Slow relaxations and aging in the electron glass. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2009; 103:126403. [PMID: 19792451 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.126403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Glassy systems are ubiquitous in nature. They are characterized by slow relaxations to equilibrium without a typical time scale, aging, and memory effects. Understanding this has been a long-standing problem in physics. We study the aging of the electron glass, a system showing remarkable slow relaxations of the conductance. We find that the appropriate broad distribution of relaxation rates leads to a universal relaxation of the form log(1 + t_{w}/t) for the common aging protocol, where t_{w} is the length of time the perturbation driving the system out of equilibrium was on, and t the time of measurement. These results agree well with several experiments performed on different glassy systems, and examining different physical observables, for times ranging from seconds to several hours. The suggested theoretical framework appears to offer a paradigm for aging in a broad class of glassy materials.
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- Ariel Amir
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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Ovadyahu Z. Conductance relaxation in the electron glass: microwave versus infrared response. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2009; 102:206601. [PMID: 19519056 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.206601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We study the time-dependent conductance of electron glasses excited by electromagnetic radiation at microwave and infrared frequencies. In either case, the conductance G is enhanced during exposure, but its time dependence after the radiation is turned off is qualitatively different depending on the frequency. For comparison, results of excitation produced by a gate voltage and temperature changes are also shown. The glassy nature of the system allows us to demonstrate that the microwave-enhanced conductance is not due to heating. These findings are discussed in terms of an energy E_{c} that characterizes the equilibrium charge distribution of the electron glass.
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- Z Ovadyahu
- Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Surer B, Katzgraber HG, Zimanyi GT, Allgood BA, Blatter G. Density of states and critical behavior of the Coulomb glass. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2009; 102:067205. [PMID: 19257630 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.067205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2008] [Revised: 09/10/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We present zero-temperature simulations for the single-particle density of states of the Coulomb glass. Our results in three dimensions are consistent with the Efros and Shklovskii prediction for the density of states. Finite-temperature Monte Carlo simulations show no sign of a thermodynamic glass transition down to low temperatures, in disagreement with mean-field theory. Furthermore, the random-displacement formulation of the model undergoes a transition into a distorted Wigner crystal for a surprisingly broad range of the disorder strength.
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- Brigitte Surer
- Theoretische Physik, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Borini S. Experimental observation of glassy dynamics driven by gas adsorption on porous silicon. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2008; 20:385207. [PMID: 21693825 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/38/385207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report on electrical resistance measurements of mesoporous silicon samples at room temperature, in the presence of various dosages of ammonia, showing very slow non-exponential responses of the system to any variation of ammonia pressure. Resistance always relaxes according to a stretched exponential law, independently of the sign of the variation. Moreover, the system remembers its own history, and memory effects can be accounted for in a very simple way in the framework of the same relaxation law. A possible extrinsic scenario based on rearrangement of trapped charges is proposed and discussed. These findings suggest that mesoporous silicon in the presence of polar molecules may be regarded as a suitable system for the study of glassy dynamics by means of electrical measurements at RT.
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- Stefano Borini
- Electromagnetic Division, INRIM, Strada delle Cacce 91, I-10135 Torino, Italy
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Zaccarelli E, Andreev S, Sciortino F, Reichman DR. Numerical investigation of glassy dynamics in low-density systems. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2008; 100:195701. [PMID: 18518461 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.195701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2007] [Revised: 04/14/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Vitrification in colloidal systems typically occurs at high densities driven by sharply varying, short-ranged interactions. The possibility of glassy behavior arising from smoothly varying, long-ranged particle interactions has received relatively little attention. Here we investigate the behavior of screened charged particles, and explicitly demonstrate that these systems exhibit glassy properties in the regime of low temperature and low density. Properties close to this low-density (Wigner) glass transition share many features with their hard-sphere counterparts, but differ in quantitative aspects that may be accounted for via microscopic theoretical considerations.
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- Emanuela Zaccarelli
- Dipartimento di Fisica and CNR-INFM-SOFT, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Jaroszyński J, Popović D. Aging effects across the metal-insulator transition in two dimensions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 99:216401. [PMID: 18233233 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.216401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Aging effects in the relaxations of conductivity of a two-dimensional electron system in Si have been studied as a function of carrier density. They reveal an abrupt change in the nature of the glassy phase at the metal-insulator transition (MIT): (a) while full aging is observed in the insulating regime, there are significant departures from full aging on the metallic side of the MIT, before the glassy phase disappears completely at a higher density n(g): (b) the amplitude of the relaxations peaks just below the MIT, and it is strongly suppressed in the insulating phase. Other aspects of aging, including large non-Gaussian noise and similarities to spin glasses, also have been discussed.
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- J Jaroszyński
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA
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Jaroszyński J, Popović D. Nonequilibrium relaxations and aging effects in a two-dimensional Coulomb glass. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 99:046405. [PMID: 17678383 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.046405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2006] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The relaxations of conductivity have been studied in the glassy regime of a strongly disordered two-dimensional electron system in Si after a temporary change of carrier density during the waiting time tw. Two types of response have been observed: (a) monotonic, where relaxations exhibit aging, i.e., dependence on history, determined by tw and temperature; (b) nonmonotonic, where a memory of the sample history is lost. The conditions that separate the two regimes also have been determined.
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- J Jaroszyński
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA
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Jaroszyński J, Popović D. Nonexponential relaxations in a two-dimensional electron system in silicon. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 96:037403. [PMID: 16486767 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.037403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The relaxations of conductivity have been studied in a strongly disordered two-dimensional (2D) electron system in Si after excitation far from equilibrium by a rapid change of carrier density ns at low temperatures T. The dramatic and precise dependence of the relaxations on ns and T strongly suggests (a) the transition to a glassy phase as T-->0, and (b) the Coulomb interactions between 2D electrons play a dominant role in the observed out-of-equilibrium dynamics.
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- J Jaroszyński
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA.
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Müller M, Ioffe LB. Glass transition and the Coulomb gap in electron glasses. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2004; 93:256403. [PMID: 15697920 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.256403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We establish the connection between the presence of a glass phase and the appearance of a Coulomb gap in disordered materials with strongly interacting electrons. Treating multiparticle correlations in a systematic way, we show that in the case of strong disorder a continuous glass transition takes place whose Landau expansion is identical to that of the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick spin glass. We show that the marginal stability of the glass phase controls the physics of these systems: it results in slow dynamics and leads to the formation of a Coulomb gap.
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- M Müller
- Department of Physics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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