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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: M. Kohl, R. F. Capellmann, M. Laurati, S. U. Egelhaaf, M. Schmiedeberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11817