Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Department of Physics

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences | Department of Physics | Colloquium | Colloquia | Department Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Matthias Fuchs (Department of Physics, University of Konstanz)

Department Colloquium: Prof. Dr. Matthias Fuchs (Department of Physics, University of Konstanz)

Lecture on: "Nonlinear response of glass-forming fluids: Probing structural rearrangements by strong external fields"
  • When Oct 17, 2017 from 03:15 to 05:00
  • Where Lise-Meitner-Haus, Christian-Gerthsen-Hörsaal, Newtonstraße 15, 12489 Berlin
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Prof. Matthias Fuchs (Department of Physics, University of Konstanz) will speak about "Nonlinear response of glass-forming fluids: Probing structural rearrangements by strong external fields".

Abstract

The fundamental understanding of the glass transition constitutes one of the open challenges in Statistical Physics and Materials Science. It addresses slow processes in disordered systems where the mechanisms of particle rearrangements and transport are highly cooperative. External fields have strong effects, as the time scales of external drive and intrinsic structural rearrangements can easily be made to match. I review recent insights into the microscopic transport mechanisms in glass-forming systems obtained by nonlinear mechanical spectroscopy, by confinement and by probe particle studies, forcing probe particles to move in amorphous environments. Generalizations of the mode coupling theory developed for quiescent liquids capture how the local arrested structures are affected by the external fields and provide a framework for the nonlinear response rationalizing many phenomena.