Effect of mixing and spatial dimension on the glass transition
Phys. Rev. E 80, 021503 – Published 14 August, 2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.80.021503
Abstract
We study the influence of composition changes on the glass transition of binary hard disk and hard sphere mixtures in the framework of mode coupling theory. We derive a general expression for the slope of a glass transition line. Applied to the binary mixture in the low concentration limits, this method allows a fast prediction of some properties of the glass transition lines. The glass transition diagram we find for binary hard disks strongly resembles the random close packing diagram. Compared to three dimensions from previous studies, the extension of the glass regime due to mixing is much more pronounced in two dimensions where plasticization only sets in at larger size disparities. For small size disparities we find a stabilization of the glass phase quadratic in the deviation of the size ratio from unity.