Interplay between spinodal decomposition and glass formation in proteins exhibiting short-range attractions
- Cardinaux, Frédéric Departement of Physics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Gibaud, Thomas Departement of Physics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Stradner, Anna Departement of Physics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Schurtenberger, Peter Departement of Physics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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13.09.2007
Published in:
- Physical Review Letters. - 2007, vol. 99, no. 11, p. 118301
English
We investigate the competition between spinodal decomposition and dynamical arrest using aqueous solutions of the globular protein lysozyme as a model system for colloids with short-range attractions. We show that quenches below a temperature Ta lead to gel formation as a result of a local arrest of the protein-dense phase during spinodal decomposition. The rheological properties of these gels allow us to use centrifugation experiments to determine the local densities of both phases and to precisely locate the gel boundary and the attractive glass line close to and within the unstable region of the phase diagram.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Physique
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Physics
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- RERO DOC 8496
- DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.118301
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/300447
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