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Fluctuation-dissipation theorem in an aging colloidal glass

Sara Jabbari-Farouji, Daisuke Mizuno, Maryam Atakhorrami, Fred C. MacKintosh, Christoph F. Schmidt, Erika Eiser, Gerard H. Wegdam, Daniel Bonn

cond-mat.softarXiv:cond-mat/0511311

Abstract

We provide a direct experimental test of the Stokes-Einstein relation as a special case of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem (FDT) in an aging colloidal glass. The use of combined active and passive microrheology allows us to independently measure both the correlation and response functions in this non-equilibrium situation. Contrary to previous reports, we find no deviations from the FDT over several decades in frequency (1 Hz-10 kHz) and for all aging times. In addition, we find two distinct viscoelastic contributions in the aging glass, including a nearly elastic response at low frequencies that grows during aging. This is the clearest change in material properties of the system with aging.

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