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Renormalization-group approach to the vulcanization transition

Peng1, Goldbart

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3080, USA.

Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
|November 23, 2000
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This study analytically explores the vulcanization transition, a phase transition in amorphous solids, using renormalization-group theory. The research reveals a deep connection between vulcanization and percolation theory, extending beyond mean-field approximations.

Area of Science:

  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Polymer Physics

Background:

  • The vulcanization transition is an equilibrium phase transition from a liquid to an amorphous solid state, controlled by cross-link density.
  • Previous mean-field analyses revealed connections between vulcanized matter and percolation theory (random graph theory).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analytically explore the vulcanization transition using a renormalization-group perspective.
  • To investigate a minimal model accounting for thermal motion, quenched random constraints, and particle-particle repulsion.
  • To elucidate the connection between vulcanization and percolation theory beyond mean-field approximations.

Main Methods:

  • Renormalization-group analysis of a minimal model for vulcanized matter.

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  • Examination of the amorphous solid order parameter correlation function and susceptibility.
  • Derivation of a Ginzburg criterion for the critical region width.
  • Computation of critical exponents using an expansion around the upper critical dimension.

    • Main Results:

    • The upper critical dimension for the vulcanization transition is determined to be 6.
    • Universal critical exponents characterizing the transition are computed to the lowest nontrivial order.
    • The connection between vulcanization and percolation is shown to persist beyond mean-field theory, with analogous quantities sharing identical critical exponents.

    Conclusions:

    • The renormalization-group approach provides a framework for understanding the vulcanization transition and its link to percolation theory.
    • The study confirms and extends the relationship between vulcanization and percolation, particularly in the presence of fluctuations.
    • Expectations for the realization of the vulcanization transition in two dimensions are discussed.