Electrical noise properties in aging materials

Lionel Buisson; Matteo Ciccotti; Ludovic Bellon; Sergio Ciliberto

doi:10.1117/12.545381

25 May 2004 Electrical noise properties in aging materials

Lionel Buisson, Matteo Ciccotti, Ludovic Bellon, Sergio Ciliberto

Proceedings Volume 5469, Fluctuations and Noise in Materials; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.545381
Event: Second International Symposium on Fluctuations and Noise, 2004, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria Island, Spain

Abstract

The electric thermal noise has been measured in two aging materials, a colloidal suspension (Laponite) and a polymer (polycarbonate), presenting very slow relaxation towards equilibrium. The measurements have been performed during the transition from a fluid-like to a solid-like state for the gel and after a quench for the polymer. For both materials we have observed that the electric noise is characterized by a strong intermittency, which induces a large violation of the Fluctuation Dissipation Theorem (FDT) during the aging time, and may persist for several hours at low frequency. The statistics of these intermittent signals and their dependance on the quench speed for the polymer or on sample concentration for the gel are studied. The results are in a qualitative agreement with recent models of aging, that predict an intermittent dynamics.

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Lionel Buisson, Matteo Ciccotti, Ludovic Bellon, and Sergio Ciliberto "Electrical noise properties in aging materials", Proc. SPIE 5469, Fluctuations and Noise in Materials, (25 May 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.545381

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