Emergence and percolation of rigid domains during the colloidal glass transition.

@article{Yang2017EmergenceAP,
  title={Emergence and percolation of rigid domains during the colloidal glass transition.},
  author={Xiunan Yang and Hua Tong and Wei-Hua Wang and Ke Chen},
  journal={Physical review. E},
  year={2017},
  volume={99 6-1},
  pages={
          062610
        }
}
Using video microscopy, we measure local spatial constraints in disordered binary colloidal samples, ranging from dilute fluids to jammed glasses, and probe their spatial and temporal correlations to local dynamics during the glass transition. We observe the emergence of significant correlations between constraints and local dynamics within the Lindemann criterion, which coincides with the onset of glassy dynamics in supercooled liquids. Rigid domains in fluids are identified based on local… 
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