Splitting of the Universality Class of Anomalous Transport in Crowded Media

Markus Spanner, Felix Höfling, Sebastian C. Kapfer, Klaus R. Mecke, Gerd E. Schröder-Turk, and Thomas Franosch
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 060601 – Published 12 February 2016
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Abstract

We investigate the emergence of subdiffusive transport by obstruction in continuum models for molecular crowding. While the underlying percolation transition for the accessible space displays universal behavior, the dynamic properties depend in a subtle nonuniversal way on the transport through narrow channels. At the same time, the different universality classes are robust with respect to introducing correlations in the obstacle matrix as we demonstrate for quenched hard-sphere liquids as underlying structures. Our results confirm that the microscopic dynamics can dominate the relaxational behavior even at long times, in striking contrast to glassy dynamics.

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  • Received 3 August 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.060601

© 2016 American Physical Society

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Statistical Physics & Thermodynamics

Authors & Affiliations

Markus Spanner1, Felix Höfling2,3, Sebastian C. Kapfer1, Klaus R. Mecke1, Gerd E. Schröder-Turk4, and Thomas Franosch5,*

  • 1Institut für Theoretische Physik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
  • 2Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
  • 3Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme, Heisenbergstraße 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany, and IV. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
  • 4Murdoch University, School of Engineering and IT, Mathematics and Statistics, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia
  • 5Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 21A, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

  • *Corresponding author. thomas.franosch@uibk.ac.at

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Vol. 116, Iss. 6 — 12 February 2016

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