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On the ergodicity of supercooled molecular glass-forming liquids at the dynamical arrest: the o-terphenyl case

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Mallamace, Francesco; Corsaro, Carmelo; Leone, Nancy; Villari, Valentina; Micali, Norberto; Chen, Sow-Hsin; ... Show more Show less
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Abstract
The dynamics of supercooled ortho-terphenyl has been studied using photon-correlation spectroscopy (PCS) in the depolarized scattering geometry. The obtained relaxation curves are analyzed according to the mode-coupling theory (MCT) for supercooled liquids. The main results are: i) the observation of the secondary Johari-Goldstein relaxation (β) that has its onset just at the dynamical crossover temperature T[subscript B] (T[subscript M] > T[subscript B] > T[subscript g]); ii) the confirmation, of the suggestion of a recent statistical mechanical study, that such a molecular system remains ergodic also below the calorimetric glass-transition temperature T[subscript g]. Our experimental data give evidence that the time scales of the primary (α) and this secondary relaxations are correlated. Finally a comparison with recent PCS experiments in a colloidal system confirms the primary role of the dynamical crossover in the physics of the dynamical arrest.
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2014-01
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88209
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Journal
Scientific Reports
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
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Mallamace, Francesco, Carmelo Corsaro, Nancy Leone, Valentina Villari, Norberto Micali, and Sow-Hsin Chen. “On the Ergodicity of Supercooled Molecular Glass-Forming Liquids at the Dynamical Arrest: The o-Terphenyl Case.” Sci. Rep. 4 (January 17, 2014).
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2045-2322

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