Experimental Observation of a Nearly Logarithmic Decay of the Orientational Correlation Function in Supercooled Liquids on the Picosecond-to-Nanosecond Time Scales
Dynamics of five supercooled molecular liquids have been studied using optical heterodyne detected optical Kerr effect experiments. "Intermediate" time scale power law decays (approximately 2 ps to 1-10 ns) with temperature independent exponents close to -1 have been observed in all five s...
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| Published in: | Physical review letters Vol. 90; no. 19; p. 197401 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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United States
16.05.2003
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| ISSN: | 0031-9007, 1079-7114 |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Dynamics of five supercooled molecular liquids have been studied using optical heterodyne detected optical Kerr effect experiments. "Intermediate" time scale power law decays (approximately 2 ps to 1-10 ns) with temperature independent exponents close to -1 have been observed in all five samples from high temperature to approximately T(c), the mode-coupling theory (MCT) critical temperature. The amplitude of the intermediate power law increases with temperature as [(T-T(c))/T(c)](1/2). The results cannot be explained by standard MCT, and one possible explanation within MCT would require the higher order singularity scenario, thought to be highly improbable, to be virtually universal. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0031-9007 1079-7114 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.197401 |