Neutron scattering evidence for localized soft modes in amorphous polymers

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作者
Buchenau, U [1 ]
Pecharroman, C [1 ]
Zorn, R [1 ]
Frick, B [1 ]
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[1] INST MAX VON LAUE PAUL LANGEVIN, F-38042 GRENOBLE 09, FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.659
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The localization of low-frequency vibrational modes in amorphous solids can be determined from incoherent neutron scattering. Time-of-flight data from polystyrene and polybutadiene show a localization of the boson peak modes to about ten monomers.
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