IMPULSIVE STIMULATED LIGHT SCATTERED FROM GLASS-FORMING LIQUIDS .2. SALOL RELAXATION DYNAMICS, NONERGODICITY PARAMETER, AND TESTING OF MODE-COUPLING THEORY

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YANG, YW
NELSON, KA
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[1] Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
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10.1063/1.470294
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Impulsive stimulated light scattering was used to investigate structural relaxation dynamics of the organic glass-former salol. Relaxation dynamics on ns-ms time scales are monitored in the 238.7-280.5 K temperature range and found to be described well by the Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts relaxation function. The nonergodicity parameter f(q) of mode-coupling theory (MCT) in the limit of the small wave vector q is evaluated. Its temperature dependence shows a square-root cusp at a crossover temperature of T-c=266 K, consistent with neutron scattering measurements at high q and with light scattering results. This supports the MCT prediction of a cusp in f(q)(T) at a q-independent temperature. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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