Slow dynamics of supercooled liquid revealed by Rayleigh scattering of Mössbauer radiation method in time domain

Makina Saito, Andrea Battistoni, Shinji Kitao, Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Masayuki Kurokuzu, Yoshitaka Yoda, Makoto Seto

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Abstract

Characteristic relaxation times τ of the microscopic correlation in o-terphenyl and glycerol were obtained by a time-domain interferometry method using nuclear resonant scattering of synchrotron radiation. From the temperature dependence of τ, a new decoupling temperature 278 K, which is below the conventional decoupling temperature 290 K, was obtained for o-terphenyl. Furthermore, we found a liquid-like relation between τ and q (momentum transfer) as τ ∝ q-2 at 285 K in o-terphenyl and 260 and 265 K in glycerol. However, an anomalous q dependence of the slow β relaxation time, τ ∝ q-2.9 and q -3.8, was observed in deeply supercooled (265 K) and glass (240 K) states, respectively, in o-terphenyl, indicating specially restricted dynamics of the slow β process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)629-636
Number of pages8
JournalHyperfine Interactions
Volume226
Issue number1-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014 Apr

Keywords

  • Nuclear resonant scattering
  • Slow dynamics
  • Supercooled liquid
  • Time-domain interferometry method

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