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Relaxation modes in glass forming meta-toluidine
L Carpentier1, R Decressain, M Descamps
1Laboratoire de Dynamique et Structures des Materiaux Moléculaires, UMR CNRS 8024, ERT 1018, Université de Lille 1, Batiment P5, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
Abstract:
The dynamics in supercooled meta-toluidine was studied using dielectric relaxation, modulated differential scanning calorimetry, proton spin-lattice relaxation times, and viscosity measurements. The combination of these different techniques has clearly shown a large decoupling of the relaxation modes whose origin is attributed to the formation of clusters via the NH2 bonding. This decoupling starts at a temperature also corresponding to a change of the dynamical behavior from a high temperature Arrhenius evolution to a Vogel-Fulcher-Tamman low temperature evolution.

