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Corresponding states of structural glass formers.
Yael S Elmatad1, David Chandler, Juan P Garrahan
1Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B
|March 4, 2009
Summary
Transport properties of fragile structural liquids show universal behavior across different temperatures. Supercooled liquids collapse onto a single parabola, indicating no singular point and a weaker temperature dependence above an onset temperature.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical Chemistry
Background:
- Understanding the temperature dependence of transport properties in structural glasses is crucial for materials science.
- Fragile glass-forming liquids exhibit complex behaviors in their supercooled states.
- Universality in physical systems often points to underlying fundamental principles.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the temperature dependence of transport properties in a wide range of fragile structural glass-forming liquids.
- To investigate the universality of super-Arrhenius behavior in supercooled liquids.
- To identify characteristic temperatures governing liquid transport properties.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of 67 data sets from 58 different fragile structural glass-forming liquids.
- Examination of transport property variations with respect to temperature (T).
- Comparison of experimental data with numerical simulation results.
Main Results:
- A remarkable degree of universality was observed in the temperature-dependent transport properties.
- Super-Arrhenius behaviors of supercooled liquids consistently collapsed onto a single parabolic curve.
- No singular behavior was found at any finite temperature; behavior is bounded by an onset temperature T(o).
- Above the onset temperature T(o), liquid transport shows a significantly weaker temperature dependence.
- Similar universal behavior was confirmed using numerical simulation data.
Conclusions:
- The temperature dependence of transport properties in fragile structural liquids exhibits a high degree of universality.
- The observed parabolic collapse suggests a fundamental mechanism governing liquid behavior, distinct from singular point theories.
- The onset temperature T(o) serves as a key parameter, delineating different temperature-dependence regimes in liquid transport.
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