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Preparation of Extracellular Matrix Protein Fibers for Brillouin Spectroscopy
Published on: September 15, 2016
Scaling the temperature-dependent boson peak of vitreous silica with the high-frequency bulk modulus derived from
B Rufflé1, S Ayrinhac, E Courtens
1Laboratoire des Colloïdes, Verres et Nanomatériaux, UMR 5587 CNRS Université Montpellier II, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Abstract:
The position and strength of the boson peak in silica glass vary considerably with temperature T. Such variations cannot be explained solely with changes in the Debye energy. New Brillouin-scattering measurements are presented which allow determining the T dependence of unrelaxed acoustic velocities. Using a velocity based on the bulk modulus, scaling exponents are found which agree with the soft-potential model. The unrelaxed bulk modulus thus appears to be a good measure for the structural evolution of silica with T and to set the energy scale for the soft potentials.
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