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1Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
Abstract:
Here, we studied Rayleigh-Brillouin light scattering in ten different glass-forming liquids (α-picoline, toluene, o-toluidine, ethanol, salol, glycerol, dibutyl phthalate, o-terphenyl, propylene carbonate, and propylene glycol). For each of these liquids it was found that the Landau-Placzek ratio is in a good agreement with the theory at high temperatures and significantly exceeds the theoretical prediction below a certain temperature. Transition between the two temperature regimes occurs near T(A), where T(A) is crossover point from an Arrhenius-like to a non-Arrhenius behavior for the α-relaxation time dependence on temperature. Increase of the Landau-Placzek ratio relative to the theoretical prediction below T(A) seems to be the universal feature of glass-formers. We suggest that formation of locally favored structures in liquids below T(A) causes observed excess of the Landau-Placzek ratio.
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