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The Preparation of Electrohydrodynamic Bridges from Polar Dielectric Liquids
Published on: September 30, 2014
Identification of Structural Relaxation in the Dielectric Response of Water
Jesper S Hansen1, Alexander Kisliuk2, Alexei P Sokolov2,3
1DNRF Centre "Glass and Time," IMFUFA, Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde 4000, Denmark.
Abstract:
One century ago pioneering dielectric results obtained for water and n-alcohols triggered the advent of molecular rotation diffusion theory considered by Debye to describe the primary dielectric absorption in these liquids. Comparing dielectric, viscoelastic, and light scattering results, we unambiguously demonstrate that the structural relaxation appears only as a high-frequency shoulder in the dielectric spectra of water. In contrast, the main dielectric peak is related to a supramolecular structure, analogous to the Debye-like peak observed in monoalcohols.
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