Pretransitional behavior of the nonlinear dielectric effect for the liquid-solid transition in nitrobenzene
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Published on: October 31, 2019
Aleksandra Drozd-Rzoska1, Sylwester J Rzoska1,2, Agata Angelika Rzoska3
1Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS, Ulica Sokolowska 29/37, 01-142 Warsaw, Poland.
Abstract:
The nonlinear dielectric effect describes changes of dielectric permittivity induced by the strong electric field. This report shows the evidence for the critical-like pretransitional behavior for the liquid-solid transition in the supercooled nitrobenzene. Hallmarks of such behavior extend even above the melting temperature. A method for the analysis of pretransitional effects, avoiding the biasing impact of the noncritical background contribution, is proposed.
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