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Behavior of a supercooled chalcogenide liquid in the non-Newtonian regime under steady vs. oscillatory shear
S Sen1, W Zhu1, B G Aitken2
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA.
Abstract:
The steady and oscillatory shear rate dependence of viscosity of a supercooled chalcogenide liquid of composition As10Se90 is measured at Newtonian viscosities ranging between 103 and 107 Pa s using capillary and parallel plate rheometry. The liquid displays strong violation of the Cox-Merz rule in the non-Newtonian regime where the viscosity under steady shear is nearly an order of magnitude lower than that under oscillatory shear. This behavior is argued to be related to the emergence of unusually large (6-8 nm) cooperatively rearranging regions with long relaxation times in the liquid that result from significant structural rearrangements under steady shear.
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