Structural and entropic modes in supercooled liquids: experimental and theoretical investigation (original) (raw)
2003, Journal of Physics-condensed Matter
We studied the relaxation processes of glycerol by a transient grating experiment with polarization selectivity and optical heterodyne detection. The density response of supercooled glycerol, for a wavevector q = 0.63 µm −1 , has been studied in that temperature range (T = 200-340 K), where the rearrangement of the structure (α-relaxation) and thermal diffusion occur on the same timescale. A strong interaction between the two modes is observed, manifesting in a dip in the T dependence of the apparent thermal conductivity and in a flattening of the apparent α-relaxation time upon cooling. A parameter-free thermohydrodynamic model for the long-time response is developed. The model is capable of quantitatively reproducing the data and of explaining the observed phenomenology.
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