Physics – Condensed Matter – Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Scientific paper
2010-12-13
Physics
Condensed Matter
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Scientific paper
To support a new interpretation of the origin of the dynamic heterogeneity observed pervasively in fragile liquids as they approach their glass transition temperatures Tg, we demonstrate that the introduction of ~2 nm structural inhomogeneities into a homogeneous glassformer leads to a decoupling of diffusion from viscosity similar to that observed during the cooling of orthoterphenyl OTP below TA, where Arrhenius behavior is lost. Further, the decoupling effect grows stronger as temperature decreases (and viscosity increases). The liquid is cresol and the ~2nm inhomogeneities are cresol-soluble asymmetric derivatized tetrasiloxy-based (POSS) molecules. The decoupling is the phenomenon predicted by Onsager in discussing the approach to a liquid-liquid phase separation with decreasing temperature. In the present case the observations support the notion of a polyamorphic transition in fragile liquids that is hidden below the glass transition. A similar decoupling can be expected as a globular protein is dissolved in dilute aqueous solutions or in protic ionic liquids.
Angell Austen C.
Ueno Kazuhide
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