Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.105, No.12, 5177-5182, 1996
Structural Relaxation in Viscous Glycerol - Coherent Neutron-Scattering
Structural relaxation in viscous glycerol has been followed from 5.9 ps to 3.7 ns by coherent neutron scattering around the structure factor maximum. In a 100 K interval, the line shape of the decay function shows no significant temperature dependence; the mean relaxation time scales accurately with viscosity. Interparticle correlations decay slower and with less stretching than self correlations at similar wave numbers.
Keywords:LIQUID-GLASS TRANSITION;MODE-COUPLING-THEORY;SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS;LIGHT-SCATTERING;WILLIAMS-WATTS;CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY;ALPHA-RELAXATION;MOLECULAR-MOTION;MOSSBAUER;DYNAMICS