Two inherent crossovers of the diffusion process in glass-forming liquids
Two inherent crossovers of the diffusion process in glass-forming liquids
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DOI:
10.1103/physreve.98.042601
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发表时间:
2018-10-05
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2.4
通讯作者:
Yamamuro, Osamu
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作者:
Kofu, Maiko;Faraone, Antonio;Yamamuro, Osamu
We report on incoherent quasielastic neutron scattering measurements examining a self-diffusion process in two types of glass-forming liquids, namely a molecular liquid (3-methylpentane) and an ionic liquid [1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide]. We have experimentally demonstrated that both liquids exhibit two crossovers in the momentum transfer (Q) dependence of the self-correlation function, which is basically described by the stretched exponential function, exp[-(t/tau)(beta)]. The first crossover point (Q approximate to 0.2 angstrom(-1)) corresponds to a crossover from Fickian (beta = 1) to non-Fickian (beta not equal 1) diffusion attributed to dynamical correlation. On the other hand, the second one at Q approximate to 0.8 angstrom(-1) is associated with the crossover from Gaussian to non-Gaussian behavior. It is remarkable that the stretching exponent beta gradually changes in between the two crossover points. We consider that the two crossovers are the universal feature for glass-forming liquids.