On the relation between a length cutoff in time-convolutionless mode-coupling theory and a characteristic length at β-relaxation stage in glass-forming materials

2019 ◽  
Vol 514 ◽  
pp. 533-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michio Tokuyama ◽  
Takayuki Narumi
1996 ◽  
Vol 455 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Rufflé ◽  
S. Beaufils ◽  
J. Etrillard ◽  
J. Gallier ◽  
B. Toudic ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe dynamics of Na0.5Li0.5PO3 (Tg = 515 K, Tm = 749 K) a non fragile glass forming liquid has been investigated over a large temperature range (300 − 1000 K.) and in a wide energy window using various experimental techniques. The susceptibility spectra obtained by coherent neutron scattering and depolarized light scattering between 1 and 104 GHz show mainly two contributions: a low frequency vibrational peak, the so-called Boson peak and a quasielastic component, referred to the βfast process in the mode coupling theory (MCT).The data are discussed in relation to the mode coupling theory for the liquid glass transition. In particular, the temperature evolution of the susceptibility height in the βfast region is compatible with a crossover temperature Tc ∼ 620 K which is also deduced from a power law temperature dependence of the structural relaxation timescale. As a secondary βslow process, observed by 31P NMR, decouples from the structural relaxation timescale also below 600 K, a real change in the dynamics seems to occur around Tc ∼ 620 K = 1.2 Tg in this non fragile glass Conning liquid.


2019 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
pp. 895-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Holland-Moritz ◽  
Benedikt Nowak ◽  
Fan Yang ◽  
Andreas Meyer

Abstract In this work results of studies on the short-range order and on the atomic dynamics in different stable and undercooled glass-forming metallic melts are reviewed. In order to undercool the melts deeply below the melting temperature and to avoid chemical reactions of the melts with crucible materials, the samples are containerlessly processed utilizing the electromagnetic or the electrostatic levitation technique. The short-range structure of the melts is studied by neutron diffraction, while the atomic dynamics are investigated by quasielastic neutron scattering. The relationship between short-range structure and atomic dynamics is discussed within the mode coupling theory of the glass transition. We will show that taking the time- and space-averaged structural information provided by measured partial structure factors as an input, mode coupling theory is able to explain the experimental results concerning the activation energies for self-diffusion and the coupling/decoupling behavior of the self-diffusion coefficients of the different alloy components.


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