Dynamic anomalies at the glass transition of the van der Waals glass tri-α-naphthylbenzene

E. Bartsch, O. Debus, F. Fujara, M. Kiebel, W. Petry, H. Sillescu, J. H. Magill

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Abstract

The Debye-Waller factor of the van der Waals glass tri-α-naphthylbenzene, measured by high resolution incoherent quasielastic neutron scattering, shows a cusp at Tc=407±5 K signaling the existence of a critical instability as has been predicted by mode coupling theory to occur in supercooled glass forming liquids. At temperatures above Tc structural relaxation is observed to obey the time-temperature superposition principle.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)808-810
Number of pages3
JournalPhysica B: Condensed Matter
Volume180-181
Issue numberPART 2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jun 1992
Externally publishedYes

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