Fluctuating phases and fluctuating relaxation times in glass forming liquids

The presence of fluctuating local relaxation times, τr→(t) has been used for some time as a conceptual tool to describe dynamical heterogeneities in glass-forming systems. However, until now no general method is known to extract the full space and time dependent τr→(t) from experimental or numerical...

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Main Authors: Gcina A. Mavimbela, Azita Parsaeian, Horacio E. Castillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2019-01-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5065574