Issue 24, 2000
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

On the cooperativity of the β-relaxation: A discussion based on dielectric relaxation and thermally stimulated depolarisation currents data

Natália T. Correiaa  and  Joaquim J. Moura Ramos*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Centro de Química-Física Molecular, Complexo I, IST, A. Roisco Pais, Lisboa, Portugal
E-mail: mouraramos@ist.utl.pt

Abstract

The idea recently spread in the literature that the β-relaxation originates from cooperative motions in the glassy state is analysed. The results obtained by two different dielectric techniques, dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS) and thermally stimulated depolarisation currents (TSDC), are compared and, from this comparison, it is concluded that: 1, The β-relaxation is distributed in energy, but not in entropy (i.e. in the pre-exponential factor). 2, It thus corresponds to local, non-cooperative molecular motional processes. 3, The results obtained by both dielectric techniques can be rendered compatible if we assume that the nature of the energy distribution associated with the β-process is such that the most probable energy is temperature dependent.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B005867J
Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Jul 2000
Accepted
25 Oct 2000
First published
24 Nov 2000

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2000,2, 5712-5715

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On the cooperativity of the β-relaxation: A discussion based on dielectric relaxation and thermally stimulated depolarisation currents data

N. T. Correia and J. J. Moura Ramos, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2000, 2, 5712 DOI: 10.1039/B005867J

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