1106.0227 (Bo Jakobsen et al.)

Identical temperature dependence of the time scales of several
linear-response functions of two glass-forming liquids    [PDF]

Bo Jakobsen, Tina Hecksher, Kristine Niss, Tage Christensen, Niels Boye Olsen, Jeppe C. Dyre

The frequency-dependent dielectric constant, shear and adiabatic bulk moduli,
longitudinal thermal expansion coefficient, and longitudinal specific heat have
been measured for two van der Waals glass-forming liquids,
tetramethyl-tetraphenyl-trisiloxane (DC704) and 5-polyphenyl-4-ether. Within
the experimental uncertainties the loss-peak frequencies of the measured
response functions have identical temperature dependence over a range of
temperatures, for which the Maxwell relaxation time varies more than nine
orders of magnitude. The time scales are ordered from fastest to slowest as
follows: Shear modulus, adiabatic bulk modulus, dielectric constant,
longitudinal thermal expansion coefficient, longitudinal specific heat. The
ordering is discussed in light of the recent conjecture that van der Waals
liquids are strongly correlating, i.e., approximate single-parameter liquids.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.0227