Dynamics of glass-forming liquids. Vi. Dielectric relaxation study of neat decahydro-naphthalene

Kalyan Duvvuri, Ranko Richert

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Abstract

The frequency dependent dielectric relaxation of undoped cis/trans decahydro-naphthalene was measured in its viscous supercooled regime. Triplet state solvation experiments were performed near Tg=134.7 K to substantiate the exceptional steepness of this material, regarding the temperature dependence of the average structural relaxation time. A fragility or steepness index of m=147 was obtained, which was the highest value reported for a molecular gas former. Structural relaxation of neat decaline differed significantly from that of the 17.2 mol% chlorobenzene doped counterpart.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4414-4418
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume117
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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