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Unique dynamic crossover in supercooled x,3-dihydroxypropyl acrylate (x = 1, 2) isomers mixture

Soft Condensed Matter 2018-03-13 v1

Abstract

The previtreous dynamics in glass forming monomer, glycerol monoacrylate (GMA), using broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS) was tested. Measurements revealed the clear dynamic crossover at temperature TB=254T_B = 254 K and the time scale τ(TB)=5.4\tau(T_B) = 5.4 ns for the primary (structural) relaxation time and no hallmarks for the crossover for the DC electric conductivity σDC\sigma_{DC}. This result was revealed via the derivative-based and distortions-sensitive analysis dlnHa/d(1/T)dln{H_{a}}/d(1/T) vs. 1/T1/T, where HaH_a is for the apparent activation energy. Subsequent tests of the fractional Debye-Stokes-Einsten relation σDC(τα)S=const\sigma_{DC}(\tau_{\alpha})^S = const showed that the crossover is associated with S=1S = 1 (for T>TBT>T_B)->S=0.84S = 0.84 (for T<TBT<T_B). The crossover is associated with the emergence of the secondary beta relaxation which smoothly develops deeply into the solid amorphous phase below the glass temperature TgT_g.

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@article{arxiv.1803.03671,
  title  = {Unique dynamic crossover in supercooled x,3-dihydroxypropyl acrylate (x = 1, 2) isomers mixture},
  author = {Szymon Starzonek and Aleksandra Kędzierska-Sar and Aleksandra Drozd-Rzoska and Mikołaj Szafran and Sylwester J. Rzoska},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.03671},
  year   = {2018}
}