Title | Anomalous translational diffusion: A new constraint for models of molecular motion near the glass transition temperature |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2000 |
Authors | Wang, C. Y., and M. D. Ediger |
Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry BJ. Phys. Chem. B |
Volume | 104 |
Pagination | 1724-1728 |
Date Published | Mar |
Type of Article | Article |
ISBN Number | 1089-5647 |
Accession Number | WOS:000085642000008 |
Keywords | DIFFUSION, DYNAMIC HETEROGENEITIES, ENERGY LANDSCAPE MODEL, FORMING LIQUIDS, MULTIDIMENSIONAL NMR, O-TERPHENYL, PROBE MOLECULES, ROTATIONAL, STRUCTURAL RELAXATION, SUPERCOOLED ORTHO-TERPHENYL, T-G |
Abstract | A photobleaching technique has been used to measure the translational motion of tetracene in polystyrene near T-g The intermediate scattering function S(q,t) was observed to become increasingly non-exponential with decreasing temperature. Thus a clear transition from Fickian diffusion to non-Fickian translational motion has been observed. These results support the view that dynamics are spatially heterogeneous in glass-forming materials. A model of translational motion on heterogeneous lattices indicates that the size of the heterogeneous regions is roughly 20 Angstrom. Thus the data presented here place a new constraint on models of molecular motion near T-g. |
Alternate Journal | J. Phys. Chem. B |