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  • Title: Charge and momentum transfer in supercooled melts: why should their relaxation times differ?
    Author: Lubchenko V.
    Journal: J Chem Phys; 2007 May 07; 126(17):174503. PubMed ID: 17492870.
    Abstract:
    The steady-state values of the viscosity and the intrinsic ionic conductivity of quenched melts are computed, in terms of independently measurable quantities. The frequency dependence of the ac dielectric response is estimated. The discrepancy between the corresponding characteristic relaxation times is only apparent; it does not imply distinct mechanisms, but stems from the intrinsic barrier distribution for alpha-relaxation in supercooled fluids and glasses. This type of intrinsic "decoupling" is argued not to exceed four orders in magnitude for known glassformers. The origin of the discrepancy between the stretching exponent beta, as extracted from epsilon(omega) and the dielectric modulus data, is explained. The actual width of the barrier distribution always grows with lowering the temperature. The contrary is an artifact of the large contribution of the dc-conductivity component to the modulus data. The methodology allows one to single out other contributions to the conductivity, as in "superionic" liquids or when charge carriers are delocalized, implying that in those systems, charge transfer does not require structural reconfiguration.
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