The high-frequency dynamics of two strong glasses, v-GeO2 and v-ZnCl2, were studied by means of inelastic neutron scattering experiments carried out with three triple-axis spectrometers in order to selectively access either a wide kinematic region or a high-energy resolution. The experimental spectra show well-defined dispersive acoustic excitations coexisting with non-dispersive waves. A thorough analysis of the inelastic line shape of longitudinal acoustic excitations provides estimates of the damping factors, which can be compared to the results of several earlier inelastic X-ray estimates for a wide class of inorganic glasses. A striking relation is observed between the microscopic damping of phonon-like modes in these glasses well below T-g and the fragility of the supercooled liquids approaching the glass transition, thus suggesting new means of investigation of the glass transition phenomenology.
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Titolo: | Phonon-like dynamics in glasses: Coupling between damping and fragility | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2006 | |
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Abstract: | The high-frequency dynamics of two strong glasses, v-GeO2 and v-ZnCl2, were studied by means of i...nelastic neutron scattering experiments carried out with three triple-axis spectrometers in order to selectively access either a wide kinematic region or a high-energy resolution. The experimental spectra show well-defined dispersive acoustic excitations coexisting with non-dispersive waves. A thorough analysis of the inelastic line shape of longitudinal acoustic excitations provides estimates of the damping factors, which can be compared to the results of several earlier inelastic X-ray estimates for a wide class of inorganic glasses. A striking relation is observed between the microscopic damping of phonon-like modes in these glasses well below T-g and the fragility of the supercooled liquids approaching the glass transition, thus suggesting new means of investigation of the glass transition phenomenology. | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11391/921345 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |