TY - JOUR
T1 - Two-step relaxation decay in a strong glass former
AU - Sidebottom, David L.
AU - Bergman, R.
AU - Börjesson, L.
AU - Torell, L. M.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - The dynamics around the liquid-glass transition in B2O3 have been investigated by photon correlation spectroscopy. A two-step relaxation is for the first time observed in a ''strong'' network forming glass. The behavior is similar to the fast β and slower α relaxations observed for ''fragile'' glasses and proposed in mode coupling theory (MCT) for simple glass forming systems. We find that the time decays of the two processes obey power laws consistent with MCT. It seems that a two-step relaxation is a more general relaxation pattern than has been discussed so far.
AB - The dynamics around the liquid-glass transition in B2O3 have been investigated by photon correlation spectroscopy. A two-step relaxation is for the first time observed in a ''strong'' network forming glass. The behavior is similar to the fast β and slower α relaxations observed for ''fragile'' glasses and proposed in mode coupling theory (MCT) for simple glass forming systems. We find that the time decays of the two processes obey power laws consistent with MCT. It seems that a two-step relaxation is a more general relaxation pattern than has been discussed so far.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2260
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2260
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000858336
VL - 71
SP - 2260
EP - 2263
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 14
ER -