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Mode coupling theory, molecular glass structure

It would be an advantage to have a detailed understanding of the glass transition in order to get an idea of the structural and dynamic features that are important for photophysical deactivation pathways or solid-state photochemical reactions in molecular glasses. Unfortunately, the formation of a glass is one of the least understood problems in solid-state science. At least three different theories have been developed for a description of the glass transition that we can sketch only briefly in this context the free volume theory, a thermodynamic approach, and the mode coupling theory. [Pg.100]

When an atomic system is cooled below its glass temperature, it vitrifies, that is, it forms an amorphous solid [1]. Upon decreasing the temperature, the viscosity of the fluid increases dramatically, as well as the time scale for structural relaxation, until the solid forms concomitantly, the diffusion coefficient vanishes. This process is observed in atomic or molecular systems and is widely used in material processing. Several theories have been developed to rationalize this behavior, in particular, the mode coupling theory (MCT) that describes the fluid-to-glass transition kinetically, as the arrest of the local dynamics of particles. This becomes manifest in (metastable) nondecaying amplitudes in the correlation functions of density fluctuations, which are due to a feedback mechanism that has been called cage effect [2],... [Pg.135]


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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.90 , Pg.91 , Pg.92 ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.90 , Pg.91 , Pg.92 ]




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