Time and length scales in supercooled liquids

2003/10/31 by Ludovic Berthier · 10 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Decoupling (probability) #Engineering #Material Dynamics and Properties #Materials science #Physics #Statistical physics #Supercooling #Thermodynamics #cond-mat.stat-mech

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreve.69.020201

published as Phys. Rev. E 69, 020201(R) (2004) · 4 pages, 4 figs; improved version: new refs and discussions

arxiv created 2003/12/18 · openalex publication_date 2004/02/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We numerically obtain a quantitative demonstration that development of spatial correlations of mobility as temperature is lowered is responsible for the "decoupling" of transport properties of supercooled liquids. This result further demonstrates the necessity of a spatial description of the glass formation and therefore seriously challenges a number of popular alternative theoretical descriptions.

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