A nuclear magnetic resonance study of higher-order correlation functions in supercooled ortho-terphenyl

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 890-899

  Bohmer R ^a   Diezemann, G ^a   Hinze, G ^a   Sillescu, H ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CORRELATION METHODS; FUNCTIONS; GEOMETRY; GLASS TRANSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DYNAMIC HETEROGENEITY; ENERGY LANDSCAPE MODELS; ORTHO TERPHENYL; RANDOM WALK SIMULATION; SUPERCOOLING;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031673082     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.475452     Document Type: Article

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