Experiments and theory of the nonexponential relaxation in liquids, glasses, polymers and crystals

Phase Transitions

Volumn 65, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 169-209

  Chamberlin, Ralph V ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous response; Nonexponential relaxation; Spectral hole burning; Supercooled liquids

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444449630     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411599808209287     Document Type: Article

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