Unified theory of activated relaxation in liquids over 14 decades in time

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 3648-3653

  Mirigian, Stephen ^a   Schweizer, Kenneth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

alpha relaxation; barrier hopping; caging; elasticity; supercooled liquids

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED RELAXATION; ALPHA RELAXATION; BARRIER HOPPING; CAGING; DENSITY FLUCTUATION; ELASTIC DISTORTION; FINITE TEMPERATURES; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS;

CHEMICAL RELAXATION; ELASTICITY; SUPERCOOLING;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84887771413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz4018943     Document Type: Article

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