Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 49, Number 6, March 2000
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Page(s) | 748 - 753 | |
Section | Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2000-00214-6 | |
Published online | 01 September 2002 |
Isotope effects on the dynamics of a supercooled van der Waals liquid
1
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
55099 Mainz, Germany
2
Max Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung - 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Received:
3
May
1999
Accepted:
14
January
2000
Deuteron magnetic resonance was used to study three differently isotope-labeled species of the fragile glass-forming liquid ortho-terphenyl. The calorimetric glass transition of the isotope deuterated only at the central phenyl ring is significantly lower than that of the perdeuterated one. It is shown that while the ortho-terphenyl molecule is not as rigid as previously often assumed, its overall reorientation geometry is independent of deuteration. The characteristic jump angles are found to increase with temperature, thus resolving an apparent discrepancy previously noted when comparing typical jump sizes from NMR with other data.
PACS: 64.70.Pf – Glass transitions / 76.60.-k – Nuclear magnetic resonance and relaxation
© EDP Sciences, 2000
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