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2002, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
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Dielectric relaxation measurements were carried out on sorbitol as a function of pressure at various temperatures. The almost linear dependence of the structural relaxation times on pressure yields values for the activation volume. In light of results for xylitol and glycerol, the activation volume is found to be an increasing function of molecular size. Because the pressure coefficients of the glass temperature for these polyalcohols are all equal, their fragilities should parallel their respective activation volumes. This expectation is borne out by experimental measurements at ambient pressure. Analysis of the volume dependence of the relaxation times reveals that temperature, rather than density, dominates the structural relaxation of sorbitol. At frequencies higher than the structural relaxation, a secondary process is observed. The weaker pressure sensitivity of the latter effects better resolution of the two peaks at high pressures. The relaxation time for the secondary process is consistent with a calculation from the coupling model based on identification of the secondary process as the precursor to the highly cooperative structural relaxation.
Physical Review E, 2004
Dielectric spectroscopy was employed to study the effects of water on the primary ␣-relaxation and the secondary -relaxation of xylitol. The measurements were made on anhydrous xylitol and mixtures of xylitol with water with three different water concentrations over a temperature range from 173 K to 293 K. The ␣-relaxation speeds up with increasing concentration of water in xylitol, whereas the rate of the -relaxation is essentially unchanged. Some systematic differences in the behavior of ␣-relaxation for anhydrous xylitol and the mixtures were observed. Our findings confirm all the observations of Nozaki et al. [R. Nozaki, H. Zenitani, A. Minoguchi, and K. Kitai, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 307, 349 (2002)] in sorbitol/water mixtures. Effects of water on both the ␣and -relaxation dynamics in xylitol and sorbitol are explained by using the coupling model.
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2008
Shear-mechanical and dielectric measurements on the two monohydroxy (mono-alcohol) molecular glass formers 2-ethyl-1-hexanol and 2-butanol close to the glass transition temperature are presented. The shear-mechanical data are obtained using the piezoelectric shear-modulus gauge method covering frequencies from 1mHz to 10kHz. The shear-mechanical relaxation spectra show two processes, which follow the typical scenario of a structural (alpha) relaxation and an additional (Johari-Goldstein) beta relaxation. The dielectric relaxation spectra are dominated by a Debye-type peak with an additional non-Debye peak visible. This Debye-type relaxation is a common feature peculiar to mono-alcohols. The time scale of the non-Debye dielectric relaxation process is shown to correspond to the mechanical structural (alpha) relaxation. Glass-transition temperatures and fragilities are reported based on the mechanical alpha relaxation and the dielectric Debye-type process, showing that the two glass-transition temperatures differ by approximately 10K and that the fragility based on the Debye-type process is a factor of two smaller than the structural fragility. If a mechanical signature of the Debye-type relaxation exists in these liquids, its relaxation strength is at most 1% and 3% of the full relaxation strength of 2-butanol and 2-ethyl-1-hexanol respectively. These findings support the notion that it is the non-Debye dielectric relaxation process that corresponds to the structural alpha relaxation in the liquid.
The Journal of …, 2001
The molecular motions in D-sorbitol (D-glucitol) have been studied by thermally stimulated depolarization currents (TSDC) in the temperature region between-160 and 10°C. The relaxation appears as a broad global peak between-160 and-50°C and its features were compared with those of the relaxation of maltitol (a D-glucitol derivative). A study of the R relaxation of sorbitol, which shows a maximum intensity at approximately-1°C, is also presented, and from the obtained data, the fragility index of this glass former is calculated. The R and relaxations are observed to merge in the frequency window of the TSDC technique, and it is underlined that this merging is a consequence of the overlap of the tails of these distributions in this frequency window. In this context, the merging observed by TSDC images the branching of the most probable times of the two distributions predicted by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy at the branching temperature T R .
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2010
Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy of glass forming liquids normally exhibits a relaxation scenario that seems to be surprisingly general. However, the relaxation dynamics is more complicated for hydrogen bonded liquids. For instance, the dielectric response of monoalcohols is dominated by a mysterious Debye-like process at lower frequencies than the structural ␣-relaxation that is normally dominating the spectra of glass formers. For polyalcohols this process has been thought to be absent or possibly obscured by a strong contribution from conductivity and polarization effects at low frequencies. We here show that the Debye-like process, although much less prominent, is also present in the response of polyalcohols. It can be observed in the derivative of the real part of the susceptibility or directly in the imaginary part if the conductivity contribution is reduced by covering the upper electrode with a thin Teflon layer. We report on results from broadband dielectric spectroscopy studies of several polyalcohols: glycerol, xylitol, and sorbitol. The findings are discussed in relation to other experimental observations of ultraslow ͑i.e., slower than the viscosity related ␣-relaxation͒ dynamics in glass formers.
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2006
The dielectric relaxation spectra of D-sorbitol glass have been studied in real time during annealing at 221.1 K, which is 47 K below its T g of 268 K. As the glass structurally relaxes during annealing, features of the Johari-Goldstein ͑JG͒ relaxation change with time: ͑i͒ the relaxation strength decreases, ͑ii͒ the relaxation peak at 48 Hz shifts to a higher frequency, and ͑iii͒ the relaxation spectra become narrower. All seem to follow the relation p ϰ exp͓−͑kt͒ n ͔, where p is the magnitude of a property, k the rate constant, and t the time. The parameter n may well be less than 1, but this could not be ascertained. It is proposed that shift of the relaxation peak to a higher frequency and narrowing of the relaxation spectra occur when local, loosely packed regions of molecules in the glass structure collapse nonuniformly and the relaxation time of some of the molecules in the collapsed state becomes too long to contribute to the JG-relaxation spectra. Consequently, the half width of the spectra decreases, and the relaxation peak shifts to a higher frequency. Molecules whose diffusion becomes too slow after the local regions' collapse would contribute to the ␣-relaxation spectra and thus the net relaxation strength would increase on structural relaxation. It is argued that these findings conflict with the NMR-based conclusions that motion of all molecules in the glass and supercooled liquid contributes to the faster relaxation process.
It is well established that many mono-hydroxy alcohols show an extra relaxation process of the Debye type in addition to the signatures of primary and secondary structural relaxations, which is observed only in dielectric spectroscopy and related techniques. In order to gain further insight into the nature of this Debye peak, we study the linear and nonlinear dielectric behavior of a series of isomeric octyl alcohols and of mixtures of n-propanol with one of the octanols. These samples display systematic variations of the Debye peak intensity and concomitant changes in the Kirkwood correlation factor g K from 0.1 to 4, indicative of different equilibrium constants, K c/r , that characterize the populations of non-polar ring and polar open chain structures. For cases where K c/r is not too far from unity, we find that a high electric field shifts K c/r towards more chains, and that the accompanying change in the end-to-end vector of hydrogen-bond connected structures occurs on the Debye time scale. The results suggest that g K is correlated with the spectral separation of the Debye and primary structural peaks, as both features depend on steric hindrance of chain flexibility or bond rotation barriers and on average chain lengths. Based on the complex dynamics of supercooled mono-hydroxy alcohols with three relaxation peaks that cover many orders of magnitude in frequency, it is argued that a frequency dependent g K may be required for assessing the average orientational correlations within hydrogenbonded structures correctly.
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2003
The structural ͑␣-͒ relaxation in diglycidylether of bisphenol A ͑DGEBA͒ has been examined using three spectroscopic methods: dielectric spectroscopy ͑DS͒, dynamic light scattering-photon correlation spectroscopy ͑LS͒, and mechanical spectroscopy ͑MS͒. The DS and LS measurements were carried out as a function of both temperature and pressure. Moreover, pressure-volumetemperature measurements were obtained for the DGEBA. These data allow an assessment of the relative contributions of thermal energy and free volume to structural relaxation in DGEBA. The results clearly show a substantial role for both thermal and free volume fluctuations in the dramatic slowing down of the dynamics. The combined temperature-and pressure-dependences of the dielectric and light scattering relaxation times were analyzed using the Avramov equation, implying that the fragility ͑normalized temperature dependence͒ is pressure independent over the studied range of pressures. The pressure dependence was the same as measured by the different spectroscopies. Conformance to the time-temperature-pressure superposition principle was also observed for all measurement techniques.
Physical Review E, 2000
The effect of pressure variation on dynamics of ␣ relaxation process in poly͓͑phenyl glycidyl ether͒-co-formaldehyde͔ has been investigated both under isothermal (Tϭ293 K) and isobaric (Pϭ0.1, 60, 120, 180, and 240 MPa͒ conditions using broad band dielectric spectroscopy (10 Ϫ2 to 10 6 Hz). The ␣ relaxation is analyzed by means of the Havriliak-Negami relaxation function which has two shape parameters ͑␣ and ␥͒ to characterize non-Debye behavior. As a result we found that the shape parameters of the dielectric function collected for different pressures fall on master curves constructed by plotting ␣ and ␣␥ against the logarithm of relaxation time. The scaling of shape parameters for different pressure stems from pressure independence of fragility. This provides strong experimental evidence supporting correlation of non-Debye behavior with non-Arrhenius relaxation under high pressure. From an analysis of the shape parameters of relaxation function, in terms of the Schonhals and Schlosser model, we drew conclusions that the molecular mobility of PPG is controlled in the same way by temperature and pressure. The relaxation times exhibit a clear non-Arrhenius behavior under isothermal and isobaric condition.
Carbohydrate Research, 2009
Molecular dynamics simulations of a 3 m aqueous solution of D-sorbitol (also called D-glucitol) have been performed at 300 K, as well as at two elevated temperatures to promote conformational transitions. In principle, sorbitol is more flexible than glucose since it does not contain a constraining ring. However, a conformational analysis revealed that the sorbitol chain remains extended in solution, in contrast to the bent conformation found experimentally in the crystalline form. While there are 243 staggered conformations of the backbone possible for this open-chain polyol, only a very limited number were found to be stable in the simulations. Although many conformers were briefly sampled, only eight were significantly populated in the simulation. The carbon backbones of all but two of these eight conformers were completely extended, unlike the bent crystal conformation. These extended conformers were stabilized by a quite persistent intramolecular hydrogen bond between the hydroxyl groups of carbon C-2 and C-4. The conformational populations were found to be in good agreement with the limited available NMR data except for the C-2-C-3 torsion (spanned by the O-2-O-4 hydrogen bond), where the NMR data supports a more bent structure.
The Journal of Chemical …, 2011
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