Absence of increase in length scale upon approaching the glass transition in liquid glycerol
- 1 April 1991
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 94 (7) , 5061-5063
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.460542
Abstract
Earlier experiments based on comparing viscometer measurements of the viscosity of glycerol with the viscosity inferred from dynamic light scattering of Brownian particles have suggested the existence of an increasing microscopic length scale upon lowering the temperature towards the glass transition. We have performed accurate experiments on glycerol using Brownian particles of different sizes. Our results do not support the earlier claims.Keywords
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