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Obstruction Model of the Fractional Stokes-Einstein Relation in Glass-Forming Liquids

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Author(s)

D Leporini, Jack F. Douglas

Abstract

Diffusion of tracer molecules in glass-forming liquids is modeled in terms of diffusion in an obstructed space. For simplicity the obstructions are taken to be spherical and frozen in position. This idealized model of the long-lived dynamic heterogeneities in these viscous fluids leads to the widely observed fractional Stokes-Einstein relation (D = C([eta]/T)[zeta], 0 < [zeta][GE] 1) between the tracer particle diffusion coefficient D and the host fluid viscosity [eta]. The spherical obstruction model indicates [zeta] = 3/5 and some variation of the exponent is predicted to occur with the variation of the shape of the obstructions. Experimental values of [zeta] are summarized for comparison with our model.
Citation
Journal Non-Crystalline Solids
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

glass-forming liquids, obstruction model, Stoke-Einstein relation

Citation

Leporini, D. and Douglas, J. (2021), Obstruction Model of the Fractional Stokes-Einstein Relation in Glass-Forming Liquids, Journal Non-Crystalline Solids (Accessed April 19, 2024)

Created October 12, 2021