Spectral shape simplicity of viscous materials

Abstract

A broad survey of viscoelastic data demonstrates that van der Waals, hydrogen-bonded, and ionic liquids, as well as polymeric, inorganic, and metallic melts share a structural relaxation pattern virtually insensitive to their morphological details. This mechanical simplicity is connected with that characterizing the fast reorientation dynamics prevailing in liquids devoid of a distinguishable secondary loss peak. By these means one is able to uncover a generic spectral pattern which rationalizes the recently reported "universality" of relaxation strength vs. stretching of the dielectric response of viscous liquids, significantly broadening the framework in which their relaxation behavior is assessed.

5 pages, 3 figures

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