Insights into the Non-exponential Behaviour of the Dielectric Debye-like Relaxation in Monoalcohols
arXiv:2003.02005 · doi:10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113441
Abstract
More than 100 years after Debye proposed his model for the dielectric relaxation of monoalcohols (MA), some fundamental questions about their dynamics and its relation with the supramolecular structures created by hydrogen bonding remain not fully understood. The recent detection of the dynamics of hydrogen-bonded aggregates by techniques other than dielectric spectroscopy is leading to novel insights and opening new questions. In particular it was recently reported that the shear response of some MA present three relaxation components, at variance with their apparent bimodal dielectric response. We show by mixing an archetype MA with LiCl that both shear and dielectric measurements are consistent with the presence of three separated contributions. Results are discussed in the more general context of MAs with non-exponential slow dielectric relaxations. In particular, we propose the recently reported third process as the origin of the unusual broadening of the Debye-like dielectric relaxation of some MAs.
arXiv comment12 pages, 13 figures
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