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Ph.D. thesis (pdf) - dirac

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Contents<br />

Abstract<br />

iii<br />

Acknowledgement<br />

v<br />

1 Introduction 1<br />

2 Slow and fast dynamics 7<br />

2.1 The glass transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />

2.2 Fragility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />

2.3 Non-Debye relaxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

2.4 Energy landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />

2.5 Fast dynamics and glassy dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />

2.6 Fragility and other properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />

2.7 Relation between fast and slow dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />

3 What we learn from pressure experiments 29<br />

3.1 Isochoric and isobaric fragility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />

3.2 Empirical scaling law and some consequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />

3.3 Correlations with fragility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />

3.4 Temperature dependences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />

3.5 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br />

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