Non-monotonic temperature evolution of dynamic correlations in glass-forming liquids
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Non-monotonic temperature evolution of dynamic correlations in glass-forming liquids
The viscosity of glass-forming liquids increases by many orders of magnitude if their temperature is lowered by a mere factor of 2–3. Recent studies suggest that this widespread phenomenon is accompanied by spatially heterogeneous dynamics, and a growing dynamic correlation length quantifying the extent of correlated particle motion. Here we use a novel numerical method to detect and quantify s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Physics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1745-2473,1745-2481
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2133