Issue 12, 2021

Reorientational dynamics of highly asymmetric binary non-polymeric mixtures – a dielectric spectroscopy study

Abstract

We present an analysis of dielectric spectra measured for a specially designed non-polymeric asymmetric binary glass former characterized by a large difference of the component's TgTg = 216 K). We cover the whole additive concentration range from 4% up to 90% (by mass). Two main relaxations α1 and α2 are identified, which are characterized by well separated time scales and are attributed to the dynamics associated with the high-Tg component (α1) and the low-Tg component (α2). Frequency–temperature superposition does not apply. To cope with the extraordinary spectral broadening, we introduce a model consisting of a generalized Cole–Davidson (α1) and a Havriliak–Negami function with a low frequency truncation (α2). Whereas the α1-relaxation reflects essentially homogeneous dynamics and its spectra mainly broaden on the high-frequency flank of the relaxation peak, the α2-relaxation becomes broader on the low-frequency side reflecting pronounced dynamic heterogeneity in a more or less arrested matrix of high-Tg molecules. From the extracted time constants, two glass transition temperatures Tg1 and Tg2 can be derived, showing a non-trivial concentration dependence for Tg2. Supplementary, we find a β-relaxation. The total relaxation strength Δε strongly deviates from ideal mixing, and therefore care has to be taken interpreting the corresponding Δεαi as representation of molecular populations.

Graphical abstract: Reorientational dynamics of highly asymmetric binary non-polymeric mixtures – a dielectric spectroscopy study

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
25 Dec 2020
Accepted
03 Mar 2021
First published
03 Mar 2021

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 7200-7212

Reorientational dynamics of highly asymmetric binary non-polymeric mixtures – a dielectric spectroscopy study

T. Körber, F. Krohn, C. Neuber, H. Schmidt and E. A. Rössler, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 7200 DOI: 10.1039/D0CP06652D

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