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Jin S, Fan X, Stamper C, Mole RA, Yu Y, Hong L, Yu D, Baggioli M. On the temperature dependence of the density of states of liquids at low energies. Sci Rep 2024; 14:18805. [PMID: 39138323 PMCID: PMC11322638 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-69504-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024] Open
Abstract
We report neutron-scattering measurements of the density of states (DOS) of water and liquid Fomblin in a wide range of temperatures. In the liquid phase, we confirm the presence of a universal low-energy linear scaling of the experimental DOS as a function of the frequency, g ( ω ) = a ( T ) ω , which persists at all temperatures. The low-frequency scaling of the DOS exhibits a sharp jump at the melting point of water, below which the standard Debye's law, g ( ω ) ∝ ω 2 , is recovered. On the contrary, in Fomblin, we observe a continuous transition between the two exponents reflecting its glassy dynamics, which is confirmed by structure measurements. More importantly, in both systems, we find that the slope a(T) grows with temperature following an exponential Arrhenius-like form, a ( T ) ∝ exp ( - ⟨ E ⟩ / T ) . We confirm this experimental trend using molecular dynamics simulations and show that the prediction of instantaneous normal mode (INM) theory for a(T) is in qualitative agreement with the experimental data.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sha Jin
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
- Wilczek Quantum Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
- Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai, 201315, China
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- Shanghai National Center for Applied Mathematics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
- Materials Genome Institute, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia
- The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, 2232, Australia
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- The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, 2232, Australia
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
- Shanghai National Center for Applied Mathematics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, 2232, Australia.
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
- Wilczek Quantum Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
- Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai, 201315, China.
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Shelton DP. Long-range correlation of intra-molecular and inter-molecular vibration in liquid CCl 4. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:034502. [PMID: 33499619 DOI: 10.1063/5.0036091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Experiments measuring the polarization dependence of hyper-Raman light scattering reveal long-range correlation of molecular vibrations in liquid CCl4. The ν3 and ν1 + ν4 intra-molecular vibrations at about 770 cm-1 are strongly polarized transverse to the scattering wavevector. Weaker transverse polarization is exhibited by the ν1, ν2, and ν4 intra-molecular vibrations and by the inter-molecular collision-induced band around 0 cm-1. The observed polarization dependence is due to the correlation of the vibrations on molecules separated by about 200 nm. The strength of the observed correlation increases with the transition dipole moment for the vibration mode and is consistent with dipole-dipole coupling.
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- David P Shelton
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4002, USA
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