Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.100, No.7, 5237-5248, 1994
Reorientational Dynamics in Supercooled M-Tricresyl Phosphate - Its Relation to Main and Secondary Relaxation - P-31 Nuclear-Magnetic-Resonance Study of Relaxation, Line-Shape, and Stimulated Echo
Supercooled m-tricresyl phosphate has been studied by different nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods using the P-31 spin probe (180-400 K). Combining measurements of the spin-lattice relaxation at two Larmor frequencies, of the line shape and of the stimulated echo decay, a reorientational correlation function F2(t) is probed over the entire supercooled regime. The analysis of the stimulated echo is described in detail. The long-time behavior of F2(t) (alpha process) does not change its shape below 260 K and is approximated by a stretched exponential, however, some deviations are observed at short times. Above 260 K a decrease of the stretching of F2(T) is found. Reorientational correlation times T(rot) are reported in the range 10(-11) s
Keywords:LIQUID-GLASS TRANSITION;INCOHERENT NEUTRON-SCATTERING;SPIN-LATTICE RELAXATION;LIGHT-SCATTERING;ALPHA-RELAXATION;ORTHO-TERPHENYL;DIFFUSION MECHANISM;MOLECULAR GLASS;BETA-RELAXATION;LOCAL DYNAMICS