title: On the correlation between fragility and stretching in glass-forming liquids.
abstract: We study the pressure and temperature dependences of the dielectric relaxation of two molecular glass-forming liquids, dibutyl phthalate and m-toluidine. We focus on two characteristics of the slowing down of relaxation, the fragility associated with the temperature dependence and the stretching characterizing the relaxation function. We combine our data with data from the literature to revisit the proposed correlation between these two quantities. We do this in light of constraints that we suggest to put on the search for empirical correlations among properties of glass-formers. In particular, we argue that a meaningful correlation is to be looked for between stretching and isochoric fragility, as both seem to be constant under isochronic conditions and thereby reflect the intrinsic effect of temperature.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, CNRS-UMR 8000, Bâtiment 349, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France.
authors.forename: Kristine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Niss
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dalle-Ferrier
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tarjus
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alba-Simionesco