title: Dynamic Properties of Glass-Formers Governed by the Frequency Dispersion of the Structural α-Relaxation: Examples from Prilocaine.
abstract: General and fundamental properties of glass-formers of various chemical bonding and physical structures have been found in the recent past. These important findings should be key to gain basic understanding of the dynamics at all time scales leading to glass transition. However, the entirety of these general properties has not been found in a single glass-former. For others to appreciate the importance of these properties, they need to collect the supporting experimental data from different glass-formers scattered over many publications. This hurdle may account for the current lack of universal recognition of the importance of these general properties by the research community. In this paper we present experimental studies of the dynamic processes over a broad range of time scales of a single glass-former, prilocaine. Practically the entire collection of fundamental properties has been found in this system. The advance should heighten the awareness of the importance of these properties in anyone's effort to solve the glass transition problem.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, University of Silesia , Uniwersytecka 4, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.|Silesian Center for Education and Interdisciplinary Research , 75 Pulku Piechoty 1A, 41-500 Chorzow, Poland.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wojnarowska
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, University of Silesia , Uniwersytecka 4, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.|Silesian Center for Education and Interdisciplinary Research , 75 Pulku Piechoty 1A, 41-500 Chorzow, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rams-Baron
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, University of Silesia , Uniwersytecka 4, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.|Silesian Center for Education and Interdisciplinary Research , 75 Pulku Piechoty 1A, 41-500 Chorzow, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knapik
authors.affiliation: CNR-IPCF , Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.|Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa , Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Ngai
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn , Sloneczna 54, Olsztyn PL-10710, Poland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kruk
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, University of Silesia , Uniwersytecka 4, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.|Silesian Center for Education and Interdisciplinary Research , 75 Pulku Piechoty 1A, 41-500 Chorzow, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paluch
mesh_terms: D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D005898:Glass; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011318:Prilocaine / Q000737:chemistry*; D066244:Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
chemical_list: D011318:Prilocaine