Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
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NEW APPROACH IN THE DES­CRIPTION OF DIELECTRIC RELAXATION PHENOMENON: CORRECT DEDUCTION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE VOGEL-FULCHER-TAMMAN EQUATION
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Year of publication2003
Языканглийский
  • Nigmatullin Ravil Rashidovich, author
  • Osokin Sergey Igorevich, author
  • Smith Geoff , author
  • Bibliographic description in the original language Nigmatullin R.R, Osokin S.I, Smith G., New approach in the description of dielectric relaxation phenomenon: Correct deduction and interpretation of the Vogel-Fulcher-Tamman equation//Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. - 2003. - Vol.15, Is.20. - P.3481-3503.
    Annotation Based on the relationship between the power-law exponent and relaxation time ν(τ) recently established in Ryabov et al (2002 J. Chem. Phys. 116 8610) for non-exponential relaxation in disordered systems and conventional Arrhenius temperature dependence for relaxation time, it becomes possible to derive the empirical Vogel–Fulcher–Tamman (VFT) equation ωp (T) = ω0 exp [−DTVF /(T − TVF)], connecting the maximum of the loss peak with temperature. The fitting parameters D and TVF of this equation are related accordingly with parameters (ν0, τs τ0), entering to ν(τ) = ν0 [ln (τ/τs)/ ln (τ/τ0)] and (τA, E) figuring in the Arrhenius formula τ(T) = τA exp (E/T). It has been shown that, in order to establish the loss peak VFT dependence, a complex permittivity function should contain at least two relaxation times obeying the Arrhenius formula with two different set of parameters τA1,A2 and E1,2. It has been shown that (1) at a certain combination of initial parameters the parameter TVF can be negative or even accept complex valued (2). The temperature dependence of the minimum frequency formed by the two nearest peaks also obeys the VFT equation with another set of fitting parameters. The available experimental data obtained for different substances confirm the validity and specific 'universality' of the VFT equation. It has been shown that the empirical VFT equation is approximate and possible corrections to this equation are found. As a main consequence, which follows from the correct 'reading' of the VFT equation and interpretation of complex permittivity functions with two or more characteristic relaxation times, we suggest a new type of kinetic equation containing non-integer (fractional) integrals and derivatives. We suppose that this kinetic equation describes a wide class of dielectric relaxation phenomena taking place in heterogeneous substances.
    Keywords Vogel-Fulcher-Tamman equation, non-exponential relaxation, complex permittivity functions, dielectric relaxation phenomena
    The name of the journal Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
    URL https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0953-8984/15/20/309
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