Isothermal desorption measurements of self-diffusion in supercooled o-terphenyl |
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Authors: | Mapes Marie K Swallen Stephen F Kearns Kenneth L Ediger M D |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA. |
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Abstract: | Isothermal desorption of o-terphenyl thin-film bilayers was used to measure self-diffusion coefficients of supercooled o-terphenyl near the glass transition temperature (Tg=243 K). Diffusion coefficients from 10(-15.5) to 10(-12) cm2 s(-1) were obtained between 246 and 265 K. Protio and deuterio o-terphenyl were sequentially vapor deposited, then annealed to simultaneously diffuse and desorb the sample in a vacuum chamber. During the desorption of the bilayer, the concentration of each isotope was detected by a mass spectrometer, which revealed the extent of interfacial broadening. In these experiments, isotopic interdiffusion is indistinguishable from self-diffusion and the measured interfacial broadening is consistent with Fickian diffusion. The samples prepared under several different deposition conditions yielded the same self-diffusion coefficients, indicating that the experiments were conducted in the equilibrium supercooled liquid state. |
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