The field of non-crystalline materials has seen the emergence of many challeng ing problems during its long history. In recent years, the interest in polymeric and biological disordered matter has stimulated new activities which in turn have enlarged the organic and inorganic glass community. The current research fields and recent progress have extended our knowledge of the rich phenomenol ogy of glassy systems, where the role of disorder is fundamental for the underlying microscopic dynamics. In addition, despite the lack of a unified theory, many interesting theoretical models have recently evolved. The present volume offers the reader a collection of topics representing the current state in the understanding of disorder effects as well as a survey of the basic problems and phenomena involved. The task of compiling a book devoted to disordered systems has benefited much from a seminar organized by the W.-E. Heraeus Foundation in Bad Honnef in April 1992, where we had the opportunity to discuss the project with most of the authors. Here we wish to thank the Heraeus Foundation for their support, and the authors and Springer-Verlag, especially Dr. Marion Hertel, for the pleasant cooperation.
Author(s): R. Richert, A. Blumen (auth.), Dr. Ranko Richert, Prof. Dr. Alexander Blumen (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 1994
Language: English
Pages: 754
Tags: Physical Chemistry;Polymer Sciences;Condensed Matter Physics;Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics;Characterization and Evaluation of Materials;Biophysics and Biological Physics
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Disordered Systems and Relaxation....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Local and Global Relaxations in Glass Forming Materials....Pages 11-54
Translational and Rotational Diffusion Near the Glass Transition....Pages 55-88
Universal Patterns of Relaxations in Complex Correlated Systems....Pages 89-150
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Models for Transport and Relaxation in Glass Forming and Complex Fluids: Universality?....Pages 153-191
Mode Coupling Approach to the Glass Transition....Pages 193-231
Models of Cooperative Dynamics for Liquids Near the Glass Transition....Pages 233-249
Models for Anomalous Diffusion....Pages 251-278
Boundary Effects on Dipole-Dipole Interactions and Molecular Relaxation....Pages 279-305
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
The Scaling of the α- and β -Relaxation in Low Molecular Weight and Polymeric Glassforming Systems....Pages 309-331
Dielectric Aspects of Dipolar Solvation at the Glass Transition....Pages 333-358
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
NMR Studies of Disorder in Molecular Glasses and Crystals....Pages 361-383
Molecular Dynamics in Polymers from Multidimensional NMR....Pages 385-403
Front Matter....Pages 405-405
Optical Spectroscopy and Disorder Phenomena in Polymers, Proteins and Glasses....Pages 407-424
Disorder-Induced Relaxation Processes in Amorphous Solids at Low Temperatures....Pages 425-448
Stochastic Interpretation of Inhomogeneous Spectroscopic Line Shapes....Pages 449-470
Front Matter....Pages 471-471
Basic Aspects of Energy Transport in Disordered Systems....Pages 473-483
Exciton and Charge Carrier Transport in Random Organic Solids....Pages 485-507
Dynamics of Energy Transfer in Aromatic Polymers....Pages 509-541
Energy Transport in Disordered Molecular Crystals....Pages 543-588
Front Matter....Pages 589-589
Relaxation and Disorder in Proteins....Pages 591-614
Origins of Nonexponential Relexation in Proteins....Pages 615-625
Dynamics of Irreversibly Forming Macromolecules....Pages 627-657
Glass Transitions and Relaxation Phenomena in Orientational Glasses and Supercooled Plastic Crystals....Pages 659-696
Structural Relaxation in Disordered Diblock Copolymer Melts....Pages 697-723
Dynamics of Rotational Motion in Liquid Crystalline Systems....Pages 725-746
Back Matter....Pages 747-754
