A free-energy landscape picture and Landau theory for the dynamics of disordered materials

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dc.creatorJavaheri, Mohammad Reza H.
dc.creatorChamberlin, Ralph V.
dc.date2006-05-17
dc.date2006-12-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:09:01Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:09:01Z
dc.descriptionLandau's theory of phase transitions is adapted to treat independently relaxing regions in complex systems using nanothermodynamics. The order parameter we use governs the thermal fluctuations, not a specific static structure. We find that the entropy term dominates the thermal behavior, as is reasonable for disordered systems. Consequently, the thermal equilibrium occurs at the internal-energy maximum, so that the minima in a potential-energy landscape have negligible influence on the dynamics. Instead the dynamics involves normal thermal fluctuations about the free-energy minimum, with a time scale that is governed by the internal-energy maximum. The temperature dependence of the fluctuations yields VTF-like relaxation rates and approximate time-temperature superposition, consistent with the WLF procedure for analyzing the dynamics of complex fluids; while the size dependence of the fluctuations provides an explanation for the distribution of relaxation times and heterogeneity that are found in glass-forming liquids, thus providing a unified picture for several features in the dynamics of disordered materials.
dc.description18 pages, 3 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0605439
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0605439
dc.identifierJ. Chem. Phys. 125, 154503 (2006)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1063/1.2354471
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/110914
dc.subjectDisordered Systems and Neural Networks
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleA free-energy landscape picture and Landau theory for the dynamics of disordered materials
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