Structural aspects in the dielectric properties of pentyl alcohols.

At temperatures between 0 and 60 °C densities, shear viscosities and dielectric spectra have been measured for isomers 1-pentanol, 2-pentanol, 3-pentanol, isopentylalcohol, and tert-pentanol, as well as for mixtures of these alcohols. The density and shear viscosity data are discussed in terms of deviations from ideal mixing behavior. The dielectric spectra are evaluated to yield the extrapolated static permittivity and the relaxation time of the principal (low-frequency) relaxation term.

Relaxation dynamics in glycerol-water mixtures: I. Glycerol-rich mixtures.

We discuss the relaxation dynamics of glycerol-water mixtures, as studied by dielectric spectroscopy in the frequency range from 1 Hz to 250 MHz and at temperatures between 173 and 323 K. The experimental results obtained for the glycerol-rich mixtures suggest that the main dielectric relaxation process, as well as the so-called high-frequency "excess wing" (EW) and dc conductivity, follow the same temperature dependence. This result indicates that all of these processes are induced by the same molecular origin.

Molecular dynamics and conformational kinetics of mono- and disaccharides in aqueous solution.

Acoustical attenuation spectra between 10 kHz and 2 GHz, complex dielectric spectra between 300 kHz and 40 GHz, and time-resolved non-equilibrium measurements are reported for aqueous solutions of various mono- and disaccharides with and without 2:1 valent salts. The spectra reveal a variety of relaxation regimes with relaxation times between 1 micros and 10 ps. In addition, the time-resolved observations enable the study of the mutarotation with relaxation times on the order of 10(3) s.

Shear viscosity relaxation of a critical binary liquid.

Two series of diffusion coefficients D are reported for the triethylamine-water binary critical mixture. One has been obtained from quasielastic light scattering measurements, the other one has been derived from broadband ultrasonic spectra, yielding the relaxation rate of order parameter fluctuations, and shear viscosity data. Using high frequency shear impedance spectrometry in the range 20-130 MHz, relaxations in the background part of the viscosity, resulting in viscoelastic mixture properties, have been found.