Ideal probe single-molecule experiments reveal the intrinsic dynamic heterogeneity of a supercooled liquid

理想探针单分子实验揭示过冷液体的内在动态非均匀性

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作者:Keewook Paeng, Heungman Park, Dat Tien Hoang, Laura J Kaufman

Abstract

The concept of dynamic heterogeneity and the picture of the supercooled liquid as a mosaic of environments with distinct dynamics that interchange in time have been invoked to explain the nonexponential relaxations measured in these systems. The spatial extent and temporal persistence of these regions of distinct dynamics have remained challenging to identify. Here, single-molecule fluorescence measurements using a probe similar in size and mobility to the host o-terphenyl unambiguously reveal exponential relaxations distributed in time and space and directly demonstrate ergodicity of the system down to the glass transition temperature. In the temperature range probed, at least 200 times the structural relaxation time of the host is required to recover ensemble-averaged relaxation at every spatial region in the system.

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