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Title
Orientational disorder in some molecular solids in relation to the boson peak in glasses
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Abstract
Orientational disorder in some molecular solids is discussed in relation to the emphasis placed on transverse vibrational modes in glasses as the origin of the observed boson peak in two very recent contributions in Nature Materials. In particular, facts are here presented for (i) CH4, (ii) C60 and (iii) ethanol in their solid phases for (a) specific heat and (b) neutron scattering. The results for ethanol in particular do not fit in with the interpretation of the boson peak in terms of transverse acoustic phonons in disordered systems. Glasses will therefore have to be separated into at least two classes where the physical interpretation of the boson peak is concerned.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physics letters : A. - Amsterdam, 1967, currens
Publication
Amsterdam : North-Holland , 2009
ISSN
0375-9601
DOI
10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2009.01.003
Volume/pages
373 :7 (2009) , p. 799-800
ISI
000263515500020
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UAntwerpen
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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