Compressed - Exponential Relaxations in Trehalose Glass 1
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We measured the α-relaxation in trehalose glass by using photon correlation spectroscopy(PCS). The α-relaxations of trehalose glass showed a crossover from stretchedto compressed-exponential relaxations as the temperature increased. From the Raman scattering measurements, we found that the unusual compressed-exponential relaxation in trehalose glass was caused by the change of glycosidic linkage structure in trehalose molecule.
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