Issue 24, 2014

Structural relaxation of vapor-deposited molecular glasses and supercooled liquids

Abstract

Molecular glasses prepared by vapor deposition have been revealed in recent years to have properties which the glasses prepared by ordinary liquid-quenching methods do not have. Thus the vapor-deposition method of material preparation has attracted increasing attention in the context of its possible application in manufacturing functional organic devices. The remarkable nature of vapor-deposited molecular glasses is that their properties depend very much on the deposition temperature and deposition rate. This suggests that the microscopic structure formed at the sample surface in the vapor deposition plays an important role in determining the sample properties. However, little of the structure of vapor-deposited molecular glasses has been clarified yet. In this article, we summarize first the research history of vapor-deposited molecular glasses, the concepts of amorphous solid and glass, and the methods for studying molecular glasses. We then summarize the research results reported to date for molecular glasses and related supercooled liquids. We also include in this article our recent research results in this field, and mention our present view on vapor-deposited molecular glasses.

Graphical abstract: Structural relaxation of vapor-deposited molecular glasses and supercooled liquids

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
30 Jan 2014
Accepted
24 Apr 2014
First published
24 Apr 2014

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014,16, 12073-12092

Author version available

Structural relaxation of vapor-deposited molecular glasses and supercooled liquids

K. Ishii and H. Nakayama, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 12073 DOI: 10.1039/C4CP00458B

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