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Universal Approach for Scaling the ac Conductivity in Ionic Glasses

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Department of Chemical Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, 1001 University Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106 (United States)

In a recent Letter, Roling {ital et al.}thinspthinsp[Phys.thinspthinspRev.thinspthinspLett.thinspthinsp{bold 78}, 2160 (1997)] proposed a novel scaling approach, requiring no arbitrary parameters, for the analysis of the ac conductivity resulting from ionic motion in glasses. However, this approach cannot be applied to alkali germanate glasses whose alkali content varies by more than a decade, since changes which occur in the ion hopping length that accompany the changing alkali content are not incorporated. Here, I show that these changes can be incorporated into a universally valid approach which successfully scales the ac conductivity of sodium germanate glasses as well as two additional ionic systems without the introduction of arbitrary parameters. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}

DOE Contract Number:
FG03-98ER45696
OSTI ID:
337570
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 18 Vol. 82; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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