Mesoscopic Collective Dynamics in Liquids and the Dual Model

TL;DR

This paper introduces a Dual Model of Liquids that offers a microscopic, quantitative framework for understanding thermophysical properties and collective dynamics, addressing limitations of previous models.

Contribution

It presents a novel Dual Model that incorporates a statistical number of excited degrees of freedom to accurately describe liquid thermophysical properties and relaxation times.

Findings

Quantitative expressions for thermophysical properties derived

Interpretation and calculation of relaxation times provided

Comparison with phononic models and viscoelastic transition predictions

Abstract

A microscopic vision is presented of a Dual Model of Liquids from a solid picture. Among the novelties of this model is that it provides quantitative expressions of various extensive thermophysical properties. The introduction of the statistical number of excited degrees of freedom (DoF) allows bypassing the problem of other dual models which are sometimes unable to correctly reproduce the expressions for those thermophysical quantities showing deviations due to the activation or deactivation of internal DoF. The interpretation of the relaxation times is given, their Order of Magnitude calculated and the way in which these times are involved in the different phases of the collective dynamics of liquids is discussed. A comparison is provided with results obtained in the frame of another phononic model of liquids, as well as with the predictions for the viscoelastic transition regions and with systems exhibiting kgap. In the last part of the paper, theoretical insights and experiments are suggested as potential directions for future research and development.