Simulation of a glass transition in a hot-wire experiment using time-dependent heat capacity

Tile transient Ilol-wire nlethod is used Jill sinltlllaileotls nle;.istirenlenls of tile tlicrrn;,ll condtlclivity ,:. ;,llltJ tile Ileal cap;,icity per trait volunle pep and yields ;,i peak in ). ;,rod ;,I dip in pc, ne;,ir a glass transition. Through simulatiorls, it is shown tllat these allom;,ih~l.is rcsuh,ʹ, arise due to a tinlc dependence in cp, which is described by a fraction;,lI exponenti;,d Imlction: c:,( t ) = c:,l liquid ) + [ ca,( glass ) - Cz,(liquid)]e "~ʹ. where r is tile heal c;,tp;,icity rel;,Lxation time ;,rod fl is a sanlple dependent paran~eter 10