Modelling Debye Dielectric Relaxation in Monohydroxy Alcohols*

Abstract

The Debye relaxation of dielectric spectroscopy exists extensively in monohydroxy alcohols. We model the relaxation based on the infinite-pseudospin-chain Ising model and the Glauber dynamics, and the corresponding complex permittivity is obtained. The model results are in good agreement with the experimental data of 3,7-dimethyl-1-octanol, 2-ethyl-1-hexanol and 5-methyl-2-hexanol in a wide temperature range. Moreover, in the model parameters, the sum of the mean-field interaction energy and two times the orientation is nearly twice the hydrogen bond energy, which further states the rationality of this model.