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The observed dielectric response of most materials is seldom in accord with Debye behaviour, but has been found experimentally to exhibit a remarkable ‘universality.’ It is proposed that this universality is a consequence of some ubiquitous correlated states which exhibit an infrared (IR) divergent-like response to induced transitions of the polarising species.
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Ngai, K., Jonscher, A. & White, C. On the origin of the universal dielectric response in condensed matter. Nature 277, 185–189 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/277185a0
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