This dataset consists of shear-mechanical and dielectric data on x-methyl-3-heptanol (x=2--6) as presented in: Tina Hecksher and Bo Jakobsen "Communication: Supramolecular structures in monohydroxy alcohols: Insights from shear-mechanical studies of a systematic series of octanol structural isomers" Journal of Chemical Physics 141, 101104 (2014). also available as arXiv:1406.2521 [cond-mat.soft] (http://arxiv.org/abs/1406.2521) All experimental information can be found in this paper. This electronic version of the data was published on the "Glass and time - Data repository" found at http://glass.ruc.dk/data The authors have copyright to these data. The authors have given permission to "Glass and Time" to publish the data on the "Glass and time - Data repository" web site. You are very welcome to use the data for further analysis, but are requested to cite the original publication whenever use is made of the data in publications, presentations, etc. Any questions regarding the data can be addressed to boj@ruc.dk who would also appreciate a mail if you find the data useful. ____________________________________________________________________ The downloaded file contains three sub-directories, the details are given below for each of these: 2M3H: This directory contains the data shown on figure 1 in the paper for 2-methyl-3-heptanol each file: 2M3H_imag_XXX.dat has two rows: Frequency [Hz] Im(G'') [Pa] XXX in the file name indicates the temperature (with period exchanged by "_" ) lpf: This directory contains the data shown on figure 2 in the paper each file: lpf_XXX.dat has two rows: Temperature [K] loss peak frequency [Hz] XXX in the file name indicates the substance. at_182_5K: This directory contains the data shown on figure 3 in the paper all taken at 182.5K The directory has 4 series of data each file: epsilon_imag_XXX.dat has two rows: Frequency [Hz] -Im(epsilon'') each file: G_imag_XXX.dat has two rows: Frequency [Hz] Im(G)/G_lp each file: eta_real_XXX.dat has two rows: Frequency [Hz] Re(eta) [Pas] each file: slope_XXX.dat has two rows: Frequency [Hz] d log Im(G) / d log nu for all files XXX in the file name indicates the substance. Last edited September 2014, Bo Jakobsen