The dielectric properties especially of glassy materials are nowadays explored at widely
varying temperatures and pressures without any gap in the spectral range from µHz up to the
Infrared thus covering typically 20 decades or more. This extraordinary span enables to trace
the scaling and the mutual interactions of relaxation processes in detail e.g. the dynamic
glass transition and secondary relaxations but as well far infrared vibrations like the Boson
peak. Additionally the evolution of intra-molecular interactions in the course of the dynamic
glass transition is also well explored by (Fourier Transform) Infrared Spectroscopy. This
volume within 'Advances in Dielectrics' summarizes this knowledge and discusses it with respect
to the existing and often competing theoretical concepts.
