When we lower the temperature of a liquid, at some point we meet a first order phase
transition to the crystal. Yet, under certain conditions it is possible to keep the system in its …

The remarkable kinetic slowdown experienced by liquids as they are cooled toward their
glass transition is not accompanied by any obvious structural change. Understanding the …

This overview of energy landscapes will focus on some rigorous properties of potential
energy surfaces (PES's), especially the symmetry properties of steepest-descent paths, and …

Exploring recent developments in the field, Coarse-Graining of Condensed Phase and
Biomolecular Systems examines systematic ways of constructing coarse-grained …

Although liquids normally crystallize on cooling, there are members of all liquid types
(including molecular, ionic and metallic) that supercool and then solidify at their glass …

Glass is a microscopically disordered, solid form of matter that results when a fluid is cooled
or compressed in such a manner that it does not crystallize. Almost all types of materials are …

The viscoplastic deformation (creep) of crystalline materials under constant stress involves
the motion of a large number of interacting dislocations. Analytical methods and …

This review reports on the research done during past years on violations of the fluctuation–
dissipation theorem (FDT) in glassy systems. It is focused on the existence of a quasi …

The configurational entropy is one of the most important thermodynamic quantities
characterizing supercooled liquids approaching the glass transition. Despite decades of …

An equilibrated model glass-forming liquid is studied by mapping successive configurations
produced by molecular dynamics simulation onto a time series of inherent structures (local …