The simplicity of hard spheres as a model system is deceptive. Although the particles
interact solely through volume exclusion, that nevertheless suffices for a wealth of static and …

Amorphous solids, or glasses, are distinguished from crystalline solids by their lack of long-
range structural order. At the level of two-body structural correlations, glassformers show no …

With sufficient high cooling rates, a variety of liquids, including metallic melts, will cross a
glass transition temperature and solidify into glass accompanying a marked increase of the …

There are at least three fundamental states of matter, depending upon temperature and
pressure: gas, liquid, and solid (crystal). These states are separated by first-order phase …

Glass is a material with essentially unlimited application possibilities. This second edition of
a comprehensive reference in glass science, points out the correlation between the …

Some liquids do not crystallize below the melting point, but instead enter into a supercooled
state and on cooling eventually become a glass at the glass-transition temperature. During …

The existence of systematic variations of isobaric fragility in different supercooled Lennard-
Jones binary mixtures is revealed by molecular dynamics simulations. The connection …

The formation of clusters was analyzed in a topologically disordered network of bonds of
amorphous silica (SiO2) based on the Angell model of broken bonds termed configurons. It …

An overview is given of amorphous oxide materials viscosity and glass‐liquid transition
phenomena. The viscosity is a continuous function of temperature, whereas the glass‐liquid …

Based on the authors' recent investigations, this book describes the application of glassy
and polyphase composite materials for nuclear waste immobilisation. It introduces …