Ultrastable glasses (mostly prepared from the vapor phase under optimized deposition
conditions) represent a unique class of materials with low enthalpies and high kinetic …

Two challenging scientific disciplines, ie, the physics of glasses [Anderson, Science 267,
1615 (1995); Kennedy and Norman, Science 309, 75 (2005)] and interface chemistry …

This article describes recent progress in understanding highly stable glasses prepared by
physical vapor deposition and provides perspective on further research directions for the …

Glassy phases of framework materials feature unique and tunable properties that are
advantageous for gas separation membranes, solid electrolytes, and phase-change memory …

Surface diffusion is vastly faster than bulk diffusion in some glasses, but only moderately
enhanced in others. We show that this variation is closely linked to bulk fragility, a common …

Surfaces mediate the formation of stable glasses (SGs) upon physical vapor deposition
(PVD) for a wide range of glass formers. The thermodynamic and kinetic stability of SGs and …

Compared to their crystalline forms, amorphous pharmaceutical solids present marvelous
potential and advantages for effectively improving the oral bioavailability of poorly water …

Among molecular glasses, griseofulvin (GSF) is one of the fastest crystallizing. To
understand this property, we have measured the surface diffusion in GSF using the method …

Tobacco mosaic virus is used as a probe to measure surface diffusion of ultrathin films of N,
N′-Bis (3-methylphenyl)-N, N′-diphenylbenzidine (TPD)(12 nm< h< 53 nm, where h is the …

Amorphous pharmaceutical solids (APS) are single-or multi-component systems in which
drugs exist in high-energy states with long-range disordered molecular packing. APSs have …