TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-organization and the physics of glassy networks
AU - Boolchand, P.
AU - Lucovsky, G.
AU - Phillips, J. C.
AU - Thorpe, Michael
PY - 2005/11/11
Y1 - 2005/11/11
N2 - Network glasses are the physical prototype for many self-organized systems, ranging from proteins to computer science. Conventional theories of gases, liquids and crystals do not account for the strongly material-selective character of the glass-forming tendency, the phase diagrams of glasses or their optimizable properties. A new topological theory, only 25 years old, has succeeded where conventional theories have failed. It shows that (probably all slowly quenched) glasses, including network glasses, are the result of the combined effects of a few simple mechanisms. These glass-forming mechanisms are topological in nature and have already been identified for several important glasses, including chalcogenide alloys, silicates (window glass and computer chips) and proteins.
AB - Network glasses are the physical prototype for many self-organized systems, ranging from proteins to computer science. Conventional theories of gases, liquids and crystals do not account for the strongly material-selective character of the glass-forming tendency, the phase diagrams of glasses or their optimizable properties. A new topological theory, only 25 years old, has succeeded where conventional theories have failed. It shows that (probably all slowly quenched) glasses, including network glasses, are the result of the combined effects of a few simple mechanisms. These glass-forming mechanisms are topological in nature and have already been identified for several important glasses, including chalcogenide alloys, silicates (window glass and computer chips) and proteins.
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U2 - 10.1080/14786430500256425
DO - 10.1080/14786430500256425
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:30944454511
SN - 1478-6435
VL - 85
SP - 3823
EP - 3838
JO - Philosophical Magazine
JF - Philosophical Magazine
IS - 32
ER -