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Towards a Molecular View of Glass Heterogeneity
Article first published online: 3 DEC 2012
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201205231
Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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Orrit, M. (2013), Towards a Molecular View of Glass Heterogeneity. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52: 163–166. doi: 10.1002/anie.201205231
Publication History
- Issue published online: 20 DEC 2012
- Article first published online: 3 DEC 2012
- Manuscript Revised: 20 AUG 2012
- Manuscript Received: 3 JUL 2012
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Keywords:
- glasses;
- glycerol;
- heterogeneity;
- single-molecule studies;
- supercooled liquids
Curds show the whey: The vexing problem of the glass transition has been frustrating experimentalists and theorists for more than a century. One difficulty is in quantifying the structure of an inhomogeneous system, even when “curds” and “whey” are made out of the same material. To explore the rich space of configurations of these complex systems, a new generation of experiments with a range of different local probes is needed.