Self-Organization and the Physics of Glassy Networks

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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, computer chips), and proteins.
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Disordered Systems and Neural Networks, Soft Condensed Matter

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/96008

Consulte el texto completo en el siguiente enlace:

https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0502312
 http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0502312
 Philosophical Magazine, Vol 85, 2005, pp3823-3838
 doi:10.1080/14786430500256425

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