Physicists shatter stubborn mystery of how glass forms

Date: 3 July 2015
Source: www.phys.org

Date: 3 July 2015

A physicist at the University of Waterloo is among a team of scientists who have described how glasses form at the molecular level and provided a possible solution to a problem that has stumped scientists for decades.

Their simple theory is expected to open up the study of glasses to non-experts and undergraduates as well as inspire breakthroughs in novel nanomaterials.Read more at: phys.org/news/2015-06-physicists-shatter-stubborn-mystery-glass.htmlA physicist at the University of Waterloo is among a team of scientists who have described how glasses form at the molecular level and provided a possible solution to a problem that has stumped scientists for decades.   

Their simple theory is expected to open up the study of glasses to non-experts and undergraduates as well as inspire breakthroughs in novel nanomaterials.



Read more at: phys.org/news/2015-06-physicists-shatter-stubborn-mystery-glass.html
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