Self-Organization and the Physics of Glassy Networks

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2005-02-13

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0502312v1

Philosophical Magazine, Vol 85, 2005, pp3823-3838

Physics

Condensed Matter

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

One PDF file contains 10 figures and text

Scientific paper

10.1080/14786430500256425

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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