Physicists identify self-limiting particle clusters in cooling liquids during glass transition
Theoretical physicist Corentin Laudicina explains how cooling liquids reveal specific particle structures behind the glass phase transition.
Standard matter states explained
School textbooks describe three familiar phases of matter: gas, liquid, and solid. In a solid, molecules are fixed in a crystal lattice at a set distance from one another. In a liquid, molecules move without maintaining a fixed position relative to each other.
The fourth glass phase
A material enters the glass phase when it is cooled quickly enough. This phase behaves like a solid while its internal structure remains more like a liquid. Theoretical physicist Corentin Laudicina studies exactly what happens in a material during this transition.
Reported by one outlet
Only one outlet has published this. Nothing here has been checked against a second report, so read it as that outlet's account and follow the link below for the original.
Reported by
1 independent outlet. Headline as published. Links open the original report.