The Glass Transition

Relaxation Dynamics in Liquids and Disordered Materials
2001
ISBN: 978-3-540-41801-6
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, 418 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1760 g

Reihe: Springer Series in Materials Science

The glass transition is well known to glass makers or from the common ex perience of drying a used chewing gum. A liquid melt or a rubber becomes a solid glass when its temperature is lowered or a solvent is extracted without crystallization. There are also dynamic effects. The viscosity of a liquid is small at high temperatures but increases dramatically as cooling proceeds down to the glass temperature T • The increase is continuous and amounts g to about fifteen orders of magnitude! The technical importance of the glass transition cannot be overestimated. A few examples will be presented in the Introduction. Most practical knowledge of the glass transition needed for glass or plastic technologies and applications is now readily available. Where then is the problem? Inthe last few years, glass transition research has enormously intensified. We now have several hundred papers a year in expensive, top scientific journals. In a 1995 Science magazine ranking, the glass transition belongs to the six major physical quests, along with broken charges, physical input for low-dimensional geometry, measurement philoso phy in quantum mechanics, coherent X-ray radiation for materials research, and applications of superconductivity. On the other hand, interested people outside the glass transition community have difficulty seeing exactly what the glass transition problems are. Inaddition, even insiders split into groups over which question could be the most important for slow dynamics in cold liquids.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Donth, E.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Kontinuumsmechanik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Physik der Zustandsübergänge
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Werkstoffkunde, Materialwissenschaft: Forschungsmethoden
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Chemische Physik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Description of the Phenomenon.- 3. Theoretical Framework.- 4. Slowing Down Mechanisms.- 5. Epilogue.- 6. Conclusion.- A. Synonyms.- B. List of New Concepts.- C. Acronyms.- References.