Toward a general description of the dynamics of glass formers

Phase Transitions

Volumn 63, Issue 1-4 SEC. B, 1997, Pages 201-233

  Rossler E ^a   Novikov, V N ^a,c   Sokolov, A P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION AND ELECTROMETRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Glass transition; NMR; Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

GLASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RELAXATION PROCESSES; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

GLASS FORMERS;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 0031380071     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411599708228796     Document Type: Article

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