The challenging problem of glass transition

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 709-714

  Ngai, Kia L ^a   Capaccioli, Simone ^b,c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); GLASS FORMING MACHINES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROTEINS; STRUCTURAL RELAXATION;

FREQUENCY DISPERSION; JOHARI-GOLDSTEIN (JG);

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 40449096990     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01979.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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