Direct observation of a local structural mechanism for dynamic arrest

Nature Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 556-561

  Royall, C Patrick ^a,b   Williams, Stephen R ^c   Ohtsuka, Takehiro ^b   Tanaka, Hajime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COLLOIDAL LIQUIDS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; DYNAMICAL ARRESTS; METASTABLE MATERIALS; PERCOLATING NETWORKS; STANDING PROBLEMS; STRUCTURAL MECHANISMS; TOPOLOGICAL METHODS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 45849092542     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2219     Document Type: Article

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