Quantum fluctuations can promote or inhibit glass formation

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-137

  Markland, Thomas E ^a   Morrone, Joseph A ^a   Berne, Bruce J ^a   Miyazaki, Kunimasa ^b   Rabani, Eran ^c   Reichman, David R ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GLASS FORMING MACHINES; QUANTUM OPTICS;

CLASSICAL LIMITS; CLASSICAL SYSTEMS; GLASS FORMATION; GLASS-FORMING SYSTEMS; QUANTUM EFFECTS; QUANTUM FLUCTUATION; STATES OF MATTER; ZERO-POINT ENERGIES;

GLASS;

EID: 79551639723     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1865     Document Type: Article

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