Revealing the fast atomic motion of network glasses

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ruta, B ^a   Baldi, G ^b   Chushkin, Y ^a   Ruffle B ^c   Cristofolini, L ^d   Fontana, A ^e   Zanatta, M ^f   Nazzani, F ^g  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b IMEM CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; SILICATE; SODIUM;

GLASS; MICROSCOPY; SILICATE; SODIUM; VISCOSITY;

ARTICLE; COOLING; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84901045179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4939     Document Type: Article

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