A structural signature of liquid fragility

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mauro, N A ^a   Blodgett, M ^b   Johnson, M L ^b   Vogt, A J ^b   Kelton, K F ^b  

^a LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CORRELATION; LIQUID; MELTING; METAL; SUPERCOOLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COOLING; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; LIQUID; LIQUID FRAGILITY; MELTING POINT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84907352706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5616     Document Type: Article

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