Theory of Structural Glasses and Supercooled Liquids

@article{LubchenkoCondMatter2006, abstract = {We review the Random First Order Transition Theory of the glass transition, emphasizing the experimental tests of the theory. Many distinct phenomena are quantitatively predicted or explained by the theory, both above and below the glass transition temperature \$T\_g\$. These include: the viscosity catastrophe and heat capacity jump at \$T\_g\$, and their connection; the non-exponentiality of relaxations and their correlation with the fragility; dynamic heterogeneity in supercooled liquids owing to the mosaic structure; deviations from the Vogel-Fulcher law, connected with strings or fractral cooperative rearrangements; deviations from the Stokes-Einstein relation close to \$T\_g\$; aging, and its correlation with fragility; the excess density of states at cryogenic temperatures due to two level tunneling systems and the Boson Peak.}, author = {Lubchenko, V. and Wolynes, P. G. }, citeulike-article-id = {2192344}, eprint = {cond-mat/0607349}, journal = {ArXiv Condensed Matter e-prints}, keywords = {molecular\_glass, project\_glass, review}, month = {July}, posted-at = {2008-01-03 21:30:45}, priority = {3}, title = {Theory of Structural Glasses and Supercooled Liquids}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607349}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - LubchenkoCondMatter2006 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2192344 TI - Theory of Structural Glasses and Supercooled Liquids JF - ArXiv Condensed Matter e-prints N2 - We review the Random First Order Transition Theory of the glass transition, emphasizing the experimental tests of the theory. Many distinct phenomena are quantitatively predicted or explained by the theory, both above and below the glass transition temperature $T_g$. These include: the viscosity catastrophe and heat capacity jump at $T_g$, and their connection; the non-exponentiality of relaxations and their correlation with the fragility; dynamic heterogeneity in supercooled liquids owing to the mosaic structure; deviations from the Vogel-Fulcher law, connected with strings or fractral cooperative rearrangements; deviations from the Stokes-Einstein relation close to $T_g$; aging, and its correlation with fragility; the excess density of states at cryogenic temperatures due to two level tunneling systems and the Boson Peak. KW - molecular_glass KW - project_glass KW - review AU - Lubchenko, V AU - Wolynes, PG PY - 2006/July// UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607349 ER -