In this review a systematic analysis of the potential energy landscape (PEL) of glass-forming
systems is presented. Starting from the thermodynamics, the route towards the dynamics is …

We reformulate the interpretation of the mean-field glass transition scenario for finite
dimensional systems, proposed by Kirkpatrick, Thirumalai, and Wolynes (KTW)[Phys. Rev. A …

Mode-coupling theory is an approach to the study of complex behavior in the supercooled
liquids which developed from the idea of a nonlinear feedback mechanism. From the …

Density-functional theory (DFT) and its variations provide a fruitful approach to the
computational modeling of the microscopic structures and phase behavior of soft-condensed …

A microscopically motivated theory of glassy dynamics based on an underlying random first
order transition is developed to explain the magnitude of free energy barriers for glassy …

We extend the density functional theory of nonuniform fluids to the cases of systems
composed of polyatomic species. By the method of Legendre transforms, one demonstrates …

The configurational entropy is one of the most important thermodynamic quantities
characterizing supercooled liquids approaching the glass transition. Despite decades of …

We review a theory of freezing based on the density-functional approach andcompare a
variety of its versions. The application of the theory to the freezing of various simple and …

The cooperative rearrangement of groups of many molecules has long been thought to
underlie the dramatic slowing of liquid dynamics on cooling towards the glassy state. For …

A microscopic kinetic description of single-particle transient localization and activated
transport in glassy fluids is developed which combines elements of idealized mode-coupling …