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 …

Recent experiments show that supercooled liquids around the glass transition temperature
are “dynamically heterogeneous”[H. Sillescu, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 243, 81 (1999)]. Such …

The random first-order transition theory of the dynamics of supercooled liquids is extended
to treat aging phenomena in nonequilibrium structural glasses. A reformulation of the idea of …

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 …

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 perform stringent tests of thermodynamic theories of the glass transition over the
experimentally relevant temperature regime for several simulated glass-formers. The swap …

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 …

The technologically important viscoelastic structural properties of glasses are largely
determined at the glass transition, where the supercooled liquid falls out of equilibrium. We …

The glass transition is well known to glass makers or from the common ex perience of drying
a used chewing gum. A liquid melt or a rubber becomes a solid glass when its temperature …

A theoretical perspective is provided on the glass transition in molecular liquids at thermal
equilibrium, on the spatially heterogeneous and aging dynamics of disordered materials …