Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is a powerful tool to address some of the most
challenging issues in glass science and technology, such as the nonequilibrium nature of …

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 …

Glass-forming ability (GFA) is the ability of a liquid to avoid crystallization during cooling.
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a new class of glass formers (1–3), with hitherto …

Hybrid glasses connect the emerging field of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with the
glass formation, amorphization and melting processes of these chemically versatile systems …

Understanding glass formation is a challenge, because the existence of a true glass state,
distinct from liquid and solid, remains elusive: Glasses are liquids that have become too …

The remarkable kinetic slowdown experienced by liquids as they are cooled toward their
glass transition is not accompanied by any obvious structural change. Understanding the …

Supercooled liquids and dense colloidal suspensions exhibit anomalous behaviour known
as 'spatially heterogeneous dynamics'(SHD), which becomes increasingly pronounced as …

For nonpolymeric supercooled liquids, the empirical correlation m= 56 T g Δ C p (T g)∕ Δ H
m provides a reliable means of correlating dynamic and thermodynamic variables. The …

The energy barrier of oxygen molecule dissociation on carbon nanotubes or graphene with
different types of nitrogen doping is investigated using density functional theory. The results …

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 …