Atomic structure dictates the performance of all materials systems; the characteristic of
disordered materials is the significance of spatial and temporal fluctuations on composition …

The structure of glasses and the melts from which they are formed is intrinsically disordered,
making their structural characterization difficult. Whilst the structure of solid minerals can be …

Amorphous materials inherit short-and medium-range order from the corresponding crystal
and thus preserve some of its properties while still exhibiting novel properties,. Due to its …

Despite decades of studies, the nature of the glass transition remains elusive. In particular,
the sharpness of the dynamical arrest of a melt at the glass transition is captured by its …

Silicate glasses have no long-range order and exhibit a short-range order that is often fairly
similar to that of their crystalline counterparts. Hence, the out-of-equilibrium nature of …

Despite the numerous technological applications of amorphous materials, such as glasses,
the understanding of their medium-range order (MRO) structure—and particularly the origin …

The first sharp diffraction peak (FSDP) in the total structure factor has long been regarded as
a characteristic feature of medium-range order (MRO) in amorphous materials with a …

The addition of MgO to aluminosilicate glasses usually leads to significant changes for many
macroscopic properties. The underlying microscopic structure origin of this effect, however …

Glass fibers are widely used as reinforcements in composites for applications ranging from
lightweight and damage tolerant structures to protective materials providing high levels of …

The intermediate-range order of covalently bonded glasses has been extensively studied in
terms of their diffraction peaks observed at low scattering angles; these peaks are called the …