Common mechanism of thermodynamic and mechanical origin for ageing and crystallization of glasses

Glass is characterized by stochastic and slow structural relaxation dynamics, whose details remain elusive due to its complicated kinetic processes. Here, the authors show that avalanche-like dynamics in both ageing and devitrifying glasses are governed by thermodynamic initiation and a transient lo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Taiki Yanagishima, John Russo, Hajime Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15954