The Glass Transition
Subtitle: Relaxation Dynamics in Liquids and Disordered Materials
By: by Ernst-Joachim Donth
Series: Springer Series in MATERIALS SCIENCE -- 48; Springer Series in MATERIALS SCIENCE -- 48
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9783642075193; 9783662043653
Subjects: Thermodynamics; Engineering; Physical organic chemistry; Surfaces (Physics); Crystallography; Physics
Description: This is the first book dedicated to the glass transition since this concept became recognized as a distinct and independent field of investigation. The glass transition is a synonym for relaxation and dynamics in complex disordered systems, especially in liquids. It embraces time-scales ranging from picoseconds to years. The book describes and interrelates the following processes: cooperative alpha processes in a cold liquid, structural relaxation in the glass near Tg, the Johari-Goldstein beta process, the Williams-Götze process in a warm liquid, fast nonactivated cage rattling and boson peak, and ultraslow Fischer modes. By describing the salient facts, explaining and discussing the fundamentals, the author attempts to introduce a unifying concept for the entire material. The formulas, diagrams and references are carefully selected to illustrate the main current ideas about the glass transition.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Description of the Phenomenon; title: Theoretical Framework; title: Slowing Down Mechanisms; title: Epilogue; title: Conclusion; title: Appendices.