Supercooled Liquids,Glasses and their Ultimate Fates

by Peter Wolynes (Rice University,Houston, USA)

Wednesday 26 Jun 2013, 14:30 → 17:30 Europe/Rome

Aula Amaldi (Dip. di Fisica)

I will discuss the random first order transition theory ofsupercooled liquids,the glass transition and the glassy state itself emphasizing the theory's predictions that can be compared to experiment. The theory also gives some new ideas on how crystallization ultimately occurs in simple glassy systems and how glasses break.