Configurons: Thermodynamic Parameters and Symmetry Changes at Glass Transition
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Thermodynamic parameters of configurons – elementary excitations resulting from broken bonds in amorphous materials – are found from viscosity-temperature relationships. Glass-liquid transition phenomena and most popular models are described along with the configuron model of glass transition. The symmetry breaking, which occurs as a change of Hausdorff dimension of bonds, is examined at glass-liquid transition. Thermal history effects in the glass-liquid transition are interpreted in terms of configuron relaxation.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Entropy
دوره 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008