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New Kinds of Phase Transitions: Transformations in Disordered Substances

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Editors:
  1. V.V. Brazhkin
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  2. S.V Buldyrev
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  3. V.N. Ryzhov
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  4. Harry Eugene Stanley

    1. Center for Polymer Studies, Boston University Dept. Physics, Boston, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (NAII, volume 81)

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Phase transitions are involved in phenomena ranging from the initial stages of the creation of the Universe to the existence of biological objects. It is natural to as whether any phenomena analogous to phase transitions are possible in disordered substances like liquids and glasses. The possibility of such transitions is still very much a matter of debate. Neither the nature nor the features of transformations in liquids and glasses are yet clear, nor is the nature of the order parameters. Investigations in recent years have shown that transformations in liquids and glasses lead to a drastic change of their physical properties and short-range order structure.
The papers collected here contribute to a better understanding of the physics of disordered systems and phase transformations in them. An unambiguous identification of transitions in liquids and glasses requires further high-precision experimental study of the thermodynamic and structural properties in the vicinity of transitions in order to test existing theoretical models and develop new, more accurate ones.

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Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Polymer Studies, Boston University Dept. Physics, Boston, USA

    Harry Eugene Stanley

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Kinds of Phase Transitions: Transformations in Disordered Substances

  • Editors: V.V. Brazhkin, S.V Buldyrev, V.N. Ryzhov, Harry Eugene Stanley

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0825-2Published: 31 August 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0826-9Published: 31 August 2002

  • Series ISSN: 1568-2609

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 649

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