Condensed matter - Through a glass, lightly

被引:23
作者
Greer, AL [1 ]
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[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Mat Sci & Met, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, England
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10.1038/45946
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The nature of the glass transition is a long-standing problem in condensed-matter science. New work shows that the motion of a small atomic species through a bulk metallic glass is due to two diffusion processes -- one that dominates below the transition and one that dominates above it.
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页码:132 / 133
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