Document Type
Article
Source
Journal of Chemical Physics
ISSN
0021-9606
Volume
86
Issue
5
First Page
2943
Last Page
2948
Publication Date
1987
Department
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Abstract
The aperiodic crystal picture associates the glass transition with freezing into a nonperiodic structure. Dynamics in the glassy state involves activated jumps between different aperiodic free energy minima. Activation barriers may be estimated through the use of freezing theory and the theory of dense solids. The results resemble, but are distinct from, free volume theory. Reasonable fits to experimental data are obtained.
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This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. The following article appeared in Hall, R. W., & Wolynes, P. G. (1987). The aperiodic crystal picture and free energy barriers in glasses. The Journal of chemical physics, 86(5), 2943-2948 and may be found at https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.452045.