Theoretical perspective on the glass transition and amorphous materials

L Berthier, G Biroli - Reviews of modern physics, 2011 - APS
A theoretical perspective is provided on the glass transition in molecular liquids at thermal
equilibrium, on the spatially heterogeneous and aging dynamics of disordered materials …

[BOOK][B] Glassy materials and disordered solids: An introduction to their statistical mechanics

K Binder, W Kob - 2011 - books.google.com
This book gives a pedagogical introduction to the physics of amorphous solids and related
disordered condensed matter systems. Important concepts from statistical mechanics such …

Glassy dynamics of kinetically constrained models

F Ritort, P Sollich - Advances in physics, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
We review the use of kinetically constrained models (KCMs) for the study of dynamics in
glassy systems. The characteristic feature of KCMs is that they have trivial, often non …

Spatially heterogeneous dynamics investigated via a time-dependent four-point density correlation function

N Lačević, FW Starr, TB Schrøder… - The Journal of chemical …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
Understanding the underlying principles of the glass transition is a long-standing problem in
condensed matter. Some have argued that the glass transition is a purely kinetic …

Geometrical explanation and scaling of dynamical heterogeneities in glass forming systems

JP Garrahan, D Chandler - Physical review letters, 2002 - APS
We show how dynamical heterogeneities in glass forming systems emerge as a
consequence of the existence of dynamical constraints, and we offer an interpretation of the …

The relationship of dynamical heterogeneity to the Adam-Gibbs and random first-order transition theories of glass formation

FW Starr, JF Douglas, S Sastry - The Journal of chemical physics, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We carefully examine common measures of dynamical heterogeneity for a model polymer
melt and test how these scales compare with those hypothesized by the Adam and Gibbs …

Dynamic heterogeneity in amorphous materials

L Berthier - arxiv preprint arxiv:1106.1739, 2011 - arxiv.org
Amorphous solids are mechanically rigid while possessing a disordered structure similar to
that of dense liquids. Recent research indicates that dynamical heterogeneity, spatio …

Spontaneous and induced dynamic fluctuations in glass formers. I. General results and dependence on ensemble and dynamics

L Berthier, G Biroli, JP Bouchaud, W Kob… - The Journal of …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
We study theoretically and numerically a family of multipoint dynamic susceptibilities that
quantify the strength and characteristic length scales of dynamic heterogeneities in glass …

Spatial correlations in the dynamics of glassforming liquids: Experimental determination of their temperature dependence

C Dalle-Ferrier, C Thibierge, C Alba-Simionesco… - Physical Review E …, 2007 - APS
We use recently introduced three-point dynamic susceptibilities to obtain an experimental
determination of the temperature evolution of the number of molecules N corr that are …

The relaxation dynamics of a supercooled liquid confined by rough walls

P Scheidler, W Kob, K Binder - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2004 - ACS Publications
We present the results of molecular dynamics computer simulations of a binary Lennard-
Jones liquid confined between two parallel rough walls. These walls are realized by frozen …