The configurational entropy is one of the most important thermodynamic quantities
characterizing supercooled liquids approaching the glass transition. Despite decades of …

Unlike a crystal, a glassy solid state displays slow internal relaxation processes besides
vibrational modes even when structural (α) relaxation is frozen. The precise nature of such …

We start with a few concise definitions of the most important concepts discussed in this entry.
Glass transition For molecular liquids, the glass transition denotes a crossover from a …

It has been widely accepted that the plastic events of amorphous solids after mechanical
yield belong to a highly correlated avalanche state. However, whether the plastic events …

The existence of an ideal glass and the resolution to the Kauzmann paradox is a long-
standing open question in materials science. To address this problem, we exploit the ability …

A popular Adam-Gibbs scenario has suggested that the excess entropy of glass and liquid
over crystal dominates the dynamical arrest at the glass transition with exclusive contribution …

A recent breakthrough in glass science has been the synthesis of ultrastable glasses via
physical vapor deposition techniques. These samples display enhanced thermodynamic …

We study multicomponent liquids by increasing the mass of 15% of the particles in a binary
Kob–Andersen model. We find that the heavy particles have dual effects on the lighter …

We propose a computational method to measure the configurational entropy in generic
polydisperse glass-formers. In particular, our method resolves issues related to the diverging …

We provide an overview of the different types of computational techniques developed over
the years to study supercooled liquids, glassy materials and the physics of the glass …