Worldwide research activity at the nanoscale is triggering the appearance of new, and
frequently surprising, materials properties in which the increasing importance of surface and …

The correlation between structure and function lies at the heart of materials science and
engineering. Especially, modern functional materials usually contain inhomogeneities at an …

Photonic, electronic, and photoelectric applications of noncrystalline 1 solids are rapidly
growing in recent years. Such growth seems to synchronize with the development of oxide …

Solid silicon monoxide is an amorphous material which has been commercialized for many
functional applications. However, the amorphous structure of silicon monoxide is a long …

Phase-change optical memories are based on the astonishingly rapid nanosecond-scale
crystallization of nanosized amorphous 'marks' in a polycrystalline layer. Models of …

The broken symmetry in the atomic-scale ordering of glassy versus crystalline solids leads to
a daunting challenge to provide suitable metrics for describing the order within disorder …

Silicate glasses have evolved from basic structural materials to enabling materials for
advanced applications. In this article, we unravel the origin of the mixed alkali effect for alkali …

The atomic and electronic structures of binary Li2S-P2S5 glasses used as solid electrolytes
are modeled by a combination of density functional theory (DFT) and reverse Monte Carlo …

The fabrication of novel oxide glass is a challenging topic in glass science. Alumina (Al2O3)
glass cannot be fabricated by a conventional melt–quenching method, since Al2O3 is not a …

The absence of translational symmetry, and the very much present complexity in the
structure of glassy, liquid, and amorphous materials make glass science a challenging field …