The simplicity of hard spheres as a model system is deceptive. Although the particles
interact solely through volume exclusion, that nevertheless suffices for a wealth of static and …

It is widely known that the low-temperature physical properties, such as the heat capacity
and thermal conductivity, of a disordered amorphous solid are markedly different from those …

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 …

Delocalized electron and phonon structures are directives for rationally tuning the intrinsic
physicochemical properties of 2D materials by redistributing electronic density. However, it …

Vacancy dynamics of high‐density 2D colloidal crystals with a polydispersity in particle size
are studied experimentally. Heterogeneity in vacancy dynamics is observed. Inert vacancies …

We generalize and apply a microscopic force level statistical mechanical theory of activated
spherical penetrant dynamics in glass-forming liquids to study the influence of semiflexible …

Machine-learning potentials (MLPs) are advantageous in modeling boron coordination and
three-membered rings (3-rings) in borate glasses. In this study, the prominent ability of MLP …

Glass formers exhibit a pronounced slowdown in dynamics, accompanied by progressive
heterogeneity as they approach the glass transition. There is intense debate over whether …

The concept of free volume underpins the variations in polymer dynamics. Annihilation of
free-volume holes through diffusion to surfaces has been proposed to determine the …

We perform kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of a distinguishable-particle lattice model of
structural glasses with random particle interactions. By varying the interaction distribution …