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Nature 435, 35-37 (5 May 2005) | doi:10.1038/435035a; Published online 4 May 2005
Materials science: A hard look at glass
Paul Madden1
Abstract
The topology of amorphous glasses has generally been considered only at the level of atoms and their nearest neighbours. A larger-scale view gives a fresh perspective on the structure and formation of these glasses.
Glass — window glass being the most familiar example — constitutes an 'ill-condensed' state of matter. Writing on page 75 of this issue, Salmon and colleagues1 present unprecedentedly detailed studies of the structure of two glassy materials.
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