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Nature Materials 1, 145 - 146 (2002)
doi:10.1038/nmat752
Disordered materials: One liquid, two glasses
Francesco Sciortino1
- Francesco Sciortino is at the Dipartimento di Fisica, Istituto Nazionale Fisica della Materia and Center for Statistical Mechanics and Complexity, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, I-00185, Roma, Italy. e-mail: francesco.sciortino@phys.uniroma1.it
Abstract
The ability to tune the properties of disordered materials is reaching new levels. Experiments with colloidal systems, combined with theoretical predictions, may lead to the design of novel soft materials and to a deeper understanding of the glass and gel states of matter.
