In Flatland, glasses reproduce all the behaviour of their three-dimensional relatives. A simulation of a two-dimensional molecular glass-forming liquid takes advantage of the unimpeded view, and shows how fluctuations in structure can produce domains of slow molecules on cooling.
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Harrowell, P. Glass transitions in plane view. Nature Phys 2, 157–158 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys251
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