2000/03/22 by Gilles Tarjus, G. Tarjus, Tarjus, G. +3 · 1 citation
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Liquid Crystal Research Advancements #Material Dynamics and Properties #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #Textile materials and evaluations #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0003368
28 pages, 6 figures, To appear in: Jamming and Rheology: Constrained Dynamics on Microscopic and Macroscopic Scales, S. Edwards, A. Liu, and S. Nagel, Eds
arxiv created 2000/03/22 · openalex publication_date 2000/03/22 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The viscous slowing down of supercooled liquids that leads to glass formation can be considered as a classical, and is assuredly a thoroughly studied, example of a "jamming process". In this review, we stress the distinctive features characterizing the phenomenon. We also discuss the main theoretical approaches, with an emphasis on the concepts (free volume, dynamic freezing and mode-coupling approximations, configurational entropy and energy landscape, frustration) that could be useful in other areas of physics where jamming processes are encountered.