Polymorphic Phase Transitions in Liquids and Glasses

1997/01/17 by Peter H. Poole, Tor Grande, C. Austen Angell +1 · 5 citations
Materials Science · Chemistry · #Material Dynamics and Properties #Liquid Crystal Research Advancements #Surfactants and Colloidal Systems

paper · doi:10.1126/science.275.5298.322

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Abstract

Fluids such as liquids and glasses are not usually thought of as possessing distinct forms or phases. As Poole et al . discuss in their Perspective, recent results show that liquids can exhibit “polymorphism”—different phases characterized by different densities.

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