Microscopic theory of network glasses
Abstract
A molecular theory of the glass transition of network forming liquids is developed using a combination of self-consistent phonon and liquid state approaches. Both the dynamical transition and the entropy crisis characteristic of random first order transitions are mapped out as a function of the degree of bonding and the density. Using a scaling relation for a soft-core model to crudely translate the densities into temperatures, the theory predicts that the ratio of the dynamical transition temperature to the laboratory transition temperature rises as the degree of bonding increases, while the Kauzmann temperature falls relative to the laboratory transition. These results indicate why highly coordinated liquids should be "strong" while van der Waals liquids without coordination are "fragile".
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0210207,
title = {Microscopic theory of network glasses},
author = {Randall W. Hall and Peter G. Wolynes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0210207},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
slightly revised version that has been accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett