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The first version of the machine learning greybox model i-Melt was trained to predict latent and observed properties of K$_2$O-Na$_2$O-Al$_2$O$_3$-SiO$_2$ melts and glasses. Here, we extend the model compositional range, which now allows…
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Dynamic facilitation theory assumes short-ranged dynamic constraints to be the essential feature of supercooled liquids and draws much of its conclusions from the study of kinetically constrained models. While deceptively simple, these…