Supercomputer simulation reveals 2-D glass can go infinitely soft

Supercomputer simulation reveals 2-D glass can go infinitely soft Sendai, Japan (SPX) Dec 14, 2016 - Scientists in Japan have revealed that if a glassy solid possesses a planar (sheet-like) structure, it can exhibit enhanced thermal vibration motion due to the same mechanism known for the planar crystals (two-dimensional crystals), by using large-scale simulations on supercomputers. "Imagine if we could make a sheet of glass, which has a two-dimensional (2D) planate shape," says Dr. Hayat ... more

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