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SUMMARY:Extending the Range of the Glassy State: novel properties and appl
 ications exploiting non-crystallinity - Professor Lindsay Greer\, Head of 
 Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
DTSTART:20161109T180000Z
DTEND:20161109T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:In crystals the atoms form repeating patterns.  In glasses the
 y are jumbled\, and that has perhaps made them unattractive for study — 
 yet "the deepest and most interesting unsolved problem in solid state theo
 ry is probably the theory of the nature of glass and the glass transition"
  [PW Anderson\, Science 267 (1995) 1615].  Our focus is not on conventiona
 l glass (as used in windows and drinking vessels)\, but on more exotic gla
 ssy systems. A few of these will be presented\, touching on such questions
  as:  how to do better at golf\, how not to freeze to death\, and how to i
 mprove your (computer’s) memory. The scientific focus is on the comparis
 on of\, and transitions between\, crystalline and glassy states:  the aim 
 is to show that these are not only of fundamental scientific interest\; th
 ey have important practical applications in structures\, medicine and info
 rmation technology.
LOCATION:Castlereagh Room\, Fisher Building\, St John's College
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