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Prospects of Materials Science. From crystalline to amorphous solids

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A survey of materials science through our experiences shows that our knowledge of amorphous solids is quite poor compared with that of crystalline solids. Most pure substances can be obtained, in principle, as crystalline as well as non-crystalline states by physical and chemical methods. Destruction of the three-dimensional periodicity in crystalline substances will produce novel properties which cannot be anticipated from knowledge of crystal sciences. One direction of materials science in the coming century will surely be a new realm of amorphous condensed matter science.

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Suga, H. Prospects of Materials Science. From crystalline to amorphous solids. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 60, 957–974 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010124228157

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