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The origin of a well-known feature in relaxation data seen in many glass-forming materials has now — possibly — been resolved by means of computer simulations.

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Fig. 1: Explanations of the excess wing (EW) seen in relaxation spectra of glass-forming liquids.

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Zorn, R. A wing explained. Nat. Phys. 18, 374–375 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01553-8

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