Abstract
The count of Lagrangian bonding constraints in ternary glasses is established from the molecular structure using Raman scattering and first-principles cluster calculations. The results show that decreases to 3 as y increases close to , where a sharply defined global minimum in the nonreversing heat flow, near , is observed in scanning calorimetry. Here we have a rigidity transition induced by I dangling ends, with its sharpness resulting from the absence of self-organization in the random network.
- Received 29 March 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.185503
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