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Physicists make first direct observations of a glass relaxing into a supercooled liquid

16 Aug 2023 Isabelle Dumé
An atomic force microscopy image showing local wrinkles forming in the glass layer
AFM snapshot showing the formation and progression of local wrinkles induced by the transformation of the middle organic glass layer into a supercooled liquid. Courtesy: J Rodríguez-Viejo
The first direct, real-time observations of an ultrastable glass as it “relaxes” into a supercoo

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