Molecular scientists unexpectedly produce new type of glass

Friday, August 14, 2015 - 05:10 in Physics & Chemistry

When Prof. Juan de Pablo and his collaborators set about to explain unusual peaks in what should have been featureless optical data, they thought there was a problem in their calculations. In fact, what they were seeing was real. The peaks were an indication of molecular order in a material thought to be entirely amorphous and random: Their experiments had produced a new kind of glass.

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