Glass clarified as the self-organizing system

TL;DR

This paper presents a synergetic model describing glass transition as a dimensionality change in bond waves, highlighting non-crystalline order and semi-deterministic viscosity behavior.

Contribution

It introduces a novel self-organizing system model for glass transition based on bond wave instability and correlation dynamics.

Findings

Glass transition involves a shift from 3D to 2D bond wave structure.

The model explains non-crystalline long-range order in glasses.

Viscosity exhibits semi-deterministic behavior during transition.

Abstract

The synergetic approach proposed here is based on characteristic instability of chemical bonding in the form of the bond wave considered as the spatiotemporal correlation between the elementary acts of bond exchange. In frames of the model, glass transition represents the dimensionality transition: from the 3D bond wave in glass-forming liquid to the 2D bond wave in glass. The model displays non-crystalline long-range order, semi-deterministic behavior of viscosity, and information field as a necessary condition for glass formation.