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General overview and background: Paul

Formation of non-crystalline solids: Stillinger, Folgar, Martin

Size dependent surface tension: Larson, Weinberg, DeYoreo

Diffusion in the liquid; effect on glass formation: Cohen-Turnbull59, Cohen-Turnbull61, Cohen-Turnbull70,
Swalin

Glassy metals: Greer, Chen (Ch. 2-4, 6.4.1, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 8.3)

FSDP (First Sharp Diffraction Peak): Zaug, Ma

Composition on structure and properties: Geisinger, Zirl, Ingram, Wu, Ha, Garofalini

Silica surfaces: Lockwood, Lockwood-2, Brinker, Vaccaro, Bunker, Rudd

Durability: Cailleteau

Fracture: Kurkjian


Below, are sideviews of a 3nm film of water between 2 silica glass surfaces. The only difference
in the images is that only bonds are drawn on the left, while bonds and atoms are drawn on the right.
The arrows point to the water molecules that have penetrated into the silica subsurface.
 sideview of 3nm film