PHYSICAL AGING OF GLASSES: THE VFT APPROACH ; PHYSICAL AGING OF GLASSES: THE VFT APPROACH ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION ; PROPERTIES OF THE DIFFERENT MOTIONS Ü AND Ý IN GLASS FORMER MATERIALS ; 2.1. COOPERATIVITY OF THE Ý MOTIONS, ORIGIN OF THE VFT LAW; 2.2. RELATION BETWEEN VOLUME AND ENTHALPY: THE GRÜNEISEN PARAMETER ; 2.3. EFFECT OF PRESSURE, RELATION BETWEEN ACTIVATION ENERGY AND ACTIVATION VOLUME ; MODEL OF AGING: THE VFT RELAXATION FUNCTION ; 3.1. THE EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE ; 3.2. INCUBATION AND FINAL RELAXATION TIMES ; 3.3. THE VFT RELAXATION EQUATION (VFT-RE)
3.4. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF THE VFT-RELAXATION FUNCTIONS (VFT-RF) 3.5. COMPARISON WITH OTHER RELAXATION FUNCTIONS ; VOLUME AND ENTHALPY RECOVERY ; 4.1. ISOTHERMAL AGING ; 4.2. NON ISOTHERMAL AGING ; 4.3. EFFECT OF PRESSURE ; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ; 5.1. YIELD STRESS; 5.2. CREEP ; 5.3. STRESS RELAXATION ; CONCLUSION ; ANNEXE A. THE GRÜNEISEN PARAMETER ; ANNEXE B. THE MULTIPLE GLASS TRANSITIONS ; CHAIN STEREOREGULARITY ; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY ; REFERENCES; INDEX
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