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Eighty years of random networks
Author(s) -
Wright A. C.,
Thorpe M. F.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.201248500
Subject(s) - imperfect , statistical physics , boundary (topology) , subject (documents) , range (aeronautics) , computer science , mathematics , mathematical economics , calculus (dental) , econometrics , theoretical physics , physics , engineering , philosophy , mathematical analysis , linguistics , library science , medicine , dentistry , aerospace engineering
The 80 years since Zachariasen's famous paper, 20 years before Stephen Elliott was born, on the random network theory of glass structure have seen remarkable progress in our understanding of the structure of glassy materials through the construction of models and comparison with experiment. In the early days, models were hand‐built with plastic units and had free boundary conditions. Today, very much larger computer models have periodic boundary conditions. We recount the progress that has been made in the last 80 years, and discuss the current agreement between models and experiments that remains imperfect. Stephen Elliott's work on medium range order forms an important part of the history of this subject.