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Theory of the structural glass transition: a pedagogical review

Vassiliy LubchenkoDepartments of Chemistry and Physics, University of Houston, Houston, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 283-443 | Received 19 Feb 2015, Accepted 11 Mar 2015, Published online: 11 Sep 2015

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