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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER
Volume 17, Issue 50, Pages R1143-R1182Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/50/R01
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One of the most spectacular phenomena in physics in terms of dynamical range is the glass transition and the associated slowing down of flow and relaxation with decreasing temperature. That it occurs in many different liquids seems to call for a 'universal' theory. In this article, we review one such theoretical approach, which is based oil the concept of 'frustration'. Frustration in this context describes an incompatibility between extension of the locally preferred order in a liquid and tiling of the whole space. We provide a critical assessment of what has been achieved within this approach and we discuss its relation with other theories of the glass transition.
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