BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Data::ICal 0.22 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: Sho Yaida\, Duke University\n\n
Amorphous solids are omniprese nt in everyday life\, from window glasses to plastics to piles of sand. Ye t our understanding of their properties lags far behind that of their crys talline counterparts. Recent advances are rapidly changing the way in whic h we understand these materials. This talk overviews two such advances: (i ) the algorithmic developments that link dramatic slowdown of glass-formin g liquids to growing amorphous order\, and (ii) the discovery of the criti cal replica-symmetry-breaking transition within solid glasses. Taken toget her\, these results reinforce the overriding role of rugged free-energy la ndscapes in controlling glassiness.
\n DTSTART:20180126T203000Z LOCATION:Physics Building\, Room 204 SUMMARY:Imprints of complex landscapes on glassy materials END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR