Colloidal Glasses - Bringing Glass Physics Into Focus by Rajesh Ganapathy
Explore the fascinating world of colloidal glasses in this comprehensive lecture by Rajesh Ganapathy from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. Delve into the striking similarities between colloidal suspensions and atomic systems, and discover how their large size makes them ideal for studying statistical and condensed matter physics. Learn about a groundbreaking real-space imaging study revealing how glasses can transform into crystals despite frozen dynamics at the particle level. Examine competing theories of glass transition through experiments probing dense liquid dynamics on spherical surfaces. Gain insights into devitrification pathways, the role of softness in predicting devitrification, and the impact of curved space on glass transition. Uncover the potential of machine learning in understanding glasses and cooperative dynamics in liquids on spheres.