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Physicists Simulate 'Ideal Glass,' Resolving Material Science Paradox

3/9/2026

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Physicists simulated the creation of 'ideal glass,' resolving a long-standing paradox in material science.
The ideal glass would have an ordered structure with uniform vibrations and hyperuniformity, without particle clumping.
Led by Viola Bolton-Lum of the University of Oregon, the study shows ideal glass may exist in two dimensions and has not been manufactured, and the findings were published in Physical Review Letters.

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Physicists simulated the creation of 'ideal glass,' resolving a long-standing paradox in material science.
The ideal glass would have an ordered structure with uniform vibrations and hyperuniformity, without particle clumping.
Led by Viola Bolton-Lum of the University of Oregon, the study shows ideal glass may exist in two dimensions and has not been manufactured, and the findings were published in Physical Review Letters.