A new state of matter: Liquid glass
Neither liquid nor solid.
Image of the position and orientation of ellipsoidal particles in clusters of a liquid glass. Image credit: Research groups of Professor Andreas Zumbusch and Professor Matthias Fuchs
Glass is a ubiquitous material, but it represents a major scientific conundrum. Contrary to what one might expect, the true nature of glass remains something of a mystery.
Glass is definitely but conventionally. Commonly, when material changes from a liquid to a solid-state, the molecules line up to form a crystal pattern. In glass, this doesn’t occur. Instead, the particles are adequately frozen completely still before crystallization happens.