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Chemistry and Structure in Amorphous Materials: The Shapes of Things to Come

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Physics of Disordered Materials

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On Sir Nevill’s 80th birthday, I wish to continue the discussion which I outlined in my contributions to his 65th and 75th birthday festschrifts [1,2], and I look forward to further exploring these concepts in the festschrift for his 85th.

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Ovshinsky, S.R. (1985). Chemistry and Structure in Amorphous Materials: The Shapes of Things to Come. In: Adler, D., Fritzsche, H., Ovshinsky, S.R. (eds) Physics of Disordered Materials. Institute for Amorphous Studies Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2513-0_4

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