{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2162657788","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/e10030334","title":"Configurons: Thermodynamic Parameters and Symmetry Changes at Glass Transition","display_name":"Configurons: Thermodynamic Parameters and Symmetry Changes at Glass Transition","publication_year":2008,"publication_date":"2008-09-24","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2162657788","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/e10030334","mag":"2162657788"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/e10030334","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/e10030334","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/10/3/334/pdf?version=1424784642","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S195231649","display_name":"Entropy","issn_l":"1099-4300","issn":["1099-4300"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Entropy","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/10/3/334/pdf?version=1424784642","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5036590846","display_name":"Michael I. Ojovan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8928-4879"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I91136226","display_name":"University of Sheffield","ror":"https://ror.org/05krs5044","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I91136226"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Michael Ojovan","raw_affiliation_strings":["The University of Sheffield, Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Engineering Materials, Sir Robert Hadfield Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8928-4879","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The University of Sheffield, Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Department of Engineering Materials, Sir Robert Hadfield Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I91136226"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5036590846"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I91136226"],"apc_list":{"value":2000,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":2165},"apc_paid":{"value":2000,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":2165},"fwci":1.7509,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":82,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.85001011,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":96,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"10","issue":"3","first_page":"334","last_page":"364"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10474","display_name":"Material Dynamics and Properties","score":0.9991999864578247,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2505","display_name":"Materials Chemistry"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/25","display_name":"Materials Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10474","display_name":"Material Dynamics and Properties","score":0.9991999864578247,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2505","display_name":"Materials Chemistry"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/25","display_name":"Materials Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10591","display_name":"Theoretical and Computational Physics","score":0.9787999987602234,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3104","display_name":"Condensed Matter Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10544","display_name":"Glass properties and applications","score":0.974399983882904,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2503","display_name":"Ceramics and Composites"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/25","display_name":"Materials Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/glass-transition","display_name":"Glass transition","score":0.8641107082366943},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/amorphous-solid","display_name":"Amorphous solid","score":0.6209765672683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/thermodynamics","display_name":"Thermodynamics","score":0.568169891834259},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/relaxation","display_name":"Relaxation (psychology)","score":0.5415961146354675},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/symmetry","display_name":"Symmetry (geometry)","score":0.5174303650856018},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/materials-science","display_name":"Materials science","score":0.5169479250907898},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/condensed-matter-physics","display_name":"Condensed matter physics","score":0.5166240334510803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/viscosity","display_name":"Viscosity","score":0.5149232149124146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/supercooling","display_name":"Supercooling","score":0.4979991912841797},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/thermal","display_name":"Thermal","score":0.4391973912715912},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hausdorff-dimension","display_name":"Hausdorff dimension","score":0.41471806168556213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/polymer","display_name":"Polymer","score":0.31997013092041016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/physics","display_name":"Physics","score":0.2735865116119385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/chemistry","display_name":"Chemistry","score":0.23057764768600464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.13701394200325012},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/geometry","display_name":"Geometry","score":0.09369504451751709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/composite-material","display_name":"Composite material","score":0.07455462217330933},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/crystallography","display_name":"Crystallography","score":0.07042565941810608}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C122865956","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q825643","display_name":"Glass transition","level":3,"score":0.8641107082366943},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56052488","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103382","display_name":"Amorphous solid","level":2,"score":0.6209765672683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97355855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11473","display_name":"Thermodynamics","level":1,"score":0.568169891834259},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776029896","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3935810","display_name":"Relaxation (psychology)","level":2,"score":0.5415961146354675},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779886137","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21030012","display_name":"Symmetry (geometry)","level":2,"score":0.5174303650856018},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.5169479250907898},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26873012","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214781","display_name":"Condensed matter physics","level":1,"score":0.5166240334510803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127172972","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128709","display_name":"Viscosity","level":2,"score":0.5149232149124146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112964491","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213659","display_name":"Supercooling","level":2,"score":0.4979991912841797},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204530211","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752823","display_name":"Thermal","level":2,"score":0.4391973912715912},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194198291","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q565186","display_name":"Hausdorff dimension","level":2,"score":0.41471806168556213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C521977710","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81163","display_name":"Polymer","level":2,"score":0.31997013092041016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.2735865116119385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.23057764768600464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.13701394200325012},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.09369504451751709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159985019","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181790","display_name":"Composite material","level":1,"score":0.07455462217330933},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C8010536","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160398","display_name":"Crystallography","level":1,"score":0.07042565941810608},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C114614502","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76592","display_name":"Combinatorics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":5,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3390/e10030334","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/e10030334","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/10/3/334/pdf?version=1424784642","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S195231649","display_name":"Entropy","issn_l":"1099-4300","issn":["1099-4300"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Entropy","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:8525","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":null,"pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400854","display_name":"White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I2800616092","host_organization_name":"White Rose University Consortium","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2800616092"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.309.5264","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.309.5264","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/10/3/334/pdf/","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:3d7055eaa49147608daec94978a30953","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/3d7055eaa49147608daec94978a30953","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Entropy, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 334-364 (2008)","raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:mdpi.com:/1099-4300/10/3/334/","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e10030334","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400947","display_name":"MDPI (MDPI AG)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4210097602","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210097602"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Entropy; Volume 10; Issue 3; Pages: 334-364","raw_type":"Text"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/e10030334","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/e10030334","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/10/3/334/pdf?version=1424784642","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S195231649","display_name":"Entropy","issn_l":"1099-4300","issn":["1099-4300"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Entropy","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2162657788.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2162657788.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":97,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W31764019","https://openalex.org/W98763060","https://openalex.org/W569985532","https://openalex.org/W570293013","https://openalex.org/W609107179","https://openalex.org/W621748942","https://openalex.org/W626738004","https://openalex.org/W636060623","https://openalex.org/W1485868832","https://openalex.org/W1491964788","https://openalex.org/W1530628044","https://openalex.org/W1627195251","https://openalex.org/W1629504995","https://openalex.org/W1650743766","https://openalex.org/W1965929071","https://openalex.org/W1967303178","https://openalex.org/W1967735742","https://openalex.org/W1971184790","https://openalex.org/W1976227579","https://openalex.org/W1977749772","https://openalex.org/W1978167390","https://openalex.org/W1979912579","https://openalex.org/W1983458676","https://openalex.org/W1983705239","https://openalex.org/W1988821431","https://openalex.org/W1995798577","https://openalex.org/W1996016803","https://openalex.org/W1996347391","https://openalex.org/W1998599791","https://openalex.org/W2007870753","https://openalex.org/W2008770057","https://openalex.org/W2013082164","https://openalex.org/W2018099757","https://openalex.org/W2020196427","https://openalex.org/W2021394806","https://openalex.org/W2025138072","https://openalex.org/W2027085814","https://openalex.org/W2027580422","https://openalex.org/W2027602813","https://openalex.org/W2028612487","https://openalex.org/W2030064734","https://openalex.org/W2034381083","https://openalex.org/W2034979701","https://openalex.org/W2037955879","https://openalex.org/W2039150547","https://openalex.org/W2043408079","https://openalex.org/W2050945279","https://openalex.org/W2053413824","https://openalex.org/W2054785688","https://openalex.org/W2056722718","https://openalex.org/W2057026211","https://openalex.org/W2059013145","https://openalex.org/W2063710821","https://openalex.org/W2066944305","https://openalex.org/W2067079759","https://openalex.org/W2069624617","https://openalex.org/W2071909271","https://openalex.org/W2073463133","https://openalex.org/W2073485865","https://openalex.org/W2074001975","https://openalex.org/W2077203357","https://openalex.org/W2077587538","https://openalex.org/W2079552349","https://openalex.org/W2080911709","https://openalex.org/W2081270241","https://openalex.org/W2084580241","https://openalex.org/W2085560896","https://openalex.org/W2086918997","https://openalex.org/W2092204065","https://openalex.org/W2116162163","https://openalex.org/W2118020715","https://openalex.org/W2118032855","https://openalex.org/W2124642337","https://openalex.org/W2128997946","https://openalex.org/W2143016004","https://openalex.org/W2147608623","https://openalex.org/W2317138703","https://openalex.org/W2330655027","https://openalex.org/W2485981250","https://openalex.org/W2492167831","https://openalex.org/W2506544997","https://openalex.org/W2512218045","https://openalex.org/W2593554485","https://openalex.org/W3212985408","https://openalex.org/W4243532647","https://openalex.org/W4250258570","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W4299506498","https://openalex.org/W6601319050","https://openalex.org/W6654974343","https://openalex.org/W6659771540","https://openalex.org/W6669997429","https://openalex.org/W6670773769","https://openalex.org/W6672160790","https://openalex.org/W6723280359","https://openalex.org/W6724674551","https://openalex.org/W6725833001"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2010932039","https://openalex.org/W4311259703","https://openalex.org/W2093581706","https://openalex.org/W2484533320","https://openalex.org/W2463965720","https://openalex.org/W2047584694","https://openalex.org/W4386000140","https://openalex.org/W4388292226","https://openalex.org/W1995184796","https://openalex.org/W2049460994"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Thermodynamic":[0],"parameters":[1],"of":[2,34,45,48,66],"configurons":[3],"\u2013":[4,14],"elementary":[5],"excitations":[6],"resulting":[7],"from":[8,17],"broken":[9],"bonds":[10],"in":[11,58,64],"amorphous":[12],"materials":[13],"are":[15,27,62],"found":[16],"viscosity-temperature":[18],"relationships.":[19],"Glass-liquid":[20],"transition":[21,61],"phenomena":[22],"and":[23],"most":[24],"popular":[25],"models":[26],"described":[28],"along":[29],"with":[30],"the":[31,59],"configuron":[32,67],"model":[33],"glass":[35],"transition.":[36,54],"The":[37],"symmetry":[38],"breaking,":[39],"which":[40],"occurs":[41],"as":[42],"a":[43],"change":[44],"Hausdorff":[46],"dimension":[47],"bonds,":[49],"is":[50],"examined":[51],"at":[52],"glass-liquid":[53,60],"Thermal":[55],"history":[56],"effects":[57],"interpreted":[63],"terms":[65],"relaxation.":[68]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-05-06T08:25:59.206177","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}