ABSTRACT
The liquid state dominates many physical, chemical and biological processes many of which occur at pressures greater than one atmosphere [1, 2, 3]. Yet understanding liquid structure has proved to be challenging even at ambient pressure. The structure and structure-dependent properties of liquids can be investigated by studying amorphous or vitreous forms of the same material, although this connection is not straightforward. Understanding of the formation of glass and other amorphous solids has been improved by new synthesis techniques which have expanded the range of glass formation from the traditional, commercially important realm to include a variety of exotic glass forming materials, including metallic glassy systems.
