Universal correlations between the fragility and interparticle repulsion of glass-forming liquids

A recently published analytical model describing and predicting elasticity, viscosity, and fragility of metallic melts is applied for the analysis of about 30 nonmetallic glassy systems, ranging from oxide network glasses to alcohols, low-molecular-weight liquids, polymers, plastic crystals, and even ionic glass formers. The model is based on the power-law exponent λ representing the steepness parameter of the repulsive part of the inter-atomic...