In order to form a glass by cooling a liquid, the normal process of solid crystallization must be bypassed. Achieving that for a pure metal had seemed impossible — until pressure was applied to liquid germanium.
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Tarjus, G. Metal turned to glass. Nature 448, 758–759 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/448758a
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