The dynamics of atoms plays a key role in governing various dynamical and transport
properties of glasses. However, it remains elusive which structural features (if any) control …

Localization of plastic flow into a narrow shear band is a fundamental and ubiquitous
nonequilibrium phenomenon in amorphous solids. Because of the intrinsic entangling of …

A disordered material that cannot relax to equilibrium, such as an amorphous or glassy
solid, responds to deformation in a way that depends on its past. In experiments we train a …

We present an information-theoretic approach inspired by distributional clustering to assess
the structural heterogeneity of particulate systems. Our method identifies communities of …

Due to lack of either translational or rotational symmetries at atomic-scale, predicting
properties of amorphous materials from static structure is a challenging task. To circumvent …

The mechanical properties of crystals are controlled by the translational symmetry of their
structures. But for glasses with a disordered structure, the link between the symmetry of local …

This paper presents a set of general strategies for the analysis of structure in amorphous
materials and a general approach to assessing the utility of any selected structural …

Addressing complex materials science problems through machine learning (ML) is
challenging. A primary reason for the challenge is that the underlying controlling …

The boson peak (BP) is a universal feature in the Raman and inelastic scattering spectra of
both disordered and crystalline materials. Here, through a set of atomistically resolved …

Amorphous materials can exhibit varying degrees of nanoscale ductility depending on their
atomic structure. Despite its critical importance for applications, the physical origin that …