Modern computational studies of the glass transition
L Berthier, DR Reichman - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023 - nature.com
The physics of the glass transition and amorphous materials continues to attract the attention
of a wide research community after decades of effort. Supercooled liquids and glasses have …
of a wide research community after decades of effort. Supercooled liquids and glasses have …
Ductile-to-brittle transition and yielding in soft amorphous materials: perspectives and open questions
Soft amorphous materials are viscoelastic solids ubiquitously found around us, from clays
and cementitious pastes to emulsions and physical gels encountered in food or biomedical …
and cementitious pastes to emulsions and physical gels encountered in food or biomedical …
Identifying microscopic factors that influence ductility in disordered solids
There are empirical strategies for tuning the degree of strain localization in disordered
solids, but they are system-specific and no theoretical framework explains their effectiveness …
solids, but they are system-specific and no theoretical framework explains their effectiveness …
Glass stability changes the nature of yielding under oscillatory shear
We perform molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the effect of a glass preparation
on its yielding transition under oscillatory shear. We use swap Monte Carlo to investigate a …
on its yielding transition under oscillatory shear. We use swap Monte Carlo to investigate a …
Ductile and brittle yielding in thermal and athermal amorphous materials
We study theoretically the yielding of sheared amorphous materials as a function of
increasing levels of initial sample annealing prior to shear, in three widely used constitutive …
increasing levels of initial sample annealing prior to shear, in three widely used constitutive …
Brittle and ductile yielding in soft materials
Many soft materials yield under mechanical loading, but how this transition from solid-like
behavior to liquid-like behavior occurs can vary significantly. Understanding the physics of …
behavior to liquid-like behavior occurs can vary significantly. Understanding the physics of …
Role of cryogenic cycling rejuvenation on flow behavior of ZrCuAlNiAg metallic glass at relaxation temperature
In this work, the effects of cryogenic cycling rejuvenation on the flow behavior of ZrCuAlNiAg
metallic glass (MG) in the range of relaxation region from 0.7 up to 0.9 glass transition …
metallic glass (MG) in the range of relaxation region from 0.7 up to 0.9 glass transition …
Yield strength of “brittle” metallic glass
R Qu, CA Volkert, Z Zhang, F Liu - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract “Brittle” metallic glass (MG) usually fractures catastrophically in a shattering mode
under macroscopic compression, because cleavage cracking of splitting that originates from …
under macroscopic compression, because cleavage cracking of splitting that originates from …
Mean-field theory of yielding under oscillatory shear
We study a mean field elastoplastic model, embedded within a disordered landscape of
local yield barriers, to shed light on the behavior of athermal amorphous solids subject to …
local yield barriers, to shed light on the behavior of athermal amorphous solids subject to …
Role of fluctuations in the yielding transition of two-dimensional glasses
We numerically study yielding in two-dimensional glasses which are generated with a very
wide range of stabilities by swap Monte Carlo simulations and then slowly deformed at zero …
wide range of stabilities by swap Monte Carlo simulations and then slowly deformed at zero …