Topology of vibrational modes predicts plastic events in glasses

Abstract The plastic deformation of crystalline materials can be understood by considering their structural defects such as disclinations and dislocations. Although also glasses are solids, their structure resembles closely the one of a liquid and hence the concept of structural defects becomes ill-...

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Main Authors: Zhen Wei Wu, Yixiao Chen, Wei-Hua Wang, Walter Kob, Limei Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38547-w