Researchers led by The University of Tokyo employed a new computer model to simulate the networks of force-carrying particles that give amorphous solids their strength even though they lack long range order.
This work may lead to new advances in high-strength glass, which can be used for cooking, industrial, and smartphone applications.
Amorphous solids such as glass–despite being brittle and having constituent particles that do not form ordered lattices – can possess surprising strength and rigidity. This is even more unexpected because amorphous systems also suffer from large anharmonic fluctuations. [Read more…] about A clearer view of what makes glass rigid