Rigidity Transition in Materials: Hardness is Driven by Weak Atomic Constraints

Understanding the composition dependence of the hardness in materials is of primary importance for infrastructures and handled devices. Stimulated by the need for stronger protective screens, topological constraint theory has recently been used to predict the hardness in glasses. Herein, we report t...

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Main Authors: Bauchy, Mathieu (Author), Bichara, Christophe (Author), Ulm, Franz-Josef (Contributor), Abdolhosseini Qomi, Mohammad (Contributor), Pellenq, Roland Jm (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2015-04-03T18:21:14Z.
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