The shear modulus of metastable amorphous solids with strong central and bond-bending interactions
Soft Condensed Matter
2015-05-13 v4 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Abstract
We derive expressions for the shear modulus of deeply-quenched, glassy solids, in terms of a Cauchy-Born free energy expansion around a rigid (quenched) reference state, following the approach due to Alexander [Alexander, Phys. Rep. 296, 1998]. Continuum-limit explicit expressions of the shear modulus are derived starting from the microscopic Hamiltonians of central and bond-bending interactions. The applicability of the expressions to dense covalent glasses as well as colloidal glasses with strongly attractive and adhesive bonds is discussed.
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@article{arxiv.0807.3656,
title = {The shear modulus of metastable amorphous solids with strong central and bond-bending interactions},
author = {Alessio Zaccone},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.3656},
year = {2015}
}