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Topological defects reveal the plasticity of glasses

Soft Condensed Matter 2023-05-25 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Materials Science

Abstract

Mixing theoretical topological structures with cutting-edge simulation methods, a recent study in Nature Communications has finally confirmed the existence of topological defects in glasses and their crucial role for plasticity.

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@article{arxiv.2305.15226,
  title  = {Topological defects reveal the plasticity of glasses},
  author = {Matteo Baggioli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.15226},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

News and Views commentary for the paper by Wu et Al. [Nat Commun 14, 2955 (2023)]