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We present a detailed study on the temperature-dependent THz spectra of the polycrystalline amino acids L-serine and L-cysteine for wave numbers from 20 to 120 cm-1 and temperatures from 4 to 300 K. Even though the structure of these two…
The dynamic collapse of pores under shock loading is thought to be directly related to hot spot generation and material failure, which is critical to the performance of porous energetic and structural materials. However, the shock…
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The effect of oscillatory shear deformation on the fatigue life, yielding transition, and flow localization in metallic glasses is investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. We study a well-annealed Cu-Zr amorphous alloy subjected…