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  • 1Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Researchers visualized the onset of permanent deformation in colloidal glasses using nano-indentation. They discovered a fractal structure in the strain, indicating plasticity behaves like a critical point.

Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Physics
  • Engineering Materials

Background:

  • Glasses exhibit superior mechanical properties like high strength and elastic strain.
  • Understanding incipient plasticity is crucial for predicting glass relaxation, aging, yield, and fracture.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To directly image and elucidate the onset of permanent deformation in glasses.
  • To investigate the microscopic strain behavior at the initial stages of plasticity.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a nano-indentation analogue on a colloidal glass system.
  • Visualized microscopic strain by tracking distorted nearest neighbor configurations.

Main Results:

  • Observed a hierarchical structure of deformation during incipient plasticity.

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  • Discovered that the strain acquires a robust fractal structure at the onset of irreversible deformation.
  • Measured the fractal dimension of the strain, providing quantitative analysis.

    • Conclusions:

    • The onset of permanent deformation in glasses exhibits characteristics of a critical point.
    • Findings align with recent theoretical predictions regarding glass plasticity.
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