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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Nonlinear Dynamics

Background:

  • Disordered solids exhibit complex mechanical behaviors due to microscopic element plasticity.
  • Controlling elastic properties in these materials, especially at large strains, is challenging.
  • Existing design methods struggle in the nonlinear regime where plasticity dominates.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the use of periodic driving to control elastic properties in disordered solids.
  • To explore the exploitation of material plasticity for tunable mechanical responses.
  • To demonstrate control over both global moduli and local allosteric interactions.

Main Methods:

  • Applying periodic driving to disordered solid systems.
  • Analyzing the energy landscape and strain coupling during periodic driving.
  • Characterizing the resulting elastic properties, including global and local interactions.

Main Results:

  • Periodic driving successfully trains specific elastic properties into disordered solids.
  • The method allows precise control over global elastic moduli.
  • Local 'allosteric' interactions can also be tuned, demonstrating fine-grained control.
  • Effective control is achieved even at large strains within the nonlinear regime.

Conclusions:

  • Periodic driving offers a novel approach to engineer the mechanical properties of disordered solids.
  • Exploiting plasticity through periodic excitation provides a powerful tool for materials design.
  • This technique enables predictable control over complex material responses in the nonlinear regime.