TY  - JOUR
PB  - SciPost Foundation
DO  - 10.21468/SciPostPhys.19.4.092
TI  - Athermal creep deformation of ultrastable amorphous solids
PY  - 2025/10/10
UR  - https://www.scipost.org/SciPostPhys.19.4.092
JF  - SciPost Physics
JA  - SciPost Phys.
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
SP  - 092
A1  - Chaudhuri, Pinaki
AU  - Berthier, Ludovic
AU  - Ozawa, Misaki
AB  - We numerically investigate the athermal creep deformation of amorphous materials having a wide range of stability. The imposed shear stress serves as the control parameter, allowing us to examine the time-dependent transient response through both the macroscopic strain and microscopic observables. Least stable samples exhibit monotonicity in the transient strain rate versus time, while more stable samples display a pronounced non-monotonic S-shaped curve, corresponding to failure by sharp shear band formation. We identify a diverging timescale associated with the fluidization process and extract the corresponding critical exponents. Our results are compared with predictions from existing scaling theories relevant to soft matter systems. The numerical findings for stable, brittle-like materials represent a challenge for theoretical descriptions. We monitor the microscopic initiation of shear bands during creep responses. Our study encompasses creep deformation across a variety of materials ranging from ductile soft matter to brittle metallic and oxide glasses, all within the same numerical framework.
ER  -

@Article{10.21468/SciPostPhys.19.4.092,
	title={{Athermal creep deformation of ultrastable amorphous solids}},
	author={Pinaki Chaudhuri and Ludovic Berthier and Misaki Ozawa},
	journal={SciPost Phys.},
	volume={19},
	pages={092},
	year={2025},
	publisher={SciPost},
	doi={10.21468/SciPostPhys.19.4.092},
	url={https://scipost.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.19.4.092},
}