Physicists develop new insight into how disordered solids deform

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 14:00 in Physics & Chemistry

In solid materials with regular atomic structures, figuring out weak points where the material will break under stress is relatively easy. But for disordered solids, like glass or sand, their disordered nature makes such predictions much more daunting tasks.

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