Interaction of voids and nanoductility in silica glass

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Chen, Yi-Chun [1 ]
Lu, Zhen [1 ]
Nomura, Ken-Ichi [1 ]
Wang, Weiqiang [1 ]
Kalia, Rajiv K. [1 ]
Nakano, Aiichiro [1 ]
Vashishta, Priya [1 ]
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[1] Univ So Calif, Collaboratory Adv Comp & Simulat, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.155506
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O4 [物理学];
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Multimillion-to-billion-atom molecular dynamics simulations are performed to investigate the interaction of voids in silica glass under hydrostatic tension. Nanometer size cavities nucleate in intervoid ligaments as a result of the expansion of Si-O rings due to a bond-switching mechanism, which involves bond breaking between Si-O and bond formation between that Si and a nonbridging O. With further increase in strain, nanocracks form on void surfaces and ligaments fracture through the growth and coalescence of ligament nanocavities in a manner similar to that observed in ductile metallic alloys.
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