Molecular Dynamics of Glass Transitions
Abstract
In this talk I discuss applications of simulation and theory to several aspects of the structure and dynamics of liquids approaching a glass transition. First I discuss our recent theoretical efforts to understand the dynamics of sheared supercooled liquids. I then discuss several possible connections between the dynamics of supercooled liquids and the mechanical properties of both instantaneous and inherent configurations. These studies are aimed at testing the analogy between granular systems and thermal glassy systems. In particular, we examine the connections between critical deformation necessary to melt inherent structures and the features that appear in the distribution of repulsive forces with the onset of various dynamical features in supercooled liquids.
- Publication:
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APS March Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- March 2004
- Bibcode:
- 2004APS..MARL18008R