Fig. 4: Spatial arrangement of the plastic events. | Nature Communications

Fig. 4: Spatial arrangement of the plastic events.

From: On the geometry of topological defects in glasses

Fig. 4

a The athermal quasi-static stress-strain curve obtained by using two different strain steps Δγ. b Configurations of PE particles at strain γ = 0.01, 0.02, and 0.08 after shearing the sample parallel to the xy-plane. The particles are color-coded to distinguish those in the foreground (bright) from those in the background (dark). c The configuration of PE particles at strain γ = 0.01 after the sample has been sheared in the xy-, xz-, and yz-direction. The particles are colored in red, blue, and yellow, respectively, and one sees that the 3 types of PEs form tight clusters. d Spatial correlation between PE particles (γ = 0.01) generated by different shear directions. The dashed lines indicate a power-law with exponent  − 5/3. e Center of mass (COM) correlation of the PE clusters for different shear directions.

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