Issue 35, 2024

Ductile-to-brittle transition and yielding in soft amorphous materials: perspectives and open questions

Abstract

Soft amorphous materials are viscoelastic solids ubiquitously found around us, from clays and cementitious pastes to emulsions and physical gels encountered in food or biomedical engineering. Under an external deformation, these materials undergo a noteworthy transition from a solid to a liquid state that reshapes the material microstructure. This yielding transition was the main theme of a workshop held from January 9 to 13, 2023 at the Lorentz Center in Leiden. The manuscript presented here offers a critical perspective on the subject, synthesizing insights from the various brainstorming sessions and informal discussions that unfolded during this week of vibrant exchange of ideas. The result of these exchanges takes the form of a series of open questions that represent outstanding experimental, numerical, and theoretical challenges to be tackled in the near future.

Graphical abstract: Ductile-to-brittle transition and yielding in soft amorphous materials: perspectives and open questions

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
21 Dec 2023
Accepted
01 Jul 2024
First published
02 Jul 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Soft Matter, 2024,20, 6868-6888

Ductile-to-brittle transition and yielding in soft amorphous materials: perspectives and open questions

T. Divoux, E. Agoritsas, S. Aime, C. Barentin, J. Barrat, R. Benzi, L. Berthier, D. Bi, G. Biroli, D. Bonn, P. Bourrianne, M. Bouzid, E. Del Gado, H. Delanoë-Ayari, K. Farain, S. Fielding, M. Fuchs, J. van der Gucht, S. Henkes, M. Jalaal, Y. M. Joshi, A. Lemaître, R. L. Leheny, S. Manneville, K. Martens, W. C. K. Poon, M. Popović, I. Procaccia, L. Ramos, J. A. Richards, S. Rogers, S. Rossi, M. Sbragaglia, G. Tarjus, F. Toschi, V. Trappe, J. Vermant, M. Wyart, F. Zamponi and D. Zare, Soft Matter, 2024, 20, 6868 DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01740K

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