Chalcogenide glass-ceramics: Functional design and crystallization mechanism

C Lin, C Rüssel, S Dai - Progress in Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Chalcogenide glasses are defined as a new category of non-crystalline solids on the basis
of their characteristic covalent bonds and unique properties, such as broad infrared …

Relaxation and physical aging in network glasses: a review

M Micoulaut - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent progress in the description of glassy relaxation and aging are reviewed for the wide
class of network-forming materials such as GeO 2, Ge x Se 1− x, silicates (SiO 2–Na 2 O) or …

Pressure Raman effects and internal stress in network glasses

F Wang, S Mamedov, P Boolchand, B Goodman… - Physical Review B …, 2005 - APS
Raman scattering from binary Ge x Se 1− x glasses under hydrostatic pressure shows onset
of a steady increase in the frequency of modes of corner-sharing Ge Se 4 tetrahedral units …

Rigidity transition in materials: hardness is driven by weak atomic constraints

M Bauchy, MJA Qomi, C Bichara, FJ Ulm, RJM Pellenq - Physical review letters, 2015 - APS
Understanding the composition dependence of the hardness in materials is of primary
importance for infrastructures and handled devices. Stimulated by the need for stronger …

Fracture toughness anomalies: viewpoint of topological constraint theory

M Bauchy, B Wang, M Wang, Y Yu, MJA Qomi… - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
The relationship between composition, structure, and resistance to fracture remains poorly
understood. Here, based on molecular dynamics simulations, we report that sodium silicate …

Self-organization and the physics of glassy networks

P Boolchand, G Lucovsky, JC Phillips… - Philosophical …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Network glasses are the physical prototype for many self-organized systems, ranging from
proteins to computer science. Conventional theories of gases, liquids and crystals do not …

A dissolution-precipitation mechanism is at the origin of concrete creep in moist environments

I Pignatelli, A Kumar, R Alizadeh, Y Le Pape… - The journal of …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Long-term creep (ie, deformation under sustained load) is a significant material response
that needs to be accounted for in concrete structural design. However, the nature and origin …

Nanoscale structure of cement: viewpoint of rigidity theory

M Bauchy, MJ Abdolhosseini Qomi… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Rigidity theory is a powerful tool to predict the properties of glasses with respect to
composition. By reducing such molecular networks to simple mechanical trusses …

Structure, topology, rings, and vibrational and electronic properties of GeSe glasses across the rigidity transition: A numerical study

M Micoulaut, A Kachmar, M Bauchy, S Le Roux… - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
The structural, electronic, and vibrational properties of glassy Ge x Se 1− x are studied using
density-functional-based molecular dynamics. The focus is on four compositions (x= 10 …

Amorphous chalcogenides: advances and applications

RP Wang - 2014 - books.google.com
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the chalcogenide glass science and
various applications based on the glasses. It starts with a review on the glass-forming ability …