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Deformation of Crystals: Connections with Statistical Physics

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Sethna, JP; Bierbaum, MK; Dahmen, KA; Goodrich, CP; Greer, JR; Hayden, LX; Kent-Dobias, JP; Lee, ED; Liarte, DB; Ni, X; Quinn, KN; Raju, A ...
Published in: Annual Review of Materials Research
July 3, 2017

We give a bird's-eye view of the plastic deformation of crystals aimed at the statistical physics community, as well as a broad introduction to the statistical theories of forced rigid systems aimed at the plasticity community. Memory effects in magnets, spin glasses, charge density waves, and dilute colloidal suspensions are discussed in relation to the onset of plastic yielding in crystals. Dislocation avalanches and complex dislocation tangles are discussed via a brief introduction to the renormalization group and scaling. Analogies to emergent scale invariance in fracture, jamming, coarsening, and a variety of depinning transitions are explored. Dislocation dynamics in crystals challenge nonequilibrium statistical physics. Statistical physics provides both cautionary tales of subtle memory effects in nonequilibrium systems and systematic tools designed to address complex scale-invariant behavior on multiple length scales and timescales.

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Annual Review of Materials Research

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EISSN

1545-4118

ISSN

1531-7331

Publication Date

July 3, 2017

Volume

47

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1

Start / End Page

217 / 246

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Annual Reviews

Related Subject Headings

  • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
  • Materials
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 09 Engineering
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
  • 01 Mathematical Sciences
 

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Sethna, J. P., Bierbaum, M. K., Dahmen, K. A., Goodrich, C. P., Greer, J. R., Hayden, L. X., … Zapperi, S. (2017). Deformation of Crystals: Connections with Statistical Physics. Annual Review of Materials Research, 47(1), 217–246. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-matsci-070115-032036
Sethna, James P., Matthew K. Bierbaum, Karin A. Dahmen, Carl P. Goodrich, Julia R. Greer, Lorien X. Hayden, Jaron P. Kent-Dobias, et al. “Deformation of Crystals: Connections with Statistical Physics.” Annual Review of Materials Research 47, no. 1 (July 3, 2017): 217–46. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-matsci-070115-032036.
Sethna JP, Bierbaum MK, Dahmen KA, Goodrich CP, Greer JR, Hayden LX, et al. Deformation of Crystals: Connections with Statistical Physics. Annual Review of Materials Research. 2017 Jul 3;47(1):217–46.
Sethna, James P., et al. “Deformation of Crystals: Connections with Statistical Physics.” Annual Review of Materials Research, vol. 47, no. 1, Annual Reviews, July 2017, pp. 217–46. Crossref, doi:10.1146/annurev-matsci-070115-032036.
Sethna JP, Bierbaum MK, Dahmen KA, Goodrich CP, Greer JR, Hayden LX, Kent-Dobias JP, Lee ED, Liarte DB, Ni X, Quinn KN, Raju A, Rocklin DZ, Shekhawat A, Zapperi S. Deformation of Crystals: Connections with Statistical Physics. Annual Review of Materials Research. Annual Reviews; 2017 Jul 3;47(1):217–246.

Published In

Annual Review of Materials Research

DOI

EISSN

1545-4118

ISSN

1531-7331

Publication Date

July 3, 2017

Volume

47

Issue

1

Start / End Page

217 / 246

Publisher

Annual Reviews

Related Subject Headings

  • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
  • Materials
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 09 Engineering
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
  • 01 Mathematical Sciences