Researchers have shown that, for amorphous materials, cyclic material fatigue can begin to fracture at the same level of stress as fractures due to constant loading. By using computer simulations, the ...

Chalcogenide phase-change materials can be quickly and reversibly switched between an amorphous and a crystalline phase with very different optical and electrical properties. This unconventional ...

Yale researchers have found a novel mechanism of how metallic glass deforms at a nanometer scale. Jan Schroers, a professor of mechanical engineering and materials science, and Naijia Liu, a former ...