title: Mechanical heterogeneities in model polymer glasses at small length scales.
abstract: Molecular simulations of a model, deeply quenched polymeric glass show that the elastic moduli become strongly inhomogeneous at length scales comprising several tens of monomers; these calculations reveal a broad distribution of local moduli, with regions of negative moduli coexisting within a matrix of positive moduli. It is shown that local moduli have the same physical meaning as that traditionally ascribed to moduli obtained from direct measurements of local constitutive behaviors of macroscopic samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1691, USA.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimoto
authors.forename: Tushar S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Van Workum
authors.forename: Paul F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Nealey
authors.forename: Juan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: de Pablo