title: On the strength of glasses.
abstract: The remarkable strength of glasses is examined using the random first order transition theory of the glass transition. The theory predicts that strength depends on elastic modulus but also on the configurational energy frozen in when the glass is prepared. The stress catalysis of cooperative rearrangements of the type responsible for the supercooled liquid's high viscosity account quantitatively for the measured strength of a range of metallic glasses, silica, and a polymer glass.
authors.affiliation: Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Apiwat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wisitsorasak
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Wolynes
mesh_terms: D055119:Elastic Modulus; D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry*; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010825:Physics; D033081:Shear Strength