7 papers
Hidden universality in dislocation-loops mediated three-dimensional crystal melting
Alessio Zaccone, Konrad Samwer
Understanding why and how crystalline solids melt remains a central problem in condensed-matter physics. Dislocation loops are fundamental topological excitations that control the…
Emergent rigidity percolation of five-fold aggregates enables controllable glass properties
Wei Chu, Zheng Wang, Christopher Ness +3
Metallic glasses possess outstanding mechanical and physical properties, making them promising candidates for advanced structural and functional applications; however, the lack of…
Quantum confinement theory of ultra-thin films: electronic, thermal and superconducting properties
Alessio Zaccone
The miniaturization of electronic devices has led to the prominence, in technological applications, of ultra-thin films with a thickness ranging from a few tens of nanometers to ju…
Magnetic penetration depth of Aluminum thin films
David López-Núñez, Alba Torras-Coloma, Queralt Portell Montserrat +5
We present a study of the superconducting penetration depth in aluminum thin films of varying thickness. The range of thicknesses chosen spans from the thin-film regime to the…
Fragility and thermal expansion control crystal melting and the glass transition
Alessio Zaccone, Konrad Samwer
Analytical relations for the glass transition temperature, , and the crystal melting temperature, , are developed on the basis of nonaffine lattice dynamics. The proposed…
Complete mathematical theory of the jamming transition: A perspective
Alessio Zaccone
The jamming transition of frictionless athermal particles is a paradigm to understand the mechanics of amorphous materials at the atomic scale. Concepts related to the jamming tran…