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Nucleation of cracks in a brittle sheet
Cristiano L. Dias, Jens Kroger, Daniel Vernon +1
We use molecular dynamics to study the nucleation of cracks in a two dimensional material without pre-existing cracks. We study models with zero and non-zero shear modulus. In both…
Soft Elasticity in Nematic Liquid-Crystal Networks
Simiso K. Mkhonta, Dan Vernon, K. R. Elder +1
Liquid-crystal networks consist of weakly crosslinked polymers that are coupled to liquid-crystal molecules. The resultant hybrid system has rich elastic properties. We develop a p…
Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics of complex fluids near the gel point
Daniel C. Vernon, Michael Plischke
We have carried out nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of a system of crosslinked particles under shear flow conditions. As the fraction of crosslinks is increased t…
Long Range Hops and the Pair Annihilation Reaction A+A->0: Renormalization Group and Simulation
Daniel C. Vernon
A simple example of a non-equilibrium system for which fluctuations are important is a system of particles which diffuse and may annihilate in pairs on contact. The renormalization…