The time scales over which deformation in the Earth's crust remains localized in shear zones are poorly known, as are the associated strain rates. We have determined the longevity and rates of deformation using rubidium-strontium (Rb-Sr) microsampling dating of increments of fibrous strain fringes from a Pyrenean shear zone. The fibers grew quasi-continuously through a protracted deformation hi...

During air-gap formation in interconnects, decomposition process of the sacrificial layer induces deformation of a low-k dielectric cap layer. For analysis of ensuing structural instability, a logistic kinetics model is introduced to describe the removal process of the sacrificial layer, and finite difference method (FDM) is applied to evaluate the deformation behavior of the cap layer. The ins...

It is a common issue in solid deformation simulation that material models will collapse and even permanently invert. In this paper, we present an algorithm for finite element simulation of isotropic tetrahedral mesh that is capable of robustly restoring from inverted configuration to uninverted state in the deformation process. We perform singular value decomposition of deformation gradient to ...

We use stroboscopic quantitative phase microscopy to study cell deformation and the response to cavitation bubbles and transient shear stress resulting from laser-induced breakdown of an optically trapped nanoparticle. A bi-directional transient displacement of cytoplasm is observed during expansion and collapse of the cavitation bubble. In some cases, cell deformation is only observable at the...

This report mainly introduces our recent research on the shock-induced collapse, migration and coalescence of He bubbles in metal based atomistic simulations. The bubble will be compressed to permanent deformation with finite plastic collapse metal. Under strong shock, can breakdown by nano-jet metal, but it returns a reduced sphere molten after long-time evolution, driven He-Al interface energ...

Multi-walled hollow nanoparticles made from tungsten disulphide (WS2) show exceptional tribological performance as additives to liquid lubricants due to effective transfer of low shear strength material onto the sliding surfaces. Using a scaling approach based on continuum elasticity theory for shells and pairwise summation of van der Waals interactions, we show that van der Waals interactions ...

Stress relaxation experiments are reported that culminate in energetic failure in rocks analogous to the loading cycle and subsequent localization or reactivation on brittle faults embedded in an elastic medium. Universally, rapid primary deformation arrests and transitions into a long secondary deformation phase that ultimately accelerates to catastrophic rupture. Primary deformation (u) confo...

Wood deformation, in particular when subject to compression, exhibits scale-free avalanche-like behavior as well structure-dependent localization of deformation. We have taken three-dimensional (3D) x-ray tomographs during compression with constant stress rate loading. Using digital volume correlation, we obtain the local total strain experiment and compare it global acoustic emission. The wood...