Dynamical solid-liquid transition through oscillatory shear.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Starting from an ideal crystalline state, we numerically study a nonequilibrium dynamical order-disorder transition promoted by the application of a periodic shearing protocol at low temperatures in model systems in three dimensions. We observe a discontinuous dynamical transition from an ordered to a disordered steady state. Through the analysis of large-scale simulations, we show that the amorphization mechanism around the discontinuous transition is reminiscent of spinodal decomposition.