Author(s): Anoop Mutneja, Bhanu Prasad Bhowmik, and Smarajit Karmakar

Using particle based simulation of a model glass former, we demonstrate a transition from brittle yielding to ductile yielding in amorphous solids by introducing quenched disorder in the form of randomly pinned particles. The well-annealed samples, which exhibit brittle yielding, undergo a transitio…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 198201] Published Thu Nov 06, 2025