However, in amorphous solids, the lack of long-range order makes detecting defect-like regions far more challenging. While several approaches have been proposed to identify soft, defect-like regions ...

Quadrupolar topological defects act as organization centres for material failure in a biomimetic active nematic solid. You have full access to this article via your institution. Chen and colleagues ...

Solids fracture when constituent bonds cannot bear mechanical load and break. Such failure is often initiated at imperfections or impurities that concentrate mechanical stresses and serve as weak ...