List of Recent Publications

 

  1. Bouchbinder, E. and J. S. Langer, "Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of the Kovacs Effect," Jan 2010, submitted. [pdf]
  2. Langer, J. S., E. Bouchbinder and T. Lookman, "Thermodynamic theory of dislocation-mediated plasticity," Dec. 2009, submitted. [pdf]
  3. Bouchbinder, E. and J. S. Langer, "Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of driven amorphous materials. I. Internal degrees of freedom and volume deformation," Phys. Rev. E 80, 031131 (2009). [pdf]
  4. Bouchbinder, E. and J. S. Langer, "Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of driven amorphous materials. II. Effective-temperature theory," Phys. Rev. E 80, 031132 (2009). [pdf]
  5. Bouchbinder, E. and J. S. Langer, "Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of driven amorphous materials. III. Shear-transformation-zone plasticity," Phys. Rev. E 80, 031133 (2009). [pdf]
  6. Manning, M. L., E. G. Daub, J. S. Langer, and J. M. Carlson, "Rate-dependent shear bands in a shear-transformation-zone model of amorphous solids," Phys. Rev. E 79, 016110 (2009). [pdf]
  7. Langer, J. S., "Anomalous diffusion in heterogeneous glass-forming liquids: Temperature-dependent behavior," Phys. Rev. E 78, 051115 (2008). [pdf]
  8. Langer, J. S., "Shear-transformation-zone theory of plastic deformation near the glass transition," Phys. Rev. E 77, 021502 (2008).   [pdf]
  9. Langer, J. S. and M.L. Manning, "Steady-state effective-temperature dynamics in a glassy material," Phys. Rev. E 76, 056107 (2007). [pdf]
  10. Manning, M. L., J.S. Langer and J.M. Carlson, "Strain localization in a shear-transformation-zone model for amorphous solids," Phys. Rev. E 76, 056106 (2007). [pdf]
  11. Langer, J. S., "The Mysterious Glass Transition," Reference Frame column, Physics Today, (February, 2007). [pdf]
  12. Bouchbinder, E., J.S. Langer and I. Procaccia, "Athermal shear-transformation-zone theory of amorphous plastic deformation I: Basic principles," Phys. Rev. E  75, 036107 (2007). [pdf]
  13. Bouchbinder, E., J.S. Langer and I. Procaccia, "Athermal shear-transformation-zone theory of amorphous plastic deformation II: Analysis of simulated amorphous silicon," Phys. Rev. E 75, 036108 (2007). [pdf]
  14. Langer, J. S., "Dynamics and thermodynamics of the glass transition," Phys. Rev. E 73, 041504 (2006). [pdf]
  15. Langer, J. S., "Excitation Chains at the Glass Transition," Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 115704 (2006). [pdf]