Did you ever wonder on the origin of the atomic-scale structural anisotropy in silica glass, induced by deformation? Our article published this summer in Acta Materialia is bringing some answers: Ganisetti et al., The origin of deformation induced topological anisotropy in silica glass, Acta Materialia 257 (2023) 119108 [open access]. I am particularly happy to share this wonderful piece of work mainly performed at the Institute for Material Science and Engineering (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany) by Dr. Sudheer Ganisetti who has been briefly member of my group last year.
