  The evolution of porous structure and mechanical properties of binary glasses
under tensile loading were examined using molecular dynamics simulations. We
consider vitreous systems obtained in the process of phase separation after a
rapid isochoric quench of a glass-forming liquid to a temperature below the
glass transition. The porous structure in undeformed samples varies from a
connected porous network to a random distribution of isolated pores upon
increasing average glass density. We find that at small strain, the elastic
modulus follows a power-law dependence on the average glass density and the
pore size distribution remains nearly the same as in quiescent samples. Upon
further loading, the pores become significantly deformed and coalesce into
larger voids that leads to formation of system-spanning empty regions
associated with breaking of the material.
