The ductile to brittle transition (DBT) of crystalline metals and alloys has been extensively
studied in scientific and engineering fields. However, the DBT of non-crystalline metals and …

The influence of a minor Si addition on the glass-forming ability and mechanical properties
of Pd40Ni40P20 alloy was investigated. It is suggested that the minor Si addition can adjust …

Increasing the thermostability of amorphous materials has been a long journey to improve
their properties. The metastable nature of chalcogenide glasses limits their practical …

This study focuses on the effect of annealing temperature onto the mechanisms of crack
initiation, propagation and interfacial debonding of the electroless nickel/phosphorus (Ni-P) …

The fracture toughness of submicron Zr 65 Ni 35 sputter-deposited films is thickness
dependent. The failure mechanism involves corrugations for the thickest films and a …

We report a stable fracture phenomenon during the compression of a malleable Zr-based
bulk metallic glass. In the process, the shear band along which the sample fails is …

We provide a quantitative account of the shear-banding behavior in Mg-based bulk metallic
glasses. Microcompression experiments showed that shear bands propagated in an …

Based on the coupled thermo-mechanical model, a constitutive model for bulk metallic
glasses (BMGs), which considers the effects of free volume, temperature and hydrostatic …

Metallic glasses (MGs) are known to have high strength, but poor ductility. Prior studies have
shown that plasticity in MG can be enhanced by significantly reducing their dimension to …

Pure shear fracture test, as a special mechanical means, had been carried out extensively to
obtain the critical information for traditional metallic crystalline materials and rocks, such as …