Self-organized intermittent plastic flow in bulk metallic glasses

G Wang, KC Chan, L Xia, P Yu, J Shen, WH Wang - Acta Materialia, 2009 - Elsevier
Under stress, bulk metallic glasses irreversibly deform through shear banding processes
that manifest as serrated flow behavior. These serration events exhibit a shock-and …

Room temperature homogeneous flow in a bulk metallic glass with low glass transition temperature

K Zhao, XX Xia, HY Bai, DQ Zhao, WH Wang - Applied Physics Letters, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
We report a high entropy metallic glass of Zn 20 Ca 20 Sr 20 Yb 20 (Li 0.55 Mg 0.45) 20 via
composition design that exhibiting remarkable homogeneous deformation without shear …

Flow serration in a Zr-based bulk metallic glass in compression at low strain rates

SX Song, H Bei, J Wadsworth, TG Nieh - Intermetallics, 2008 - Elsevier
It is demonstrated that at slow strain rates (∼ 10− 4s− 1) in compression, the dominant room
temperature macroscopic deformation mode in a ductile Zr-based bulk metallic glass is …

The activation energy and volume of flow units of metallic glasses

ST Liu, Z Wang, HL Peng, HB Yu, WH Wang - Scripta Materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
We report that the average activation energy and volume of flow units of metallic glasses can
be measured by a dynamic mechanical analysis which is a sensitive tool for detecting …

Thermoplastic micro-forming of bulk metallic glasses: a review

N Li, W Chen, L Liu - Jom, 2016 - Springer
Bulk metallic glasses are a fascinating class of metallic alloys with an isotropic amorphous
structure that is rapidly quenched from liquid melts. The absence of a crystalline micro …

Tunable tensile ductility in metallic glasses

DJ Magagnosc, R Ehrbar, G Kumar, MR He… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Widespread adoption of metallic glasses (MGs) in applications motivated by high strength
and elasticity combined with plastic-like processing has been stymied by their lack of tensile …

Triple yielding and deformation mechanisms in metastable Cu47. 5Zr47. 5Al5 composites

KK Song, S Pauly, Y Zhang, R Li, S Gorantla… - Acta Materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
A triple yielding phenomenon resulting in high fracture strength (up to 2360±10MPa) and
large ductility (up to 13.5±0.5%) during compressive deformation is first discovered and …

Cu-Zr nanoglasses: Atomic structure, thermal stability and indentation properties

SH Nandam, Y Ivanisenko, R Schwaiger, Z Śniadecki… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The structure of Cu 50 Zr 50 metallic nanoglasses, their thermal stability and
mechanical performance are studied in the present paper. Elemental segregation of Cu and …

Microstructural characteristics and mechanical behaviors of AlCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys at ambient and cryogenic temperatures

JW Qiao, SG Ma, EW Huang, CP Chuang… - Materials Science …, 2011 - Trans Tech Publ
The phase-formation rule of high-entropy alloys (HEAs) with different microstructures is
discussed, based on the atom-size difference in multicomponent alloys. For the single …

Fe-based bulk metallic glasses: brittle or ductile?

SF Guo, JL Qiu, P Yu, SH Xie, W Chen - Applied Physics Letters, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Fe-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) typically exhibit ultrahigh strength but a poor
ductility. Here, an Fe 62 Ni 18 P 13 C 7 BMG with a super large plasticity of above 50% is …