In a crystalline material, structural defects such as dislocations or twins are well defined and
largely determine the mechanical and other properties of the material. For metallic glass …

We characterize the evolution of flow units associated with the flow “defects” in metallic glass
by monitoring the fictive temperature change of a typical metallic glass upon isothermal …

For glasses, the structural origin of their flow phenomena, such as elastic and plastic
deformations especially the microscopic hidden flow before yield and glass-to-liquid …

We briefly review the state-of-the-art study on plastic flow in metallic glasses. Especially, we
survey the features and behaviors, percolation, and response of the basic deformation units …

Due to the structurally disordered arrangement of atoms and deviation from thermodynamic
equilibrium, the physical and mechanical properties of metallic glasses can vary with time …

The flow units of glasses are generally perceived to be a local rearrangement of atoms that
are microstructural origin for plastic deformation and relaxations in metallic glasses. We find …

Molecular dynamics simulations were employed to investigate the plastic deformation within
the shear bands in three different metallic glasses (MGs). To mimic shear bands, MG …

We characterize and identify the flow units in two typical metallic glasses (MGs), which have
markedly different β-relaxation behaviors and mechanical properties. The viscoelastic …

Bulk metallic glass (BMG) provides plentiful precise knowledge of fundamental parameters
of elastic moduli, which offer a benchmark reference point for understanding and …

A mandrel winding method, which can realize remarkable homogeneous plastic deformation
at room temperature for various metallic glasses, is applied to characterize plastic flow units …