Structural heterogeneities and mechanical behavior of amorphous alloys

JC Qiao, Q Wang, JM Pelletier, H Kato… - Progress in Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although the atomic structure of amorphous alloys, which lacks long-range translational
symmetry, may appear homogeneous at the macroscopic scale, their local dynamic and/or …

Structure and properties of nanoglasses

Y Ivanisenko, C Kübel, SH Nandam… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoglasses represent a novel structural modification of amorphous materials, exhibiting
properties and structural details that are markedly different from those observed in metallic …

Nanostructured metallic glass in a highly upgraded energy state contributing to efficient catalytic performance

C Pei, S Chen, T Zhao, M Li, Z Cui, B Sun… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Metallic glasses (MGs), with high density of low coordination sites and high Gibbs free
energy state, are novel promising and competitive candidates in the family of …

Metallic nanoglasses with promoted β-relaxation and tensile plasticity

Q Yang, CQ Pei, HB Yu, T Feng - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
The secondary (β) relaxation is an intrinsic feature of glassy systems and is crucial for the
mechanical properties of metallic glasses. However, it remains puzzling what structural …

Direct Urea/H2O2 Fuel Cell with a Hierarchical Porous Nanoglass Anode for High-Efficiency Energy Conversion

C Pei, S Chen, M Zhou, X Chen, B Sun… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Direct urea/H2O2 fuel cells (DUFCs) constitute a sustainable bifunctional energy conversion
technique devoted to simultaneously eliminating environmental wastewater with urea and …

Nanoscale oxygenous heterogeneity in FePC glass for highly efficient and reusable catalytic performance

Q Chen, L Guo, H Di, Z Qi, Z Wang, Z Song… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metallic glass, with its unique disordered atomic structure and high density of low‐
coordination sites, is regarded as the most competitive new catalyst for environmental …

Electrodeposited NiFeCo-(Mo, W) high-entropy alloys with nanocrystalline and amorphous structures

MJR Haché, J Tam, U Erb, Y Zou - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023 - Elsevier
High-entropy alloy (HEA) design is an emerging methodology that stabilizes nanocrystalline
materials, which themselves are highly sought after due to their high strength and hardness …

Electrodeposition of Ni-Co alloys from neat protic ionic liquid: Application to the hydrogen evolution reaction

Y Xie, A Miche, V Vivier, M Turmine - Applied Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Amorphous and nanocrystalline Ni-Co alloys have been deposited on FTO glass in
ethylammonium nitrate (EAN), a protic ionic liquid (PIL). The physicochemical properties of …

Gradient microstructure induced shear band constraint, delocalization, and delayed failure in CuZr nanoglasses

S Yuan, PS Branicio - International Journal of Plasticity, 2020 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties of metallic glasses (MGs) can be significantly tuned by
introducing a nanoscale glass-glass interface microstructure. Here, we design three types of …

Atomistic simulations of nanoindentation on nanoglasses: effects of grain size and gradient microstructure on the mechanical properties

S Yuan, PS Branicio - Intermetallics, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of nanoglass (NG) microstructures has been shown as an effective strategy to
improve the ductility of rather brittle metallic glass alloys. To evaluate the effects of grain size …