[HTML][HTML] Surface dynamics of glasses

H Tian, Q Xu, H Zhang, RD Priestley, B Zuo - Applied Physics Reviews, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Two challenging scientific disciplines, ie, the physics of glasses [Anderson, Science 267,
1615 (1995); Kennedy and Norman, Science 309, 75 (2005)] and interface chemistry …

[HTML][HTML] Surface-mediated formation of stable glasses

P Luo, Z Fakhraai - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Surfaces mediate the formation of stable glasses (SGs) upon physical vapor deposition
(PVD) for a wide range of glass formers. The thermodynamic and kinetic stability of SGs and …

[HTML][HTML] Size-dependent deformation behavior in nanosized amorphous metals suggesting transition from collective to individual atomic transport

N Liu, S Sohn, MY Na, GH Park, A Raj, G Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The underlying atomistic mechanism of deformation is a central problem in mechanics and
materials science. Whereas deformation of crystalline metals is fundamentally understood …

[HTML][HTML] Size-dependent vitrification in metallic glasses

V Di Lisio, I Gallino, SS Riegler, M Frey… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Reducing the sample size can profoundly impact properties of bulk metallic glasses. Here,
we systematically reduce the length scale of Au and Pt-based metallic glasses and study …

Predicting fracture propensity in amorphous alumina from its static structure using machine learning

T Du, H Liu, L Tang, SS Sørensen, M Bauchy… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Thin films of amorphous alumina (a-Al2O3) have recently been found to deform permanently
up to 100% elongation without fracture at room temperature. If the underlying ductile …

High-value utilisation of PGM-containing residual oil: Recovery of inorganic acids, potassium, and PGMs using a zero-waste approach

M Liu, Y Zhao, Q Cheng, B Tian, M Tian, J Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Residual oil containing platinum group metals (PGMs), which is under-researched, can
easily pose resource waste and environmental risks. PGMs feature as scarce strategic …

The surface effect on the mechanical behavior of MG nanowires: A molecular dynamic simulation

Z Song, W Luo, Y Zhu - Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2023 - Elsevier
The surface is crucial for the properties of a nanoscale metallic glass structure. How the
atoms organize on the surface and affect the properties remains unclear. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] The role of intramolecular relaxations on the structure and stability of vapor-deposited glasses

A Zhang, AR Moore, H Zhao, S Govind… - The Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Stable glasses (SGs) are formed through surface-mediated equilibration (SME) during
physical vapor deposition (PVD). Unlike intermolecular interactions, the role of …

The effects of hydrogen doping on energy state of shear bands in a Zr-Based metallic glass

G Widjaja, K Ershov, S Chupradit, W Suksatan… - Vacuum, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, the role of the hydrogenation process on the energy state of shear bands and
plastic deformation of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass (BMG) was studied. For this purpose …

Revealing the Phase Segregation and Evolution Dynamics in Binary Nanoalloys via Electron Beam-Assisted Ultrafast Heating and Cooling

L Shi, L He, L Shangguan, Y Zhou, B Wang, L Zhang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Gas-phase synthesized binary nanoparticles (NPs) possess ultraclean surfaces, which
benefit versatile uses in sensors and catalysts. However, precise control of their …