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 …

A model of hardness and fracture toughness of solids

E Mazhnik, AR Oganov - Journal of Applied Physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Hardness and fracture toughness are some of the most important mechanical properties.
Here, we propose a simple model that uses only the elastic properties to calculate the …

Flow units as dynamic defects in metallic glassy materials

Z Wang, WH Wang - National Science Review, 2019 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Brittle-to-ductile transitions in glasses: Roles of soft defects and loading geometry

D Richard, E Lerner, E Bouchbinder - MRS bulletin, 2021 - Springer
Understanding the fracture toughness of glasses is of prime importance for science and
technology. We study it here using extensive atomistic simulations in which the interaction …

Towards understanding of heat effects in metallic glasses on the basis of macroscopic shear elasticity

YP Mitrofanov, DP Wang, AS Makarov, WH Wang… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
It is shown that all heat effects taking place upon annealing of a metallic glass within the
glassy and supercooled liquid states, ie heat release below the glass transition temperature …

Universal relationship between crystallization-induced changes of the shear modulus and heat release in metallic glasses

GV Afonin, YP Mitrofanov, AS Makarov, NP Kobelev… - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
It is widely known that crystallization of metallic glasses is accompanied by a strong heat
release. Current literature considers this phenomenon in a general sense as a result of …

[PDF][PDF] 非晶合金中的流变单元

王峥, 汪卫华 - 物理学报, 2017 - wulixb.iphy.ac.cn
非晶合金是一类具有诸多优异性能的先进金属材料, 同时也是研究非晶态物质的模型体系. 最近,
大量的实验和模拟证据显示, 在非晶合金中可能存在类似晶体中缺陷的“流变单元” …

Nanoscale structural heterogeneity perspective on the ameliorated magnetic properties of a Fe-based amorphous alloy with decreasing cooling rate

ZZ Yang, SS Jiang, LX Ye, C Zhu, X Gao… - Journal of Non …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite that the nanoscale structural heterogeneity of amorphous alloys has been confirmed
by advanced experimental observations and theoretical simulations, the underlying link …

On the nature of density changes upon structural relaxation and crystallization of metallic glasses

EV Goncharova, RA Konchakov, AS Makarov… - Journal of Non …, 2017 - Elsevier
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Interrelationship between heat release and shear modulus change due to structural relaxation of bulk metallic glasses

YP Mitrofanov, DP Wang, WH Wang… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Within the framework of the Interstitialcy theory it is shown that the amount of heat released
during structural relaxation of metallic glasses must be proportional to the room-temperature …