The elastic properties, elastic models and elastic perspectives of metallic glasses

WH Wang - Progress in Materials Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Bulk metallic glass (BMG) provides plentiful precise knowledge of fundamental parameters
of elastic moduli, which offer a benchmark reference point for understanding and …

Atomic-level structure and structure–property relationship in metallic glasses

YQ Cheng, E Ma - Progress in materials science, 2011 - Elsevier
The structure of metallic glasses (MGs) has been a long-standing mystery. On the one hand,
MGs are amorphous materials with no long-range structural order; on the other hand …

Processing of bulk metallic glass

J Schroers - Advanced materials, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Bulk metallic glass (BMG) formers are multicomponent alloys that vitrify with remarkable
ease during solidification. Technological interest in these materials has been generated by …

Mechanical behavior of amorphous alloys

CA Schuh, TC Hufnagel, U Ramamurty - Acta Materialia, 2007 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties of amorphous alloys have proven both scientifically unique and
of potential practical interest, although the underlying deformation physics of these materials …

Bulk metallic glasses with functional physical properties

WH Wang - Advanced Materials, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, we report on the formation of a variety of novel, metallic, glassy materials that
might well have applications as functional materials. The metallic glasses, with excellent …

Full icosahedra dominate local order in Cu64Zr34 metallic glass and supercooled liquid

J Ding, YQ Cheng, E Ma - Acta materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Extensive molecular dynamics simulations were carried out to monitor the development of
icosahedral order in Cu 64 Zr 34 liquid and metallic glass (MG). This study illustrates that at …

Relationship between structure, dynamics, and mechanical properties in metallic glass-forming alloys

YQ Cheng, HW Sheng, E Ma - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2008 - APS
Using Cu-Zr models, we demonstrate icosahedral ordering as a microscopic origin of the
non-Arrhenius dynamical slowing down in metallic supercooled liquids. This correlation …

Correlation between the elastic modulus and the intrinsic plastic behavior of metallic glasses: The roles of atomic configuration and alloy composition

YQ Cheng, AJ Cao, E Ma - Acta Materialia, 2009 - Elsevier
Recent reports suggest that Poisson's ratio (ν), or the related ratio of shear modulus G to
bulk modulus B, indicates the potential of metallic glasses (MGs) to sustain plastic strain …

Anelastic to plastic transition in metallic glass-forming liquids

JS Harmon, MD Demetriou, WL Johnson, K Samwer - Physical Review Letters, 2007 - APS
The configurational properties associated with the transition from anelasticity to plasticity in a
transiently deforming metallic glass-forming liquid are studied. The data reveal that the …

Critical fictive temperature for plasticity in metallic glasses

G Kumar, P Neibecker, YH Liu, J Schroers - Nature communications, 2013 - nature.com
A long-sought goal in metallic glasses is to impart ductility without conceding their strength
and elastic limit. The rational design of tough metallic glasses, however, remains …