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 …

Dynamic relaxations and relaxation-property relationships in metallic glasses

WH Wang - Progress in Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Dynamic relaxation is an intrinsic and universal feature of glasses and enables fluctuation
and dissipation to occur, which induces plentiful behaviour, maintains equilibrium, and …

Strain-hardening and suppression of shear-banding in rejuvenated bulk metallic glass

J Pan, YP Ivanov, WH Zhou, Y Li, AL Greer - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Strain-hardening (the increase of flow stress with plastic strain) is the most important
phenomenon in the mechanical behaviour of engineering alloys because it ensures that …

Dual-phase nanostructuring as a route to high-strength magnesium alloys

G Wu, KC Chan, L Zhu, L Sun, J Lu - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
It is not easy to fabricate materials that exhibit their theoretical 'ideal'strength. Most methods
of producing stronger materials are based on controlling defects to impede the motion of …

Deformation-induced crystalline-to-amorphous phase transformation in a CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy

H Wang, D Chen, X An, Y Zhang, S Sun, Y Tian… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The Cantor high-entropy alloy (HEA) of CrMnFeCoNi is a solid solution with a face-centered
cubic structure. While plastic deformation in this alloy is usually dominated by dislocation …

Metallic glass matrix composites

J Qiao, H Jia, PK Liaw - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties of ex-situ and in-situ metallic glass matrix composites (MGMCs)
have proven to be both scientifically unique and of potentially important for practical …

Deformation of metallic glasses: Recent developments in theory, simulations, and experiments

TC Hufnagel, CA Schuh, ML Falk - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
We review recent research into elastic and plastic deformation of metallic glasses, with an
emphasis on making connections between developments in theory and simulation (largely …

Shear bands in metallic glasses

AL Greer, YQ Cheng, E Ma - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2013 - Elsevier
Shear-banding is a ubiquitous plastic-deformation mode in materials. In metallic glasses,
shear bands are particularly important as they play the decisive role in controlling plasticity …

The fracture of bulk metallic glasses

BA Sun, WH Wang - Progress in Materials Science, 2015 - Elsevier
The fracture of metallic glasses has received relatively little attention until recently. The
development of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) with more compositions, large sample sizes …

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 …