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 …

Thermomechanical processing of metallic glasses: extending the range of the glassy state

Y Sun, A Concustell, AL Greer - Nature Reviews Materials, 2016 - nature.com
For crystalline metals, the science, technology and application of thermomechanical
processing are established, but this is not true for glasses. Metallic glasses—because they …

Rejuvenation of metallic glasses by non-affine thermal strain

SV Ketov, YH Sun, S Nachum, Z Lu, A Checchi… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
When a spatially uniform temperature change is imposed on a solid with more than one
phase, or on a polycrystal of a single, non-cubic phase (showing anisotropic expansion …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme rejuvenation and softening in a bulk metallic glass

J Pan, YX Wang, Q Guo, D Zhang, AL Greer… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Rejuvenation of metallic glasses, bringing them to higher-energy states, is of interest in
improving their plasticity. The mechanisms of rejuvenation are poorly understood, and its …

Spatial heterogeneity as the structure feature for structure–property relationship of metallic glasses

F Zhu, S Song, KM Reddy, A Hirata, M Chen - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
The mechanical properties of crystalline materials can be quantitatively described by crystal
defects of solute atoms, dislocations, twins, and grain boundaries with the models of solid …

Manufacturing of metallic glass components: Processes, structures and properties

S Sohrabi, J Fu, L Li, Y Zhang, X Li, F Sun, J Ma… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Metallic glasses (MGs) are out-of-equilibrium metallic systems known for their unique
structural and functional properties arising from structural long-range disorder. Despite their …

Ultrafast extreme rejuvenation of metallic glasses by shock compression

G Ding, C Li, A Zaccone, WH Wang, HC Lei, F Jiang… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Structural rejuvenation of glasses not only provides fundamental insights into their
complicated dynamics but also extends their practical applications. However, it is formidably …

Effect of ion irradiation on tensile ductility, strength and fictive temperature in metallic glass nanowires

DJ Magagnosc, G Kumar, J Schroers, P Felfer… - Acta Materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Ion irradiation of thermoplastically molded Pt 57.5 Cu 14.3 Ni 5.7 P 22.5 metallic glass
nanowires is used to study the relationship between glass structure and tensile behavior …

Tailoring structural inhomogeneities in metallic glasses to enable tensile ductility at room temperature

E Ma, J Ding - Materials Today, 2016 - Elsevier
Metallic glasses boast high strength, but their low ductility has been a major concern. Here,
taking a structural perspective and citing selected examples, we advocate purposely …

Controlled rejuvenation of amorphous metals with thermal processing

M Wakeda, J Saida, J Li, S Ogata - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Rejuvenation is the configurational excitation of amorphous materials and is one of the more
promising approaches for improving the deformability of amorphous metals that usually …