Bridging structural inhomogeneity to functionality: pair distribution function methods for functional materials development

H Zhu, Y Huang, J Ren, B Zhang, Y Ke… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The correlation between structure and function lies at the heart of materials science and
engineering. Especially, modern functional materials usually contain inhomogeneities at an …

Role of initial stored energy on hydrogen microalloying of ZrCoAl (Nb) bulk metallic glasses

HK Sharaf, S Salman, MH Abdulateef, RR Magizov… - Applied Physics A, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, the role of primary stored energy and structural heterogeneity on the
subsequent effects of hydrogen microalloying in glassy alloys was studied. For this purpose …

Effect of deep cryogenic cycling treatment on structure and properties of metallic glass: A review

M WANG, GUO Wei, S LÜ, S WU - … of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent researches have shown that metallic glasses (MGs) can be rejuvenated to a more
metastable energy state by thermal or mechanical approaches, which causes a looser …

Fast rejuvenation in bulk metallic glass induced by ultrasonic vibration precompression

Y Lou, X Liu, X Yang, Y Ge, D Zhao, H Wang… - Intermetallics, 2020 - Elsevier
Tuning energy state of metastable bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) is well known significant for
understanding their glass nature and controlling their performances. Using a newly …

[HTML][HTML] In-situ compression with acoustic emission detection of high pressure torsion deformed Cu38Zr54Al8 metallic glass micropillars

T Arjmandabasi, D Ugi, Á Révész, E Schafler… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In-situ compression of Cu 38 Zr 54 Al 8 metallic glass micropillars in a scanning electron
microscope was performed together with continuous acoustic emission recording on …

[HTML][HTML] An order of magnitude enhancement in ductility of a metallic glass of peak rejuvenation

J Yi, Y Wang, L Liu, Y Zhu, G Yang, M Xu, H Ge… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Exceptional ductility has been a long-sought-after property of metallic glasses, and
cryogenic thermal cycling rejuvenation has been actively explored to enhance the plasticity …

Nanoscale strain mapping and symmetry analysis of Zr50Cu40Al10 metallic glass rejuvenated by high-pressure torsion via 4D scanning transmission electron …

K Nakazawa, S Lee, K Niitsu, M Kameyama… - Journal of Non …, 2023 - Elsevier
Structural rejuvenation by the application of high-pressure torsion suppresses the shear
localization of metallic glasses. However, it remains unknown how the local atomic structure …

Decomposition-induced enhancement of elastic modulus in CuZr metallic glass

R Zhu, J Pan, X Li, K Lu - Matter, 2024 - cell.com
Metallic glasses usually exhibit lower elastic moduli compared with their crystalline
counterparts. Structural relaxation may impel the amorphous structures to lower energy …

Shear straining promoted structural transition in bulk metallic glasses

Q Wang, H Lou, D Xu, Z Yin, F Lan, T Liang, Z Zhao… - Scripta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Metallic glasses (MGs) have unusual structural characteristics and resulting unique
properties, but effectively modulating their structure is difficult. The recently achieved two …

A refined local structure in a metallic glass tailored via flash-annealing

K Sun, LM Xu, H Weber, G Wang, JC Tseng… - Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to rapidly quenching, metallic glasses (MGs) usually are metastable, which indicates
that the microstructure of MGs can be easily manipulated by external energies. In the …