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 …

Different approaches to the preparation of superhard coatings such as intrinsically
superhard materials, coatings whose hardness is enhanced by energetic ion bombardment …

非晶态物质是复杂的多体相互作用体系, 其基本特征是原子和电子结构复杂, 微观结构长程无序,
体系在能量上处在亚稳态, 具有复杂的多重弛豫行为, 其物理, 化学和力学性质 …

We review the recent literature on the simulation of the structure and deformation of
amorphous solids, including oxide and metallic glasses. We consider simulations at different …

Some low-coordination materials, including water, silica, and silicon, exhibit polyamorphism,
having multiple amorphous forms. However, the microscopic mechanism and kinetic …

The development of bulk metallic glasses and composites for improving the mechanical
properties has occurred with the discovery of many ductile metallic glasses and glass matrix …

Prior to macroscopic yielding, most materials undergo a regime of plastic activity that cannot
be resolved in conventional bulk deformation experiments. In this pre-yield, or micro-plastic …

In this work we calculate the local elastic moduli in a weakly polydispersed two-dimensional
Lennard-Jones glass undergoing a quasistatic shear deformation at zero temperature. The …

Various approaches to creating multicomponent nanocomposite coatings of high and
superhigh hardness (from≈ 30 to 100–120 GPa) are reviewed with particular emphasis …

Hard and brittle materials usually exhibit a much lower strength when loaded in tension than
in compression. However, this common-sense behaviour may not be intrinsic to these …