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 …

This paper reviews past developments and present understanding of the glass-forming
ability, structure and physical, chemical, mechanical and magnetic properties of bulk glassy …

Liquids and solids are two fundamental states of matter. However, our understanding of their
three-dimensional atomic structure is mostly based on physical models. Here we use atomic …

Unlike the well-defined long-range order that characterizes crystalline metals, the atomic
arrangements in amorphous alloys remain mysterious at present. Despite intense research …

The atomic-level structure of a representative ternary Cu-Zr-Al bulk metallic glass (BMG) has
been resolved. Cu-(and Al-) centered icosahedral clusters are identified as the basic local …

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 …

The widespread enthusiasm for research on bulk metallic glasses is driven by both a
fundamental interest in the structure and properties of disordered materials and their unique …

For crystalline metals, the structural carriers (dislocations and twins) of plasticity have been
well characterized. In contrast, the structural processes responsible for the localized shear …

A structural model is described for metallic glasses based on a new sphere packing scheme–
the efficient filling of space by solute-centered clusters. This model combines random …

The development and understanding of alloys is one of the most important themes of
physical metallurgy. Over the past four decades, the progress in modern processing …