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 …

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 …

Revealing the structural heterogeneity of metallic glass: mechanical spectroscopy and nanoindentation experiments

K Tao, JC Qiao, QF He, KK Song, Y Yang - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microstructural heterogeneity is an important issue in understanding the mechanical and
physical properties of metallic glasses (MGs). Theoretically, physical aging below the glass …

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 …

Bulk metallic glasses as structural materials: a review

JJ Kruzic - Advanced Engineering Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) can exhibit excellent combinations of strength and fracture
toughness that cannot be achieved by traditional metals, making them attractive for load …

Bulk metallic glass composites containing B2 phase

Y Chen, C Tang, JZ Jiang - Progress in Materials Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The brittleness and work-softening of Bulk Metallic Glasses (BMGs) prevent their wide
applications as structural engineering materials. In order to settle this problem, the BMG …

Thermoplasticity of metallic glasses: Processing and applications

B Sarac, J Eckert - Progress in materials science, 2022 - Elsevier
Owing to their extremely low shear viscosity and fragility, bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are
envisioned as new net-sha** material replacing conventionally used crystalline metals for …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Atomistic modelling of thermal-cycling rejuvenation in metallic glasses

B Shang, W Wang, AL Greer, P Guan - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Cycling of a metallic glass between ambient and cryogenic temperatures can induce higher-
energy states characteristic of glass formation on faster cooling. This rejuvenation …