Structural applications of metallic glasses are limited by their room-temperature brittleness
and strain-softening, associated with the extreme localization of plastic flow in shear bands …

Cu and W are completely immiscible in equilibrium conditions, and neither of them is a good
catalytic element for the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) due to their …

Oxide film formed on Sn-based lead-free solder surface plays an important role in protecting
the solder joints in electronic devices. However, corrosion resistance of oxide film varied …

Metallic glasses can exhibit a wide range of local atomic arrangements which are
determined by their processing history, and which control their mechanical properties. While …

The eutectic high-entropy alloys (EHEAs) are a promising family of alloys for high-
temperature application, while their high-temperature oxidation and the effect of refractory …

The development of new Pb-free Sn-based solder alloys in the packaging industry
increasingly focuses on corrosion resistance enhancing. In this work, the positive effect by …

Laser shock peening (LSP) is an ideal surface modification technique which has been
extensively applied to improve the room-temperature plasticity of metallic glasses (MGs) by …

In this work, we provide a holistic picture about the relationship between atomic structure,
mechanical properties, and thermal stability of ZrCuAl x thin film metallic glasses (TFMGs) …

Despite the importance of temperature distribution in spark plasma sintering of metallic
glasses, its quantification has been experimentally laborious. This work proposes an …

A new two-step spark plasma sintering (TSS) process with low-temperature pre-sintering
and high-temperature final sintering has been successfully applied to prepare the tungsten …