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 …

[HTML][HTML] Universal properties of relaxation and diffusion in complex materials: Originating from fundamental physics with rich applications

KL Ngai - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Complex materials are composed of basic units which invariably interact with anharmonic
potentials. It is well known that the dynamics of systems with anharmonic interaction are …

Thirty milliseconds in the life of a supercooled liquid

C Scalliet, B Guiselin, L Berthier - Physical Review X, 2022 - APS
We combine the swap Monte Carlo algorithm to long multi-CPU molecular dynamics
simulations to analyze the equilibrium relaxation dynamics of model supercooled liquids …

The effects of Ni or Nb additions on the relaxation behavior of Zr55Cu35Al10 metallic glass

QH Pham, S Chupradit, G Widjaja, MS Alhassan… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many questions raised in the field of metallic glasses (MGs) are inherently attributed to β
relaxation. Therefore, this study investigated the behavior of β relaxation in the Zr 55 Cu 35 …

Achieving structural rejuvenation in metallic glass by modulating β relaxation intensity via easy-to-operate mechanical cycling

LT Zhang, YJ Wang, E Pineda, Y Yang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Structural rejuvenation is an effective measure to optimize the mechanical properties of
metallic glasses (MGs). Sophisticated solutions to rejuvenation include thermal cycling, laser …

Fundamental links between shear transformation, β relaxation, and string-like motion in metallic glasses

ZY Zhou, Y Sun, L Gao, YJ Wang, HB Yu - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic deformation and relaxation dynamics are two major topics in glass physics.
Secondary (β) relaxation has been assumed to be a relevant plastic mechanism in …

Structure-dynamics relationships in cryogenically deformed bulk metallic glass

F Spieckermann, D Şopu, V Soprunyuk… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The atomistic mechanisms occurring during the processes of aging and rejuvenation in
glassy materials involve very small structural rearrangements that are extremely difficult to …

Metallic nanoglasses with promoted β-relaxation and tensile plasticity

Q Yang, CQ Pei, HB Yu, T Feng - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
The secondary (β) relaxation is an intrinsic feature of glassy systems and is crucial for the
mechanical properties of metallic glasses. However, it remains puzzling what structural …

Microscopic observation of the anisotropy of the Johari–Goldstein-β process in cross-linked polybutadiene on stretching by time-domain interferometry

R Mashita, M Saito, Y Yoda, N Nagasawa… - ACS Macro …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The strain dependence of the Johari–Goldstein (JG)-β relaxation time, as well as the
directional dependence, was systematically investigated for stretched cross-linked …

Mechanism of amorphous phase stabilization in ultrathin films of monoatomic phase change material

D Dragoni, J Behler, M Bernasconi - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Elemental antimony has been recently proposed as a promising material for phase change
memories with improved performances with respect to the most used ternary chalcogenide …