TY - JOUR
T1 - Metallic liquids and glasses
T2 - Atomic order and global packing
AU - Liu, X. J.
AU - Xu, Y.
AU - Hui, X.
AU - Lu, Z. P.
AU - Li, F.
AU - Chen, G. L.
AU - Lu, J.
AU - Liu, C. T.
PY - 2010/10/5
Y1 - 2010/10/5
N2 - In this Letter, we have revealed the common structural behavior of metallic glasses through scrutinizing the evolution of pair distribution functions from metallic liquids to glasses and statistically analyzing pair distribution functions of 64 metallic glasses. It is found that the complex atomic configuration in metallic glasses can be interpreted globally as a combination of the spherical-periodic order and local translational symmetry. The implications of our study suggest that the glass transition could be visualized mainly as a process involving in local translational symmetry increased from the liquid to glassy states. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
AB - In this Letter, we have revealed the common structural behavior of metallic glasses through scrutinizing the evolution of pair distribution functions from metallic liquids to glasses and statistically analyzing pair distribution functions of 64 metallic glasses. It is found that the complex atomic configuration in metallic glasses can be interpreted globally as a combination of the spherical-periodic order and local translational symmetry. The implications of our study suggest that the glass transition could be visualized mainly as a process involving in local translational symmetry increased from the liquid to glassy states. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.155501
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.155501
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 105
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 15
M1 - 155501
ER -