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Propensity of bond exchange as a window into the mechanical properties of metallic glasses

W. Jiao, X. L. Wang*, S. Lan, S. P. Pan, Z. P. Lu

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    Abstract

    We investigated the mechanical properties of Zr-Cu-Al bulk metallic glasses, by compression experiment and molecular dynamics simulations. From the simulation, we found that the large, solvent atom, Zr, has high propensity of bond exchange compared to those of the smaller solute atoms. The difference in bond exchange is consistent with the observed disparity in mechanical behaviors: Zr-rich metallic glass exhibits low elastic modulus and large plastic strain. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements suggest that the increased propensity in bond exchange is related to the softening of Zr bonds with increasing Zr content.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number61910
    JournalApplied Physics Letters
    Volume106
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 9 Feb 2015

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    • COPYRIGHT TERMS OF DEPOSITED FINAL PUBLISHED VERSION FILE: This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in W. Jiao, X. L. Wang, S. Lan, S. P. Pan, and Z. P. Lu , "Propensity of bond exchange as a window into the mechanical properties of metallic glasses", Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 061910 (2015) and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4908122.

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