Spatial heterogeneity as the structure feature for structure–property relationship of metallic glasses

Directly relating the mechanical properties of metallic glasses to their atomic structure remains a challenge. Here, the authors use high resolution microscopy to show many mechanical properties of metallic glasses depend on a single structural parameter, the characteristic length of spatial heterog...

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Main Authors: Fan Zhu, Shuangxi Song, Kolan Madhav Reddy, Akihiko Hirata, Mingwei Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06476-8
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Summary:Directly relating the mechanical properties of metallic glasses to their atomic structure remains a challenge. Here, the authors use high resolution microscopy to show many mechanical properties of metallic glasses depend on a single structural parameter, the characteristic length of spatial heterogeneity.
ISSN:2041-1723