Atomic-scale structural evolution and stability of supercooled liquid of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Q ^a,b   Liu, C T ^b,c   Yang, Y ^b   Dong, Y D ^a   Lu, J ^c  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLUSTERS; ATOMIC SCALE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GLASS-FORMING LIQUID; META-STABLE STATE; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS; THEORETICAL MODELS; ZR BASED BULK METALLIC GLASS;

ATOMS; CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS; GLASS FORMING MACHINES; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOTHERMAL ANNEALING; SUPERCOOLING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZIRCONIUM;

METALLIC GLASS;

EID: 79960634412     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.215505     Document Type: Article

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