Predicted optimum composition for the glass-forming ability of bulk amorphous alloys: Application to Cu-Zr-Al

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 3143-3148

  An, Qi ^a   Samwer, Konrad ^b   Goddard, William A ^a   Johnson, William L ^a   Jaramillo Botero, Andres ^a   Garret, Glenn ^a   Demetriou, Marios D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; BULK METALLIC GLASS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CRYSTAL NUCLEI; DYNAMIC MOTIONS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; GLASS-FORMING ABILITY; ICOSAHEDRAL STRUCTURE; IN-SILICO; LIQUID PHASE; MELT VISCOSITIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NEW ALLOYS; OPTIMUM COMPOSITION; SOFT MAGNETISM; THERMODYNAMIC DRIVING FORCES;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FORECASTING; GLASS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ZIRCONIUM;

METALLIC GLASS;

EID: 84868124519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz3014425     Document Type: Article

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