Interfacial free energy controlling glass-forming ability of Cu-Zr alloys

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kang, Dong Hee ^a   Zhang, Hao ^b,c   Yoo, Hanbyeol ^a   Lee, Hyun Hwi ^d   Lee, Sooheyong ^a   Lee, Geun Woo ^a,e   Lou, Hongbo ^b   Wang, Xiaodong ^b   Cao, Qingping ^b   Zhang, Dongxian ^f   Jiang, Jianzhong ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^e University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^f ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84902106541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05167     Document Type: Article

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