How thermally activated deformation starts in metallic glass

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Fan, Yue ^a   Iwashita, Takuya ^b   Egami, Takeshi ^a,b,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; METAL; METALLIC GLASS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; ELASTICITY; GLASS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; THERMAL ALTERATION;

ARTICLE; ATOM; COOLING; ENERGY; HEAT TREATMENT; MECHANICS; SHEAR STRESS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84908398256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6083     Document Type: Article

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