Chemical influence on β-relaxations and the formation of molecule-like metallic glasses

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yu, Hai Bin ^a   Samwer, Konrad ^a   Wang, Wei Hua ^b   Bai, Hai Yang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; MOLECULE LIKE METALLIC GLASS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENTHALPY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84931263544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3204     Document Type: Article

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