Local Topology vs. atomic-level stresses as a measure of disorder: Correlating structural indicators for metallic glasses

Materials Research Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-12

  Cheng, Y Q ^a,b   Ding, J ^b   Ma, E ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Metallic Glasses; Structural Indicators; Structure Property Relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981276106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21663831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2012.722759     Document Type: Article

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