Spectral descriptors for bulk metallic glasses based on the thermodynamics of competing crystalline phases

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Perim, Eric ^a,b   Lee, Dongwoo ^c   Liu, Yanhui ^d   Toher, Cormac ^a,b   Gong, Pan ^d   Li, Yanglin ^d   Simmons, W Neal ^a,b   Levy, Ohad ^a,b   Vlassak, Joost J ^c   Schroers, Jan ^d   Curtarolo, Stefano ^a,b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; COPPER; NICKEL; ZIRCONIUM;

ALLOY; CRYSTALLINITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLASS; HEURISTICS; REPOSITORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENTHALPY; GENERAL DEVICE; GLASS FORMING ABILITY SPECTRAL DESCRIPTOR; HEURISTICS; METALLIC GLASS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS; VALIDITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84982706301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12315     Document Type: Article

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