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Lahiri D, Krishna KVM, Verma AK, Modak P, Vishwanadh B, Chattopadhyay S, Shibata T, Sharma SK, Sarkar SK, Clifton PH, Biswas A, Garg N, K Dey G. Comprehensive characterization of the structure of Zr-based metallic glasses. Sci Rep 2024; 14:4911. [PMID: 38418473 PMCID: PMC10902397 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53509-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/01/2024] Open
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Structure of metallic glasses fascinates as the generic amorphous structural template for ubiquitous systems. Its specification necessitates determination of the complete hierarchical structure, starting from short-range-order (SRO) → medium-range-order (MRO) → bulk structure and free volume (FV) distribution. This link has largely remained elusive since previous investigations adopted one-technique-at-a-time approach, focusing on limited aspects of any one domain. Reconstruction of structure from experimental data inversion is non-unique for many of these techniques. As a result, complete and precise structural understanding of glass has not emerged yet. In this work, we demonstrate the first experimental pathway for reconstruction of the integrated structure, forZr 67 Ni 33 andZr 52 Ti 6 Al 10 Cu 18 Ni 14 glasses. Our strategy engages diverse (× 7) multi-scale techniques [XAFS, 3D-APT, ABED/NBED, FEM, XRD, PAS, FHREM] on the same glass. This strategy complemented mutual limitations of techniques and corroborated common parameters to generate complete, self-consistent and precise parameters. Further, MRO domain size and inter-void separation were correlated to identify the presence of FV at MRO boundaries. This enabled the first experimental reconstruction of hierarchical subset: SRO → MRO → FV → bulk structure. The first ever image of intermediate region between MRO domains emerged from this link. We clarify that determination of all subsets is not our objective; the essence and novelty of this work lies in directing the pathway towards finite solution, in the most logical and unambiguous way.
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- Debdutta Lahiri
- High Pressure and Synchrotron Radiation Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India.
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- Materials Science Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India
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- High Pressure and Synchrotron Radiation Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India.
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- High Pressure and Synchrotron Radiation Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India
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- Materials Science Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India
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- Physical Sciences Department, Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, IL, 60123, USA
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- Materials Science, Kennametal Inc., 1600 Technology Way, Latrobe, PA, 15650, USA
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- Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India
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- Materials Science Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India
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- Materials Science Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India
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- High Pressure and Synchrotron Radiation Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India
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- Materials Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India
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Sayad S, Khanzadeh M, Alahyarizadeh G, Amigo N. A molecular dynamics study on the mechanical response of thermal-pressure rejuvenated Cu xZr 100-x metallic glasses. Sci Rep 2023; 13:16109. [PMID: 37752281 PMCID: PMC10522610 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43432-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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A molecular dynamics study was performed on the mechanical response of thermal-pressure rejuvenated CuxZr100-x metallic glasses. The effect of temperature (50, 300, 600 K) and pressure (0-50 GPa) on the rejuvenation process and the mechanical properties of CuxZr100-x including stress-strain response, shear localization formation and elastic modulus were investigated. The thermal-pressure rejuvenation process involves transitioning the system to a higher potential energy state and a lower atomic volume, demonstrating the significant influence of pressure on rejuvenation. Our findings reveal that increasing pressure at specific temperatures and material compositions results in reduced yield stress and stress drop. They also indicate that with increasing pressure, the system undergoes a transition towards homogeneity, resulting in enhanced ductility compared to its initial amorphous state. Additionally, high temperatures contribute to lower values of Young's, shear, and bulk moduli, as well as decreased yield stress and stress drop. Consequently, the system becomes more homogeneous, promoting rejuvenation. Furthermore, we observed that the final yield strength of the system increases with higher Cu content for all structures at specific pressures and temperatures. The level of rejuvenation is additionally impacted by the amount of Cu, and structures containing varying content of Cu demonstrate varying degrees of rejuvenation. To validate our findings, we utilized Voronoi analysis, which revealed a higher fraction of densely-packed clusters in the samples. Finally, a total of 10 materials properties were calculated and explored using statistical analysis which shows there are different correlations between pressure, temperature and atomic composition with mechanical properties.
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- S Sayad
- Faculty of Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Matemática y del Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Las Palmeras 3360, Ñuñoa 780-0003, Santiago, Chile
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Yang L, Li HY, Wang PW, Wu SY, Guo GQ, Liao B, Guo QL, Fan XQ, Huang P, Lou HB, Guo FM, Zeng QS, Sun T, Ren Y, Chen LY. Structural responses of metallic glasses under neutron irradiation. Sci Rep 2017; 7:16739. [PMID: 29196681 PMCID: PMC5711955 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17099-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Seeking nuclear materials that possess a high resistance to particle irradiation damage is a long-standing issue. Permanent defects, induced by irradiation, are primary structural changes, the accumulation of which will lead to structural damage and performance degradation in crystalline materials served in nuclear plants. In this work, structural responses of neutron irradiation in metallic glasses (MGs) have been investigated by making a series of experimental measurements, coupled with simulations in ZrCu amorphous alloys. It is found that, compared with crystalline alloys, MGs have some specific structural responses to neutron irradiation. Although neutron irradiation can induce transient vacancy-like defects in MGs, they are fully annihilated after structural relaxation by rearrangement of free volumes. In addition, the rearrangement of free volumes depends strongly on constituent elements. In particular, the change in free volumes occurs around the Zr atoms, rather than the Cu centers. This implies that there is a feasible strategy for identifying glassy materials with high structural stability against neutron irradiation by tailoring the microstructures, the systems, or the compositions in alloys. This work will shed light on the development of materials with high irradiation resistance.
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- L Yang
- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, P.R. China.
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, P.R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, P.R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, P.R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, P.R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, P.R. China
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- Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO, 65409, USA
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621900, P.R. China
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621900, P.R. China
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- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), 1690 Cailun Road, Pudong, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, 60439, USA
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- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), 1690 Cailun Road, Pudong, Shanghai, 201203, P.R. China
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, 60439, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, 60439, USA
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- Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO, 65409, USA
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Yang MH, Li JH, Liu BX. Proposed correlation of structure network inherited from producing techniques and deformation behavior for Ni-Ti-Mo metallic glasses via atomistic simulations. Sci Rep 2016; 6:29722. [PMID: 27418115 PMCID: PMC4945915 DOI: 10.1038/srep29722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Based on the newly constructed n-body potential of Ni-Ti-Mo system, Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations predict an energetically favored glass formation region and an optimal composition sub-region with the highest glass-forming ability. In order to compare the producing techniques between liquid melt quenching (LMQ) and solid-state amorphization (SSA), inherent hierarchical structure and its effect on mechanical property were clarified via atomistic simulations. It is revealed that both producing techniques exhibit no pronounced differences in the local atomic structure and mechanical behavior, while the LMQ method makes a relatively more ordered structure and a higher intrinsic strength. Meanwhile, it is found that the dominant short-order clusters of Ni-Ti-Mo metallic glasses obtained by LMQ and SSA are similar. By analyzing the structural evolution upon uniaxial tensile deformation, it is concluded that the gradual collapse of the spatial structure network is intimately correlated to the mechanical response of metallic glasses and acts as a structural signature of the initiation and propagation of shear bands.
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- M H Yang
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials (MOE), School of Materials science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials (MOE), School of Materials science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials (MOE), School of Materials science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Structural Origin of the Enhanced Glass-Forming Ability Induced by Microalloying Y in the ZrCuAl Alloy. METALS 2016. [DOI: 10.3390/met6040067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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