Abstract
The elastic response of metallic glasses (MGs) is inhomogeneous, due to the wide variation of local structural arrangements. Here, we present molecular dynamics simulations on a one-million-atoms sample of a Cu 64Zr 36 model MG, correlating the atomic strain and non-affine displacement with short-range order. Cu atoms in full icosahedra experience less atomic relaxation and behave stiffer, while the rest of Cu atoms contribute more to anelasticity on the timescale of simulation.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 121917 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| State | Published - Sep 17 2012 |
Funding
This work was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research, under Contract No. NSF-DMR-0904188. Y.Q.C. was supported by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, US Department of Energy.