Correlating local structure with inhomogeneous elastic deformation in a metallic glass

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    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 languageEnglish
    Article number121917
    JournalApplied Physics Letters
    Volume101
    Issue number12
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 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.

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