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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016★ 143 cited

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

Eric Perim, Dongwoo Lee, Yanhui Liu +8

Metallic glasses have attracted considerable interest in recent years due to their unique combination of superb properties and processability. Predicting bulk metallic glass former…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016

Predicting Bulk Metallic Glass Forming Ability with the Thermodynamic Density of Competing Crystalline States

Eric Perim, Dongwoo Lee, Yanhui Liu +8

Despite two decades of studies, the formation of metallic glasses, very promising systems for industrial applications, still remains mostly unexplained. This lack of knowledge hind…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015

Beyond packing of hard spheres: The effects of core softness, non-additivity, intermediate-range repulsion, and many-body interactions on the glass-forming ability of bulk metallic glasses

Kai Zhang, Meng Fan, Yanhui Liu +3

When a liquid is cooled well below its melting temperature at a rate that exceeds the critical cooling rate , the crystalline state is bypassed and an amorphous glassy state f…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 30 cited

On the origin of multi-component bulk metallic glasses: Atomic size mismatches and de-mixing

K. Zhang, B. Dice, Y. Liu +3

The critical cooling rate , below which liquids crystallize upon cooling, characterizes the glass-forming ability (GFA) of the system. While pure metals are typicall…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 22 cited

The glass-forming ability of model metal-metalloid alloys

Kai Zhang, Yanhui Liu, Jan Schroers +2

Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are amorphous alloys with desirable mechanical properties and processing capabilities. To date, the design of new BMGs has largely employed empirical r…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 33 cited

Shear accelerated crystallization in a supercooled atomic liquid

Zhen Shao, Jonathan P. Singer, Yanhui Liu +6

A bulk metallic glass forming alloy is subjected to shear flow in its supercooled state by compression of a short rod to produce a flat disc. The resulting material exhibits enhanc…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 41 cited

Can the packing efficiency of binary hard spheres explain the glass-forming ability of bulk metallic glasses?

Kai Zhang, W. Wendell Smith, Minglei Wang +4

We perform molecular dynamics simulations to compress binary hard spheres into jammed packings as a function of the compression rate , size ratio , and number fraction …

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2013★ 20 cited

Ultrastrong and Ultrastable Metallic Glass

Daisman P. B. Aji, Akihiko Hirata, Fan Zhu +7

The lack of thermal stability, originating from their metastable nature, has been one of the paramount obstacles that hinder the wide range of applications of metallic glasses. We…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2013★ 35 cited

Computational studies of the glass-forming ability of model bulk metallic glasses

Kai Zhang, Minglei Wang, Stefanos Papanikolaou +4

Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are produced by rapidly thermally quenching supercooled liquid metal alloys below the glass transition temperature at rates much faster than the critic…