Extreme rejuvenation and softening in a bulk metallic glass

Deforming metallic glasses can rejuvenate them to higher energy states, but only in the shear bands where deformation is usually concentrated. Here, the authors use a notched setup to suppress shear banding and promote significant bulk softening of a zirconium-based metallic glass.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: J. Pan, Y. X. Wang, Q. Guo, D. Zhang, A. L. Greer, Y. Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02943-4