Measuring Structural Heterogeneities in Metallic Glasses Using Transmission Electron Microscopy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Structure and Geometrical Parameters
2.1. Interatomic Distance and Symmetry
2.2. Atomic Packing
2.3. Density
2.4. Chemical Ordering
3. Thermodynamic and Kinetic Properties
3.1. Thermodynamic Functions
3.2. Vibrational Properties
3.3. Relaxation
4. Heterogeneities of Mechanical Properties
5. Plasticity Carriers in Metallic Glasses
5.1. Free Volume/High-Density Cluster
5.2. Shear Transformation Zones
5.3. Soft Spot/Flexibity Volume
5.4. Flow Unit Model
5.5. Comparison of Different Models
6. Length Scale of the Heterogeneities and Spatial Resolution
7. Summary and Outlook
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tian, L.; Volkert, C.A. Measuring Structural Heterogeneities in Metallic Glasses Using Transmission Electron Microscopy. Metals 2018, 8, 1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/met8121085
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Chicago/Turabian StyleTian, Lin, and Cynthia A. Volkert. 2018. "Measuring Structural Heterogeneities in Metallic Glasses Using Transmission Electron Microscopy" Metals 8, no. 12: 1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/met8121085