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Qiang Luo, Weiran Cui, Huaping Zhang, Liangliang Li, Liliang Shao, Mingjuan Cai, Zhengguo Zhang, Lin Xue, Jun Shen, Yu Gong, Xiaodong Li, Maozi Li, Baolong Shen. Polyamorphism mediated by nanoscale incipient concentration wave uncovering hidden amorphous intermediate state with ultrahigh modulus in nanostructured metallic glass[J]. Materials Futures, 2023, 2(2): 025001. doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/acbdb4
Citation: Qiang Luo, Weiran Cui, Huaping Zhang, Liangliang Li, Liliang Shao, Mingjuan Cai, Zhengguo Zhang, Lin Xue, Jun Shen, Yu Gong, Xiaodong Li, Maozi Li, Baolong Shen. Polyamorphism mediated by nanoscale incipient concentration wave uncovering hidden amorphous intermediate state with ultrahigh modulus in nanostructured metallic glass[J]. Materials Futures, 2023, 2(2): 025001. doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/acbdb4
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Polyamorphism mediated by nanoscale incipient concentration wave uncovering hidden amorphous intermediate state with ultrahigh modulus in nanostructured metallic glass

© 2023 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd on behalf of the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory
Materials Futures, Volume 2, Number 2
  • Received Date: 2022-12-16
  • Accepted Date: 2023-02-21
  • Rev Recd Date: 2023-02-09
  • Publish Date: 2023-03-15
doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/acbdb4
  • 1.

    School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Advanced Metallic Materials, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People’s Republic of China

  • 2.

    Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China

  • 3.

    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China

  • 4.

    Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China

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    Department of Physics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, People’s Republic of China

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    Inner Mongolia University of Science & Technology, Baotou 014010, People’s Republic of China

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    College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China

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    Abstract
  • Comprehending the pressure-/temperature-induced structural transition in glasses, as one of the most fascinating issues in material science, is far from being well understood. Here, we report novel polyamorphic transitions in a Cu-based metallic glass (MG) with apparent nanoscale structural heterogeneity relating to proper Y addition. The low-density MG compresses continuously with increasing pressure, and then a compression plateau appears after 8.1 GPa, evolving into an intermediate state with an ultrahigh bulk modulus of 467 GPa. It then transforms to a high-density MG with significantly decreased structural heterogeneity above 14.1 GPa. Three-dimensional atom probe tomography reveals concentration waves of Cu/Zr elements with an average wavelength of 5-6 nm, which promote the formation of interconnected ringlike networks composed of Cu-rich and Zr-rich dual-glass domains at nanometer scale. Our experimental and simulation results indicate that steplike polyamorphism may stem from synergic effects of the abnormal compression of the Zr-Zr bond length at the atomic scale and the interplay between the applied pressure and incipient concentration waves (Cu and Zr) at several nanometer scales. The present work provides new insights into polyamorphism in glasses and contributes to the development of high-performance amorphous materials by high-pressure nanostructure engineering.
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