Spatially Heterogeneous Dynamics in a Metallic Glass Forming Liquid Imaged by Electron Correlation Microscopy
Pei Zhang, Jason J. Maldonis, Ze Liu, Jan Schroers, Paul M. Voyles
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updated references updated method to extract correlation length from g4(Δr, Δt); conclusion favoring RFOT model is weakened, but other results are unchanged
Supercooled liquids exhibit spatial heterogeneity in the dynamics of their fluctuating atomic arrangements. The length and time scales of the heterogeneous dynamics are central to the glass transition and influence nucleation and growth of crystals from the liquid. We report direct experimental visualization of the spatially heterogeneous dynamics as a function of temperature in the supercooled liquid state of a Pt-based metallic glass, using electron correlation microscopy with sub-nanometer resolution. An experimental four point space-time intensity correlation function demonstrates a growing dynamic correlation length, $ξ$, upon cooling of the liquid toward the glass transition temperature. $ξ$ as a function of the relaxation time $τ$ data are in the good agreement with the Adam-Gibbs, inhomogeneous mode coupling theory and random first order transition theory of the glass transition. The same experiments demonstrate the existence of a nanometer thickness near surface layer with order of magnitude shorter relaxation time than inside the bulk.
Photoexcited Hole States at the SrTiO3(001) Surface Imaged with Noncontact AFM
TU Wien(维也纳工业大学);University of Vienna(维也纳大学);Charles University(查理大学);Jagiellonian University(雅盖隆大学);CNR-SPIN, c/o Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L’Aquila(拉奎拉大学物理与化学科学系附属意大利国家研究委员会自旋中心)
Thin-film based phase plates for transmission electron microscopy fabricated from metallic glasses
薄膜基相位片是透射电子显微镜(TEM)中增强弱相位物体对比度的常用工具。薄膜通常由非晶碳组成,在强电子束照射下,非晶碳会迅速退化。最近的研究集中在寻找具有改进的材料稳定性的替代材料。本工作提出了基于薄膜的相位板制造的金属玻璃合金,其特征在于高导电性和非晶结构。制备了锆基合金Zr 65.0 Al 7.5 Cu 27.5(ZAC)的薄膜,并对其相移特性进行了测试。ZAC合金膜的研究,通过不同的TEM技术,揭示了一系列有益的特性。特别有利的是非弹性等离子体激元散射的小概率,这有望改善相衬TEM中基于薄膜的相板的性能。
A comparison of in- and ex situ generated shear bands in metallic glass by transmission electron microscopy
对Al $_{88}$ Y $_{7}$ Fe $_{5}$快淬薄带在透射电子显微镜中进行原位拉伸试验时产生的剪切带与冷轧过程中非原位形成的剪切带进行了比较。在原位应变,观察到的矛头状剪切锋,一个类似的箔厚度减少,并没有明显的剪切步骤,以适应应变建议剪切带开始由一个再生的剪切锋,然后沿已经软化的路径剪切。这导致颈缩和随后的故障下减少约束的二维几何形状在薄箔,从而解释了观察到的缺乏拉伸下的延展性。相反,剪切带形成在冷轧显示不同的交替密度变化和剪切偏移。这种差异的一个解释可能是,在原地剪切带撕裂之前,这些功能可以发展。此外,无论是在和异位实验表明,启动,扩展和逮捕的剪切带发生在不同的阶段。
Multimodal and Multiscale Interrogation of a Mechanically Tough Glass Forming Copper-Based Metal-Organic Framework
University of Oxford(牛津大学);Technische Universität Dortmund(多特蒙德工业大学);University of Vienna(维也纳大学);Science and Technology Facility Council, UKRI(英国研究与创新署科学技术设施委员会);Diamond Light Source(钻石光源)
Micro-structural characteristics and indentation behavior of Ce-Al-Ga alloys
首次报道的金属玻璃中的相分离引起了极大的关注,因为它们独特的非晶相的微观结构变化在不同的域尺寸。在此基础上,进一步探讨了Ce基金属玻璃中相分离的成因。在本文中,我们提出了广泛的调查,特别是涉及低浓度的Ga在Ce-Al-Ga金属玻璃。采用X射线衍射(XRD)和透射电子显微镜(TEM)研究了快淬Ce 75 Al 25-xGax金属玻璃的显微结构特征和压痕行为。
Impact of severe plastic deformation on the relaxation of glassy and supercooled liquid states of amorphous Pd$_{40}$Ni$_{40}$P$_{20}$
采用差示扫描量热法、低温热容法和波动电子显微镜相结合的方法研究了高压扭转引起的剧烈塑性形变对Pd $_{40}$ Ni $_{40}$ P $_{20}$玻璃态和过冷液体态弛豫的影响。由于变形和随后的热处理的量热信号的变化进行了分析和变形(复兴)和退火(松弛)之间的相关性被发现在中程秩序(MRO)。此外,在过冷液体状态下的放热峰的发生与MRO类型的特定变化之间的耦合被确定。这些研究结果被理解在一个潜在的能源景观计划提供了一种新的方法,MRO工程的眼镜。