Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Structure-dynamics relationships in cryogenically deformed bulk metallic glass

  • Florian Spieckermann,
  • Daniel Şopu,
  • Viktor Soprunyuk,
  • Michael B. Kerber,
  • Jozef Bednarčík,
  • Alexander Schökel,
  • Amir Rezvan,
  • Sergey Ketov,
  • Baran Sarac,
  • Erhard Schafler,
  • Jürgen Eckert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27661-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Understanding of the atomic-scale mechanisms of rejuvenation of bulk metallic glass still remains unclear. Here, using configurational entropy derived from X-ray experiments, authors show a clear picture of the relaxation process during annealing of a metallic glass.