Stretched and compressed exponentials in the relaxation dynamics of a metallic glass-forming melt

Zhen Wei Wu; Walter Kob; Wei-Hua Wang; Limei Xu

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07759-w

Nature Communications (Dec 2018)

Stretched and compressed exponentials in the relaxation dynamics of a metallic glass-forming melt

Zhen Wei Wu,
Walter Kob,
Wei-Hua Wang,
Limei Xu

Affiliations

Zhen Wei Wu: International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University
Walter Kob: Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, University of Montpellier and CNRS
Wei-Hua Wang: Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Limei Xu: International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07759-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Glasses show peculiar relaxation dynamics below glass transition temperature, yet a deeper understanding of this phenomenon is still lacking. Wu et al. show the coexistence of stretched and compressed relaxation in a metallic glass system and attribute their origins to different local cluster structures.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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