Structural crossover in a supercooled metallic liquid and the link to a liquid-to-liquid phase transition

Lan, S.; Blodgett, M.; Kelton, K. F.; Ma, J. L.; Fan, J.; Wang, X. L.

doi:10.1063/1.4952724

Title: Structural crossover in a supercooled metallic liquid and the link to a liquid-to-liquid phase transition

Journal Article · Wed May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4952724· OSTI ID:1255301

Lan, S. ^[1];

^[2]; Kelton, K. F. ^[3];

^[1]; Fan, J. ^[1];

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City Univ. of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
Department of Physics and Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Washington University One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899, USA
Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)

Time-resolved synchrotron measurements were carried out to capture the structure evolution of an electrostatically levitated metallic-glass-forming liquid during free cooling. The experimental data shows a crossover in the liquid structure at ~1000 K, about 115 K below the melting temperature and 150 K above the crystallization temperature. The structure change is characterized by a dramatic growth in the extended-range order below the crossover temperature. Molecular dynamics simulations have identified that the growth of the extended-range order was due to an increased correlation between solute atoms. These results provide structural evidence for a liquid-to-liquid-phase-transition in the supercooled metallic liquid.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1255301

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1254369

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 108, Issue 21; ISSN 0003-6951

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Country of Publication:: United States

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