Fundamental Link between β Relaxation, Excess Wings, and Cage-Breaking in Metallic Glasses

Yu, Hai -Bin; Yang, Meng -Hao; Sun, Yang; Zhang, Feng; Liu, Jian -Bo; Wang, C. Z.; Ho, K. M.; Richert, Ranko; Samwer, Konrad

doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02629

Title: Fundamental Link between β Relaxation, Excess Wings, and Cage-Breaking in Metallic Glasses

Journal Article · Fri Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02629· OSTI ID:1478229

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Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei (China)
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States); Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
Univ. Gottingen, Gottingen (Germany)

In glassy materials, the Johari–Goldstein secondary (β) relaxation is crucial to many properties as it is directly related to local atomic motions. However, a long-standing puzzle remains elusive: why some glasses exhibit β relaxations as pronounced peaks while others present as unobvious excess wings? Using microsecond atomistic simulation of two model metallic glasses (MGs), we demonstrate that such a difference is associated with the number of string-like collective atomic jumps. Relative to that of excess wings, we find that MGs having pronounced β relaxations contain larger numbers of such jumps. Structurally, they are promoted by the higher tendency of cage-breaking events of their neighbors. Furthermore, our results provide atomistic insights for different signatures of the β relaxation that could be helpful for understanding the low-temperature dynamics and properties of MGs.

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Research Organization:: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

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OSTI ID:: 1478229

Report Number(s):: IS-J-9788

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 9, Issue 19; ISSN 1948-7185

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