Nonaffine Strains Control Ductility of Metallic Glasses

Wang, Hui; Dmowski, Wojciech; Tong, Yang; Wang, Zengquan; Yokoyama, Yoshihiko; Ketkaew, Jittisa; Schroers, Jan; Egami, Takeshi

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.128.155501

Nonaffine Strains Control Ductility of Metallic Glasses

Journal Article · Fri Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.128.155501· OSTI ID:1864464

Wang, Hui ^[1]; Dmowski, Wojciech ^[1]; Tong, Yang ^[1]; Wang, Zengquan ^[1]; Yokoyama, Yoshihiko ^[2]; Ketkaew, Jittisa ^[3]; Schroers, Jan ^[3]; ^[4]

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan)
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The origin of limited plasticity in metallic glasses is elusive, with no apparent link to their atomic structure. In this study, we propose that the response of the glassy structure to applied stress, not the original structure itself, provides a gauge to predict the degree of plasticity. We carried out high-energy x-ray diffraction on various bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) under uniaxial compression within the elastic limit and evaluated the anisotropic pair distribution function. We show that the extent of local deviation from the affine (uniform) deformation in the elastic regime is strongly correlated with the plastic behavior of BMGs beyond yield, across chemical compositions and sample history. The results suggest that the propensity for collective local atomic rearrangements under stress promotes plasticity.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1864464

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1863984
OSTI ID: 1865452

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 128; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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