Intermittent cluster dynamics and temporal fractional diffusion in a bulk metallic glass

Riechers, Birte; Das, Amlan; Dufresne, Eric; Derlet, Peter M.; Maaß, Robert

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-50758-3

Intermittent cluster dynamics and temporal fractional diffusion in a bulk metallic glass

Journal Article · Sat Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50758-3· OSTI ID:2470077

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Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin (Germany)
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States); Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin (Germany); Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States); Technical Univ. of Munich (Germany)

Glassy solids evolve towards lower-energy structural states by physical aging. This can be characterized by structural relaxation times, the assessment of which is essential for understanding the glass’ time-dependent property changes. Conducted over short times, a continuous increase of relaxation times with time is seen, suggesting a time-dependent dissipative transport mechanism. By focusing on micro-structural rearrangements at the atomic-scale, we demonstrate the emergence of sub-diffusive anomalous transport and therefore temporal fractional diffusion in a metallic glass, which we track via coherent x-ray scattering conducted over more than 300,000 s. At the longest probed decorrelation times, a transition from classical stretched exponential to a power-law behavior occurs, which in concert with atomistic simulations reveals collective and intermittent atomic motion. Our observations give a physical basis for classical stretched exponential relaxation behavior, uncover a new power-law governed collective transport regime for metallic glasses at long and practically relevant time-scales, and demonstrate a rich and highly non-monotonous aging response in a glassy solid, thereby challenging the common framework of homogeneous aging and atomic scale diffusion.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 2470077

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 15; ISSN 2041-1723

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Language:: English

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