‘Crystal Genes’ in Metallic Liquids and Glasses
Abstract
We analyze the underlying structural order that transcends liquid, glass and crystalline states in metallic systems. A genetic algorithm is applied to search for the most common energetically favorable packing motifs in crystalline structures. These motifs are in turn compared to the observed packing motifs in the actual liquid or glass structures using a cluster-alignment method. Using this method, we have revealed the nature of the short-range order in Cu64Zr36 glasses. More importantly, we identified a novel structural order in the Al90Sm10 system. In addition, our approach brings new insight into understanding the origin of vitrification and describing mesoscopic order-disorder transitions in condensed matter systems.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China). Hefei National Lab. for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Dept. of Physics; Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China). Hefei National Lab. for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Dept. of Physics
- Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China). Hefei National Lab. for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Dept. of Physics and International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials (ICQD), and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics; Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Basic Research Program of China
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1253758
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-8956
Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322; srep23734
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11358; AC02-06CH11357; 11274288; 11574289; 2012CB933702
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; materials science; structure of solids and liquids
Citation Formats
Sun, Yang, Zhang, Feng, Ye, Zhuo, Zhang, Yue, Fang, Xiaowei, Ding, Zejun, Wang, Cai-Zhuang, Mendelev, Mikhail I., Ott, Ryan T., Kramer, Matthew J., and Ho, Kai-Ming. ‘Crystal Genes’ in Metallic Liquids and Glasses. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1038/srep23734.
Sun, Yang, Zhang, Feng, Ye, Zhuo, Zhang, Yue, Fang, Xiaowei, Ding, Zejun, Wang, Cai-Zhuang, Mendelev, Mikhail I., Ott, Ryan T., Kramer, Matthew J., & Ho, Kai-Ming. ‘Crystal Genes’ in Metallic Liquids and Glasses. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23734
Sun, Yang, Zhang, Feng, Ye, Zhuo, Zhang, Yue, Fang, Xiaowei, Ding, Zejun, Wang, Cai-Zhuang, Mendelev, Mikhail I., Ott, Ryan T., Kramer, Matthew J., and Ho, Kai-Ming. Thu .
"‘Crystal Genes’ in Metallic Liquids and Glasses". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23734. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1253758.
@article{osti_1253758,
title = {‘Crystal Genes’ in Metallic Liquids and Glasses},
author = {Sun, Yang and Zhang, Feng and Ye, Zhuo and Zhang, Yue and Fang, Xiaowei and Ding, Zejun and Wang, Cai-Zhuang and Mendelev, Mikhail I. and Ott, Ryan T. and Kramer, Matthew J. and Ho, Kai-Ming},
abstractNote = {We analyze the underlying structural order that transcends liquid, glass and crystalline states in metallic systems. A genetic algorithm is applied to search for the most common energetically favorable packing motifs in crystalline structures. These motifs are in turn compared to the observed packing motifs in the actual liquid or glass structures using a cluster-alignment method. Using this method, we have revealed the nature of the short-range order in Cu64Zr36 glasses. More importantly, we identified a novel structural order in the Al90Sm10 system. In addition, our approach brings new insight into understanding the origin of vitrification and describing mesoscopic order-disorder transitions in condensed matter systems.},
doi = {10.1038/srep23734},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = ,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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