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Title: Shape memory effect in metallic glasses

Abstract

Shape memory effect (SME), mainly present in crystalline Ti-Ni alloys, is basically missing in metallic glasses (MGs) that lack the long-range periodic order of crystals. In this work, we report experimental results of SME in annealed MGs, in which the low-energy configuration state recovery is observed by both differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy. We elucidate the origin of SME in MGs under the potential energy landscape framework, i.e., after annealing, the energy of MGs enters into a deep basin and atoms are located in the low-energy configuration state. Albeit deviating from their relative stable configurations by temperature changes, atoms in the annealed MGs tend to return to the low-energy atomic configurations along certain trajectories as pre-annealing temperature is approached, These results could extend the application of MGs as functional materials by directionally manipulating their energy states via annealing and rejuvenation.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1]
  1. Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Key Research and Development Program of China; Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
OSTI Identifier:
1840033
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; 51671169; U1832203; 11975202; 2017YFA0403400; Y4110192; LZ20E010002
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Matter (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Matter (Online); Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2590-2385
Publisher:
Cell Press/Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy; atomic dynamics; metallic glass; shape memory effect

Citation Formats

Xu, Tianding, Wang, Xiao-Dong, Dufresne, Eric M., Ren, Yang, Cao, Qingping, Zhang, Dongxian, and Jiang, Jian-Zhong. Shape memory effect in metallic glasses. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1016/j.matt.2021.08.010.
Xu, Tianding, Wang, Xiao-Dong, Dufresne, Eric M., Ren, Yang, Cao, Qingping, Zhang, Dongxian, & Jiang, Jian-Zhong. Shape memory effect in metallic glasses. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2021.08.010
Xu, Tianding, Wang, Xiao-Dong, Dufresne, Eric M., Ren, Yang, Cao, Qingping, Zhang, Dongxian, and Jiang, Jian-Zhong. Wed . "Shape memory effect in metallic glasses". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2021.08.010. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1840033.
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abstractNote = {Shape memory effect (SME), mainly present in crystalline Ti-Ni alloys, is basically missing in metallic glasses (MGs) that lack the long-range periodic order of crystals. In this work, we report experimental results of SME in annealed MGs, in which the low-energy configuration state recovery is observed by both differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy. We elucidate the origin of SME in MGs under the potential energy landscape framework, i.e., after annealing, the energy of MGs enters into a deep basin and atoms are located in the low-energy configuration state. Albeit deviating from their relative stable configurations by temperature changes, atoms in the annealed MGs tend to return to the low-energy atomic configurations along certain trajectories as pre-annealing temperature is approached, These results could extend the application of MGs as functional materials by directionally manipulating their energy states via annealing and rejuvenation.},
doi = {10.1016/j.matt.2021.08.010},
journal = {Matter (Online)},
number = 10,
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 06 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Wed Oct 06 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
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