Different icosahedra in metallic glasses : stability and response to shear transformation

• Main Authors: Wang, Chang Chun., Wong, C. H.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85442; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10474
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Icosahedra in Cu65Zr35 metallic glasses are destroyed and generated simultaneously during shear deformation. Our results show that not all icosahedra are stable. Newly created icosahedra during the deformation process are as prone as non-icosahedral atoms with low-population polyhedra to the formati...