Formation and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Glasses
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 March 2023) | Viewed by 4823
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fracture; shear band; metallic glasses; plasticity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metallic glasses, a family of metallic materials with metastable glassy states, are obtained by the rapid cooling of liquid alloys. Because of their amorphous atomic structures, metallic glasses exhibit unique mechanical, physical, and chemical properties, which are superior to conventional metals’ and alloys’. Additionally, metallic glasses are a new breed of metallic materials, exhibiting an extremely high glass formability.
With the combination of high strength, elasticity, and fracture resistance, bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) have attracted tremendous research interest over the past few decades. However, low tensile ductility is still one of the key issues of BMGs in structural applications. Due to its high accuracy in replicating complicated mold shapes, the die casting technique has been successfully applied to produce BMG products. On the other hand, metallic glasses can also be formed into complex shapes, like plastics, in the supercooled liquid region, due to their high thermal-plastic forming abilities.
This Special Issue focuses on recent advances in the formation and mechanical properties of metallic glasses. Submitted manuscripts will be fast-track reviewed. Research articles, review articles, perspectives, and communications are welcome.
Dr. Baoan Sun
Dr. Chenchen Yuan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metallic glasses/amorphous alloys
- glass-forming ability
- crystallization
- mechanical properties
- fracture
- ductility/plasticity
- thermal plasticity
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