中国物理B ›› 2023, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (11): 116101-116101.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/acce99

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Structural origin for composition-dependent nearest atomic distance in Cu-Zr metallic glass

Chi Zhang(张驰), Hua-Shan Liu(刘华山), and Hai-Long Peng(彭海龙)   

  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
  • 收稿日期:2023-03-11 修回日期:2023-04-03 接受日期:2023-04-20 出版日期:2023-10-16 发布日期:2023-10-24
  • 通讯作者: Hai-Long Peng E-mail:hailong.peng@csu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the Open Research Fund of Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, China (Grant No. 2022SLABFN14).

Structural origin for composition-dependent nearest atomic distance in Cu-Zr metallic glass

Chi Zhang(张驰), Hua-Shan Liu(刘华山), and Hai-Long Peng(彭海龙)   

  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
  • Received:2023-03-11 Revised:2023-04-03 Accepted:2023-04-20 Online:2023-10-16 Published:2023-10-24
  • Contact: Hai-Long Peng E-mail:hailong.peng@csu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the Open Research Fund of Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, China (Grant No. 2022SLABFN14).

摘要: We systematically investigate the structures of Cu-Zr metallic glass (MG) by varying the Cu concentration in classic molecular-dynamics simulation. From the pair distribution functions (PDFs), it is found that the nearest atomic distance between Zr atom and Zr atom increases significantly after adding Cu, which is related to the composition-dependent coordination behavior between Cu atom and Zr atom in the nearest neighbors. The portion of PDF related to the nearest connection is decomposed into the contributions from quadrilateral structure, pentagonal structure, hexagonal structure, and heptagonal bipyramid structure. Although the population of denser structures, i.e. 5-, 6-, and 7-number sharing ones, increases with Cu addition increasing, the connection distances between the central atoms in all these bipyramids increase for Zr-Zr pairs, leading to the expansion of Zr-Zr nearest atomic distance. These results unveil the effect of the interplay between chemical interaction and geometric packing on the atomic-level structure in Cu-Zr metallic glasses.

关键词: metallic glass, structure, molecular dynamics

Abstract: We systematically investigate the structures of Cu-Zr metallic glass (MG) by varying the Cu concentration in classic molecular-dynamics simulation. From the pair distribution functions (PDFs), it is found that the nearest atomic distance between Zr atom and Zr atom increases significantly after adding Cu, which is related to the composition-dependent coordination behavior between Cu atom and Zr atom in the nearest neighbors. The portion of PDF related to the nearest connection is decomposed into the contributions from quadrilateral structure, pentagonal structure, hexagonal structure, and heptagonal bipyramid structure. Although the population of denser structures, i.e. 5-, 6-, and 7-number sharing ones, increases with Cu addition increasing, the connection distances between the central atoms in all these bipyramids increase for Zr-Zr pairs, leading to the expansion of Zr-Zr nearest atomic distance. These results unveil the effect of the interplay between chemical interaction and geometric packing on the atomic-level structure in Cu-Zr metallic glasses.

Key words: metallic glass, structure, molecular dynamics

中图分类号:  (Amorphous semiconductors, metals, and alloys)

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64.70.pe (Metallic glasses)