Molecular-dynamics simulations on the crystallization of Fe metallic glasses under alternating magnetic field

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/adcb25

Abstract We performed the coupled molecular-dynamics and spin dynamics simulations to investigate the magnetic annealing effect on the crystallization behavior of Fe metallic glasses (MGs). By calculating the local five-fold symmetry, Voronoi polyhedron, and bond orientational order parameters, we find a significant structural evolution at high-frequency magnetic annealing: the icosahedral order diminishes, and the crystalline-like order is enhanced, comparing to the case without magnetic field. The fraction of the body-centered cubic structures remarkably increases with the frequency of magnetic annealing, and the atoms of these order show a tendency of aggregating in space to form the crystalline nuclei. These findings unveil how the local structure evolves under magnetic annealing, and the accelerated crystallization process of MGs through alternating magnetic fields.

Keywords: metallic glasses magnetic annealing crystallization behavior

Received: 12 March 2025
Revised: 08 April 2025
Accepted manuscript online: 10 April 2025

PACS:	64.70.pe	(Metallic glasses)
	61.43.-j	(Disordered solids)

Fund: Project supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of the Education Department of Hunan Province, China (Grant No. 24A0007), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52371168), and the Foundation of Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory (Grant No. JCKYS2024120202).

Corresponding Authors: Hailong Peng
E-mail: hailong.peng@csu.edu.cn

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Yanxue Wu(吴言雪), Qiang-Qiang Pan(潘强强), Rui Ning(宁睿), and Hailong Peng(彭海龙) Molecular-dynamics simulations on the crystallization of Fe metallic glasses under alternating magnetic field 2025 Chin. Phys. B 34 076402

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