IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/natcom/v8y2017i1d10.1038_ncomms14679.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Hidden amorphous phase and reentrant supercooled liquid in Pd-Ni-P metallic glasses

Author

Listed:
  • S. Lan

    (Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
    City University of Hong Kong)

  • Y. Ren

    (Argonne National Laboratory)

  • X. Y. Wei

    (City University of Hong Kong)

  • B. Wang

    (City University of Hong Kong)

  • E. P. Gilbert

    (Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO))

  • T. Shibayama

    (Laboratory of Quantum Beam System, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University)

  • S. Watanabe

    (Laboratory of Quantum Beam System, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University)

  • M. Ohnuma

    (Laboratory of Quantum Beam System, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University)

  • X. -L. Wang

    (City University of Hong Kong
    City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute
    Center for Advanced Structural Materials, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong, China)

Abstract

An anomaly in differential scanning calorimetry has been reported in a number of metallic glass materials in which a broad exothermal peak was observed between the glass and crystallization temperatures. The mystery surrounding this calorimetric anomaly is epitomized by four decades long studies of Pd-Ni-P metallic glasses, arguably the best glass-forming alloys. Here we show, using a suite of in situ experimental techniques, that Pd-Ni-P alloys have a hidden amorphous phase in the supercooled liquid region. The anomalous exothermal peak is the consequence of a polyamorphous phase transition between two supercooled liquids, involving a change in the packing of atomic clusters over medium-range length scales as large as 18 Å. With further temperature increase, the alloy reenters the supercooled liquid phase, which forms the room-temperature glass phase on quenching. The outcome of this study raises a possibility to manipulate the structure and hence the stability of metallic glasses through heat treatment.

Suggested Citation

  • S. Lan & Y. Ren & X. Y. Wei & B. Wang & E. P. Gilbert & T. Shibayama & S. Watanabe & M. Ohnuma & X. -L. Wang, 2017. "Hidden amorphous phase and reentrant supercooled liquid in Pd-Ni-P metallic glasses," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-8, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms14679
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14679
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14679
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/ncomms14679?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Hengwei Luan & Xin Zhang & Hongyu Ding & Fei Zhang & J. H. Luan & Z. B. Jiao & Yi-Chieh Yang & Hengtong Bu & Ranbin Wang & Jialun Gu & Chunlin Shao & Qing Yu & Yang Shao & Qiaoshi Zeng & Na Chen & C. , 2022. "High-entropy induced a glass-to-glass transition in a metallic glass," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Robert F. Tournier & Michael I. Ojovan, 2022. "Multiple Melting Temperatures in Glass-Forming Melts," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-18, February.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms14679. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.