A case for local icosahedral order in undercooled metallic liquids and the influence on the nucleation barrier
A case for local icosahedral order in undercooled metallic liquids and the influence on the nucleation barrier
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2006.08.009
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发表时间:
2006-12
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
K. Kelton;A. Gangopadhyay;T. H. Kim;G. Lee
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作者:
K. Kelton;A. Gangopadhyay;T. H. Kim;G. Lee
An overview of recent experimental and theoretical investigations on undercooled liquids is given, indicating developing short-range order with undercooling. Our in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction studies of electrostatically levitated droplets of elemental Ti, Zr, and Ni liquids and coordinated undercooling and structural studies of a Ti–Zr–Ni liquid that forms an icosahedral quasicrystal are discussed in the context of these investigations. Icosahedral order is demonstrated to be a dominant component to the structures of all undercooled liquids studied, although it becomes significantly distorted with an increasing importance of the d-band bonding character. The liquid short-range order couples with the nucleation barrier, as predicted by Frank over a half-century ago.