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ArticleSmall methods2025

Revealing Nanoscale Solute-Rich Clusters in Bulk Metallic Glasses by Atom Probe Tomography.

Keita Nomoto, Huma Bilal, Bosong Li, Bernd Gludovatz, Christoph Gammer, Anton Hohenwarter, Jürgen Eckert, Jamie J Kruzic, Simon P Ringer

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Article in Small methods, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors.

Keita NomotoAustralian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, and School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, 2006, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3810-9533
Huma BilalAustralian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, and School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, 2006, Australia.
Bosong LiSchool of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Sydney, 2052, Australia.
Bernd GludovatzSchool of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Sydney, 2052, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2420-3879
Christoph GammerErich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Jahnstraße 12, Leoben, 8700, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1917-4978
Anton HohenwarterDepartment of Materials Science, Chair of Materials Physics, Montanuniversität Leoben, Leoben, 8700, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9827-9828
Jürgen EckertErich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Jahnstraße 12, Leoben, 8700, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4112-3181
Jamie J KruzicSchool of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Sydney, 2052, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9695-1921
Simon P RingerAustralian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, and School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, 2006, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1559-330X

Funding

Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award DE220100527Australian Research Council Discovery Projects DP180101393Australian Research Council Discovery Projects DP240101127Australian Research Council Future Fellowship FT190100484Austrian Science Fund Y1236-N37European Research Council Advanced Grant INTELHYB ERC-2013-ADG-340025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) exhibit excellent mechanical properties due to their lack of long-range atomic ordering. However, understanding their structure-property relationships remains an unresolved challenge since traditional characterization methods have been unable to reveal the 3D nanostructures that control mechanical properties. In this study, a novel approach is developed that uses atom probe tomography (APT) cluster analysis to identify and visualize 3D nanoscale solute-rich clusters in Zr-based BMGs and quantify their size, composition, spatial distribution, and volume fraction. These results show that hardness variations in BMGs are driven by the volume fraction and distribution of solute-rich clusters. By inputting these experimentally determined parameters into a model for ductile phase softening, the deformation mechanisms of BMGs are elucidated as being controlled by the solute-rich clusters, and their possible relationship with topologically ordered short- and medium-range ordered clusters is discussed. This methodological breakthrough in characterizing structure-property relationships in metallic glasses is applicable to a wide range of multicomponent amorphous materials and is anticipated to enable major advances in glass science.

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atom probe tomographybulk metallic glasssolute‐rich clusterstructure‐property relationship

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PMID40808506
PMCPMC12464803

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