Publication Date
6-4-2020
Department
Ames Laboratory; Physics and Astronomy
Campus Units
Ames Laboratory, Physics and Astronomy
OSTI ID+
1635532
Report Number
IS-J 10246
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.101.214104
Journal Title
Physical Review B
Volume Number
101
Issue Number
21
First Page
214104
Abstract
The correlation between structure and glass formability in glassy systems is a long-standing puzzle. To solve this puzzle, many descriptors based on the short-range order (SRO) have been proposed. Here we show that the SRO, however, offers little help in explaining the glass formability and stability; instead it is the formation of medium-range order that stabilizes the glass against crystallization by suppressing the atomic rearrangement and compositional change. Our results provide a perspective for understanding the correlation between structure and stability in glasses
DOE Contract Number(s)
11774142; JCYJ20170817105132549; JCYJ20180504165817769; JCYJ20170817105201098; AC02-07CH11358
Language
en
Department of Energy Subject Categories
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Publisher
Iowa State University Digital Repository, Ames IA (United States)
