Cluster Assembly of Nanophase Materials

Siegel, Richard W.

doi:10.1002/9783527603978.mst0185

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“…This time period can be the measurement itself, being directed to the study of a given attribute or phenomenon. Nanometer-sized dimensions either in the case of individual clusters or as the building units of cluster-assembled macroscopic materials, are typical [2]. The properties are strongly size-dependent on these dimensions and differ significantly from those in the bulk (condensed) phases with the same composition with conventional rather large grain size [3,4].…”

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Cluster-Related Phenomena in the Properties and Transformations of Transition Metal-Based Glassy Alloys

Lovas

Ramasamy

Szabó

et al. 2020

Metals

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A survey of the cluster formation tendency and mechanism in transition metal-based glassy alloys is made with an emphasis on their manifestation in various physical properties. The cluster formation is partially inherited from the supercooling of the melt. However, it also develops due to the interaction between dissolved hydrogen and the frozen glassy structure. The glassy state as “cluster assembly” is regarded as a structural background for the interpretation of several anomalous concentration dependences of thermal and magnetic properties in these glasses. We will focus on the manifestation of alloying effects, the relation between irreversible and reversible structural relaxations both in the high, and low temperature range (observed near to the glass transition or after low temperature storage). The development of the cluster assembly is the consequence of the co-existence of various bonding types between the alloy components. These are brought together in the melt, ensuring sufficient glass-forming ability. The nucleation mechanism of the amorphous-nanocrystalline transformation is also explained as a cluster phenomenon, which significantly contributes to the evolution of magnetic ultra-softness in FINEMET-type alloys. Finally, the role of the quenched-in cluster structure in the mechanism of reversible and irreversible H-absorption is discussed. Irreversible H-induced structural rearrangements can appear as microphase separation in multicomponent systems, governed by the affinity difference between the metallic components and the absorbed hydrogen. This kind of H-induced reordering is responsible for the “volume activation” of amorphous H-storage alloys and it also causes the gradual breakdown of storage capacity during cyclic absorption–desorption steps. This article mainly focuses on the cluster phenomena in Fe-based glasses because of its unique combination of high mechanical strength, strong corrosion resistance, good thermal stability and excellent magnetic properties.

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