The Way from Today's Materials to New Kinds of Amorphous Solids: Nano-glasses

Microstructure and electrochemical properties of nanoporous gold produced by dealloying Au-based thin film nanoglass

“…In metallic glasses however, the choice of the composition is restricted to the range where the alloy presents a good glass forming ability [13], requiring the use of a different strategy to optimize the dealloying product. Nanoglass is a new class of material formed of amorphous regions separated by amorphous interfaces of lower density [14,15]. In nanoglasses, the size of the amorphous clusters and the density of the interfaces can be tailored to modify the material properties.…”