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# Structure–Property Relationships in Shape Memory Metallic Glass Composites

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### Abstract

Metallic glass composites with shape memory crystals show enhanced plasticity and work-hardening capability. We investigate the influence of various critical structural aspects such as, the density of crystalline precipitates, their distribution and size, and the structural features and intrinsic properties of the phase on the deformation behavior of metallic amorphous Cu $64$ Zr $36$ composites with B2 CuZr inclusions using molecular dynamics simulations. We find that a low density of small B2 inclusions with spacing smaller than the critical shear band length controls the formation and distribution of plastic zones in the composite and hinders the formation of critical shear bands. When the free path for shearing allows the formation of mature shear bands a high volume fraction of large B2 precipitates is necessary to stabilize the shear flow and avoid runaway instability. Additionally, we also investigate the deformation mechanism of composites with pure copper crystals for comparison, in order to understand the superior mechanical properties of metallic glass composites with shape memory crystals in more detail. The complex and competing mechanisms of deformation occurring in shape memory metallic glass composites allow this class of materials to sustain large tensile deformation, even though only a low-volume fraction of crystalline inclusions is present.

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###### Affiliations
[1 ]Fachgebiet Materialmodellierung, Institut für Materialwissenschaft, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Straße 3, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
[2 ]Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Jahnstraße 12, A-8700 Leoben, Austria; Xudong.Yuan@ 123456oeaw.ac.at (X.Y.); franco.moitzi@ 123456stud.unileoben.ac.at (F.M.); juergen.eckert@ 123456unileoben.ac.at (J.E.)
[3 ]Laboratory of Metal Physics and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland; mihai.stoica@ 123456mat.ethz.ch
[4 ]Department of Materials Science, Mountanuniversität Leoben, Jahnstraße 12, A-8700 Leoben, Austria
###### Journal
Materials (Basel)
Materials (Basel)
materials
Materials
MDPI
1996-1944
01 May 2019
May 2019
: 12
: 9
31052384
6539711
10.3390/ma12091419
materials-12-01419