Icosahedral order in Cu-Zr amorphous alloys studied by means of X-ray absorption fine structure and molecular dynamics simulations
| Autor: | J. Antonowicz, A. Pietnoczka, G.A. Evangelakis, D.G. Papageorgiou, Tomasz Drobiazg, G.A. Almyras |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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local structures Population exafs Atomic packing factor Molecular physics Condensed Matter::Materials Science atomic structure Ab initio quantum chemistry methods Condensed Matter::Superconductivity bulk education education.field_of_study Extended X-ray absorption fine structure Chemistry range order stability Condensed Matter Physics XANES molecular dynamics X-ray absorption fine structure al Surface-extended X-ray absorption fine structure metallic glasses Absorption (chemistry) Atomic physics |
| Popis: | We have used the X-ray absorption fine structure method and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to characterize atomic order in Cu-Zr metallic glasses (MGs). The microstructure of these MGs is described in terms of interconnected icosahedral-like clusters (superclusters) which are basic building units reproducing the stoichiometry of the system. The equilibrium MD configurations are used as an input for ab initio calculations of the extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectra. The theoretical EXAFS and XANES spectra are compared with those measured for rapidly quenched glassy Cu-Zr alloys. We demonstrate that the experimental results are well reproduced by EXAFS modeling of the population of the superclusters derived from the MD configuration. The average local structural motif can be approximated by Cu-centered icosahedral-like cluster satisfying the condition of maximal local packing efficiency and approximating the system stoichiometry. The simulated XANES exhibits good agreement with experiment, indicating that the atomic order of the MD configuration is consistent with that of the real alloy structure over distances of about 1 nm. Philosophical Magazine |
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