TY - JOUR
T1 - A brief overview of bulk metallic glasses
AU - Chen, Mingwei
N1 - Funding Information:
Mingwei Chen received his PhD from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1995 and joined Tohoku University as a professor in 2003. He cur-rently leads the Bulk Metallic Glasses Division of the World Premier International Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR) at Tohoku University. His research interest is the relationship between the microstructure and properties of advanced materials. Chen is a recipient of the NRC Scholarship Award from the US National Research Council and the Paul A. Siple and Memorial Award from the US Army.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - The discovery of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) has stimulated widespread research enthusiasm because of their technological promise for practical applications and scientific importance in understanding glass formation and glass phenomena. Arising from their disordered atomic structure and unique glass-to-supercooled liquid transition, BMGs represent a new class of structural and functional materials with extraordinary properties including extreme strength at low temperature and high flexibility at high temperature, along with a number of superior chemical and physical properties. This article covers the general properties of BMGs based on a review of the historical milestones in metallic glass research, and recent progress on several fundamental issues in the development of a comprehensive understanding of the strength, ductility and glass-forming ability of BMGs and, more importantly, the correlation of these parameters with atomic structure, focusing on the outstanding questions and critical issues that appear to warrant future research. Recent advances in the applications of BMGs in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), biomedicine and nanotechnology are also reviewed.
AB - The discovery of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) has stimulated widespread research enthusiasm because of their technological promise for practical applications and scientific importance in understanding glass formation and glass phenomena. Arising from their disordered atomic structure and unique glass-to-supercooled liquid transition, BMGs represent a new class of structural and functional materials with extraordinary properties including extreme strength at low temperature and high flexibility at high temperature, along with a number of superior chemical and physical properties. This article covers the general properties of BMGs based on a review of the historical milestones in metallic glass research, and recent progress on several fundamental issues in the development of a comprehensive understanding of the strength, ductility and glass-forming ability of BMGs and, more importantly, the correlation of these parameters with atomic structure, focusing on the outstanding questions and critical issues that appear to warrant future research. Recent advances in the applications of BMGs in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), biomedicine and nanotechnology are also reviewed.
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U2 - 10.1038/asiamat.2011.30
DO - 10.1038/asiamat.2011.30
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84863116100
VL - 3
SP - 82
EP - 90
JO - NPG Asia Materials
JF - NPG Asia Materials
SN - 1884-4049
IS - 9
ER -