Achieving Usable Ductility in Glassy Nanomaterials

摘要

New scientific discoveries allow, for the first time, usable ductility to be achieved at very high strength levels in glassy nanomaterials, resulting in combinations of properties outside known material boundaries. Metallic glasses and nanomaterials have been used commercially in applications including transformers, high energy density permanent magnets, and surface technology, taking advantage of their soft and hard magnetic properties. However, despite promising property combinations of high hardness, tensile stress, and fracture strength, practical applications of metallic glasses and nanomaterials have been limited due their brittle nature, especially in monolithic applications requiring inherent ductility.