Decoupling between calorimetric and dynamical glass transitions in high-entropy metallic glasses

Jing Jiang, Zhen Lu, Jie Shen, Takeshi Wada, Hidemi Kato () and Mingwei Chen ()
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Jing Jiang: Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Zhen Lu: Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Jie Shen: Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Takeshi Wada: Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Hidemi Kato: Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Mingwei Chen: Johns Hopkins University

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Glass transition is one of the unresolved critical issues in solid-state physics and materials science, during which a viscous liquid is frozen into a solid or structurally arrested state. On account of the uniform arrested mechanism, the calorimetric glass transition temperature (Tg) always follows the same trend as the dynamical glass transition (or α-relaxation) temperature (Tα) determined by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). Here, we explored the correlations between the calorimetric and dynamical glass transitions of three prototypical high-entropy metallic glasses (HEMGs) systems. We found that the HEMGs present a depressed dynamical glass transition phenomenon, i.e., HEMGs with moderate calorimetric Tg represent the highest Tα and the maximum activation energy of α-relaxation. These decoupled glass transitions from thermal and mechanical measurements reveal the effect of high configurational entropy on the structure and dynamics of supercooled liquids and metallic glasses, which are associated with sluggish diffusion and decreased dynamic and spatial heterogeneities from high mixing entropy. The results have important implications in understanding the entropy effect on the structure and properties of metallic glasses for designing new materials with plenteous physical and mechanical performances.

Date: 2021
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