A medium-range structure motif linking amorphous and crystalline states

• Published in: Nature materials Vol. 20; no. 10; pp. 1347 - 1352
• Main Authors: Lan, Si, Zhu, Li, Wu, Zhenduo, Gu, Lin, Zhang, Qinghua, Kong, Huihui, Liu, Jizi, Song, Ruoyu, Liu, Sinan, Sha, Gang, Wang, Yingang, Liu, Qi, Liu, Wei, Wang, Peiyi, Liu, Chain-Tsuan, Ren, Yang, Wang, Xun-Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.10.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Springer Nature - Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/301/1023/218; 639/301/119/1002; Alloys; Amorphous alloys; Amorphous materials; Amorphous structure; Biomaterials; Chemistry and Materials Science; Condensed Matter Physics; Crystal structure; Crystallinity; Fourier transforms; Laboratories; Letter; Long range order; MATERIALS SCIENCE; Metallic glasses; Nanotechnology; Nickel base alloys; Optical and Electronic Materials; Phases; Physics; Short range order; Spectrum analysis; Symmetry; Transmission electron microscopy

Amorphous materials have no long-range order, but there are ordered structures at short range (2–5 Å), medium range (5–20 Å) and even longer length scales 1 – 5 . While regular 6 , 7 and semiregular polyhedra 8 – 10 are often found as short-range ordering in amorphous materials, the nature of medium...