新型多组元大块非晶合金材料的发现与研究进展

叙述了新一代多组元新型大块非晶合金材料的制备方法、优异的物理性能、应用前景及在基础研究方面的意义．对这类大块非晶合金的极强的非晶形成能力的原因和形成机制进行了探讨．对这一研究领域的最新进展作了较详细的介绍．     

铁基软磁非晶/纳米晶合金研究进展及应用前景

非晶合金通常是将熔融的金属快速冷却、通过抑制结晶而获得的原子呈长程无序排列的金属材料.由于具有这种特殊结构,铁基软磁非晶合金具有各向同性特征、很小的结构关联尺寸和磁各向异性常数,因而具有很小的矫顽力H_c,但可和晶态材料一样具有高的饱和磁感强度B_s.优异的软磁性能促进了铁基软磁非晶合金的应用研究.目前,铁基软磁非晶/纳米晶合金带材已实现大规模工业化生产和应用,成为重要的高性能软磁材料.本文回顾了软磁非晶合金的发现和发展历程,结合成分、结构、工艺对铁基非晶/纳米晶合金软磁性能的影响,介绍了相关基础研究成果和工艺技术进步对铁基软磁非晶/纳米晶合金研发和工业化应用的重要贡献.并根据结构、性能特征将铁基软磁非晶合金研发与应用分为三个阶段,指出了目前铁基软磁非晶合金研发与应用中面临的挑战和发展方向.     

非晶合金的高通量制备与表征

非晶合金是一种不同于传统合金材料的新型合金,其突出的机械、物理、化学等性能在工程应用领域备受关注.作为一种具有无序原子结构的新型合金,非晶合金中蕴含的丰富的物理现象在基础研究领域也备受瞩目.非晶合金往往由多个组元构成,这给成分优化和性能调制带来了巨大的挑战.材料基因组方法是最近发展起来的新方法,通过高通量制备和结构表征以及性能筛选有望加快新型非晶合金材料的探索,在高通量表征中获得的大量实验数据可以帮助人们理解非晶合金中的科学问题.本文主要介绍高通量制备和表征在非晶合金中的应用,通过列举典型案例,展示通过高通量方法探索新型非晶合金材料的作用.     

非晶合金的磁热效应及磁蓄冷性能

非晶合金的功能物性开发是突破非晶合金应用瓶颈的关键点之一.磁相变是非晶合金的一个重要特征.利用非晶合金的磁相变所带来的独特效应,可以将其应用于制冷领域.一方面非晶合金的磁热效应可以作为磁制冷材料应用于磁制冷机,另一方面非晶合金的比热突变可以作为磁蓄冷材料应用于低温制冷机.本文就非晶合金的磁热效应和磁蓄冷性能的原理、特征及其应用前景进行了详细介绍.     

非晶合金的离子辐照效应

非晶合金作为一种快速凝固形成的新型合金材料,引起了材料研究者的极大兴趣.微观结构上长程无序、短程有序的特征使其具有独特的物理、化学和力学性能,在许多领域展现出良好的应用前景,尤其是有望成为核反应堆、航空航天等强辐照环境下的备选结构材料.本文深入探讨非晶合金的辐照效应,主要讨论离子辐照对非晶合金微观结构、宏观力学性能以及其他物理化学性能的影响,可为进一步理解非晶合金的微观结构和宏观力学性能之间的关系提供有效的实验和理论基础,也可为非晶合金在强辐照环境下的服役性能预测提供实验依据,对推进非晶合金这一先进材料的工程化应用具有重要的理论与实际意义.     

非晶材料与物理近期研究进展

由于结合了金属和玻璃的特性,非晶合金表现出许多新奇和优异的力学和物理性质,在很多领域具有广泛的应用前景.非晶合金具有连续可调的成分、简单无序的原子结构、丰富多变的材料性质,为研究非晶态物理中的许多共性科学问题提供了理想的模型材料.块体非晶合金的发展更是将玻璃和液体及其相关科学问题的研究推进到凝聚态物理和材料科学的研究前沿.中国科学院物理研究所极端条件物理重点实验室亚稳材料合成、结构及性能研究组(EX4组)近二十年来一直致力于非晶材料和物理的研究,在新型非晶合金的制备、物性以及相关机理的研究上取得了许多重要成果.本文介绍团队最近在非晶材料和物理机理方面取得的研究成果,包括非晶合金的动力学行为和调控、非晶合金的表面动力学、功能应用以及材料探索新方法等.     

通过AC-HVAF方法制备铁基非晶合金涂层的结构分析

本研究通过活性燃烧高速燃气喷涂(AC-HVAF)方法制备出了均匀致密的铁基非晶化合金涂层.通过调制AC-HVAF喷涂过程的工艺参数,研究了喷涂枪长、喷涂距离和送粉率对涂层非晶化程度的影响,得出控制枪长是形成高质量非晶化涂层的关键,而喷涂距离和送粉率决定了涂层的厚度和形成速率.制备出的铁基非晶合金与基体结合致密,孔隙率较低,完全的非晶化结构有效的保持了铁基非晶合金优异的力学性能,可以对基体材料进行很好的防护.     

非晶物质中的临界现象

非晶态材料有着复杂的原子结构(短程有序、长程无序)和特殊的物理性质,其临界现象和相变问题一直受到学术界关注.非晶合金,又称为金属玻璃,是一种新型的非晶态材料,具有很高的强度和优异的弹性.从微观的角度来看,非晶合金可以看作是一个多粒子系统.临界现象的研究对认识和理解多粒子系统之间的相互作用有深刻的意义.本文主要讨论非晶合金中的临界现象,包括非晶合金从制备过程、微观结构到宏观的力学性能以及磁性方面存在的临界现象,并分析这些临界现象之间的内在联系,进而深入理解非晶合金的微观结构对其宏观性质的影响.这为认识非晶合金的形成本质,提高服役可靠性,探索具有实际应用价值的非晶合金提供理论依据.     

非晶塑性变形机理研究新进展

非晶合金的塑性变形机理一直是材料科学和凝聚态物理研究的热点问题之一.文章简单介绍了近来中国科学院物理研究所在非晶合金塑性机理研究方面的最新进展,介绍了玻璃转变和塑性变形机制之间的关联性及最新的实验证据,以及从非平衡态统计力学角度对非晶塑性变形机制的理解,指出非晶合金的塑性和剪切带的动力学状态密切相关,发现韧性非晶合金在变形过程中可以演化到自组织临界状态.这对认识非晶合金的形成本质,探索具有实际应用价值的非晶合金具有重要意义.     

非晶Ti3Al合金的变形晶化机理的原子模拟

利用分子动力学方法研究了非晶Ti₃Al合金拉伸过程中的晶化行为，模拟结果表明局部塑性变形导致非晶合金晶化.从微观结构演化的角度分析了拉伸过程中的晶化机理，局部剪切导致拉伸过程中晶粒发生成核与合并，最终生成的晶粒具有面心立方结构.晶核的生长过程伴随着应力强化现象，非晶相中的纳米晶粒能提高非晶合金材料的强度. 关键词： 非晶合金 变形晶化 分子动力学     

What we have learned from studies on chemical properties of amorphous alloys?

Amorphous alloys have many attractive characteristics including extremely high corrosion resistance if the sufficient amounts of corrosion-resistant elements are added. The superiority of amorphous alloys is based on the homogeneous single phase nature without any chemical and physical heterogeneities. Although there are processing limitations to avoid the formation of heterogeneous crystalline structure in addition to no welding technology without crystallization, the application of corrosion-resistant amorphous alloys is expected particularly to the very aggressive environments, where any conventional crystalline metallic materials cannot be used. Some amorphous bulk alloys showed zero corrosion mass loss due to spontaneous passivation even in 12 M HCl. Production of amorphous bulk alloys became possible for selected compositions. The homogeneous single phase nature is also effective to form useful catalysts with unique composition and structure. An example of catalysts is for carbon dioxide methanation useful for supply of renewable energy in the form of methane.     

Electronic properties of the amorphous FeCuNbSiB alloy

Variations in the electronic properties of amorphous Fe-Cu-Nb-Si-B alloys during crystallization have been studied by methods of positron annihilation spectroscopy. The measurements of the positron lifetime in samples and the angular distribution of annihilation photons have demonstrated substantial variations during crystallization. There is a correlation of the results with the performed measurements of the thermopower. The experimental results allow the assumption that degenerate electron gas is not formed in the amorphous alloys under study, and localized electrons participate mainly in the conduction. It can be suggested that the main role in formation of the amorphous alloy structure is played by the covalent bond. The spectrum of momentum distribution of the amorphous alloy differs little from the pure iron spectrum. Irradiation induces vacancy-copper complexes in the amorphous alloy.     

Nb添加对Cu-Zr非晶合金玻璃转变和晶化动力学的影响

采用铜模吸铸法制备出直径为2 mm的Cu_50.3Zr_49.7-xNb_x(x=0,2)大块非晶合金，利用示差扫描量热分析(DSC)研究了2at%Nb元素添加对Cu-Zr非晶合金玻璃转变动力学和晶化动力学的影响，发现含Nb合金具有较低的脆性指数，和较高的晶化激活能.这表明微量Nb的添加提高了该二元Cu基非晶合金过冷金属液相的热稳定性，从而有利于其非晶合金的形成. 关键词： Cu-Zr非晶合金 Nb添加 玻璃转变动力学 晶化动力学     

Mössbauer studies of iron-rich metallic glasses

Iron-based metallic glasses have recently become an important class of ferromagnetic materials exhibiting excellent soft magnetic properties coupled with good mechanical properties. These glasses are usually prepared by rapid quenching techniques and are produced in thin long ribbon form with widths ranging from a few mm to 150 mm or more.⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy has been extensively used to study hyperfine interaction parameters in these metallic glasses to understand ferromagnetism in amorphous structure. In particular, Mössbauer spectra have been carefully analyzed to reveal information about the distribution of hyperfine fields resulting from the randomness of the atomic arrangement and to understand the temperature dependence of hyperfine fields, spin-wave excitations, magnetic structure, thermal stability and crystallization, the quenched-in magnetization axis, the Curie temperature and its dependence on compositions, the effect of stress and pressure on the magnetic properties, corrosion behaviour, local order and atomic arrangement, phase transformation, etc. This paper reviews the application of⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy to magnetic studies on metallic glasses mainly based on the iron-boron alloy system, and some of the significant results obtained which are characteristic of the glassy/amorphous state.     

Crystallization of a Mechanically Activated CuTi Alloy

The atomic structure and amorphous-crystalline transition dynamics in CuTi metallic glass synthesized by high-energy ball milling have been studied. Using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), it has been shown that the initial amorphous phase contains crystalline inclusions, which are up to 8 nm in size and may serve as crystallization centers. In contrast to the earlier studied amorphous CuTi alloys synthesized by melt spinning, the process of crystallization in the mechanically generated amorphous alloy begins at a lower temperature (250°C) and lasts for 20–30 s. A conclusion about the diffusion mechanism of crystallization in this material has been made.     

Processing and properties of some II–IV–V2 amorphous and crystalline semiconductors

Experimental investigations on the preparation, characterization, and properties of several bulk and thin-film ternary alloys based on the chalcopyrite II–IV–V₂ semiconductors are presented. Rapid melt solidification in vacuum-sealed fused-silica tubes resulted in amorphous alloy formation in almost all compositions in the system CdGeAs₂-CdSiAs₂. ZnGeAs₂-CdGeAs₂ alloys showed very limited tendency toward amorphous phase formation. Phase separation, crystallization and electrical properties were studied for amorphous Cd-Ge-Si-As alloys by thermal analysis, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Hall measurements. Rapid crystallization resulted in a reversal of conductivity type (p-to-n or vice versa). Crystallized glassy alloys showed room-temperature mobility of 64 cm²/V s, and a hole concentration of 1020 cm^–3. The p-to-n change in conductivity type upon amorphous-to-crystal transformation suggests that these alloys can be used to fabricate p-n junction devices by surface crystallization of the amorphous phase.     

Thermal and optical studies of an amorphous InSe9 alloy produced by mechanical alloying

In this paper we investigated thermal and optical properties of an amorphous alloy of the In–Se system. The amorphous InSe₉ alloy was produced by mechanical alloying and it was studied using Differential Scanning Calorimetry and microPhotoluminescence spectroscopy techniques, and from them several properties, such as glass transition and crystallization temperatures and energies and the optical gap energy were determined and compared to the values found in other alloys of the In–Se system. This comparison revealed some differences among our alloy produced by mechanical alloying and alloys produced by other techniques, which is a clear indication of the influence of the fabrication technique in their physical properties. The main differences occur in the activation energies associated with the glass transition and crystallization processes and also in the optical gap energy.     

Aromatic poly(ester carbonate)/poly-(ethylene terephthalate) alloys

When mixtures of poly(ester carbonate) (PEC) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) containing up to two-thirds of the latter are melt extruded, they produce a single-phase amorphous “alloy.” This alloy is characterized by a sharp, single, composition-dependent glass transition temperature, T_g. When annealed below T_g, the alloy remains unaltered, but when annealed above its T_g, the alloy separates into minute pure-PET crystallites and an amorphous PEC/PET phase. The thermal and dynamic mechanical behavior, crystallization kinetics, and SAXS patterns all strongly suggest the PEC-rich alloys to be solid solutions in which the PET molecules are dispersed individually or in small aggregates containing only a few PET molecules each. Calculations of the interaction parameter and assumed interfacial layer thickness tend to support this suggestion. Use of appropriate solvents allows one to selectively dissolve the PEC and recover from the alloys both PET and PEC in the original purity and molecular weights. Diffusion constants of PET molecules through the amorphous alloys were obtained from studies of PET crystallization above T_g of the alloys. The magnitude of the constants are in the range of expectation. The mechanical properties of the amorphous alloys in the glassy state do not deviate greatly from simple additivity of the respective properties of the parent polymers. However, the melt viscosity of the PEC-rich alloys and their plateau modulus above T show drastic decreases from straight additivity. A qualitative, but not quantitative, explanation of these observations is offered.     

判定金属玻璃微观结构中的二十面体类团簇

基于Voronoi几何分形法, 分析了理想二十面体团簇和ZrCu二元金属玻璃中各种团簇的结构特点, 提出了一种判定金属玻璃原子结构中二十面体类团簇的方法. 并选取三个ZrCu 非晶成分作为研究对象, 基于Voronoi团簇, 利用该方法提取了各种构型团簇, 证实其中四种构型团簇的基本几何结构与理想二十面体相似, 并具有同样近似于理想二十面体的高致密度、高规则度和高五次对称性, 因此可称之为二十面体类团簇. 此类二十面体类团簇可作为金属玻璃的主要结构单元, 普遍存在于非晶结构中; 二十面体类团簇及其连接能包含几乎所有的原子, 从而形成非晶结构. 研究结果提供了一种新的团簇判定方法, 有助于从微观结构层面分析合金中的非晶形成机理.