Interface characteristics of a Zr‐based BMG/copper laminated composite

Diffusion bonding of metallic glasses and crystalline metals utilizing excellent superplasticity of monolithic bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) within supercooled liquid region has been found to be an efficient method to improve the room temperature plasticity and fracture toughness of metallic glass. A Zr‐based BMG/copper laminated composite was fabricated by copressing method, and the interface bonding status was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy. No void or crack is detected, and the interface is a metallurgical bonding of atomistic level. Although the BMG retains amorphous state after copressing at 390 °C, the region of the amorphous‐crystalline mixture structure with the width of 30–40 nm occurred within the diffusion zone. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.