• Acta Physica Sinica
  • Vol. 69, Issue 4, 046401-1 (2020)
Ming Gao1, Yong-He Deng2、*, Da-Dong Wen2, Ze-An Tian3, He-Ping Zhao1, and Ping Peng3
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Physics, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, China
  • 2College of Science, Hunan Institute of Engineering, Xiangtan 411104, China
  • 3School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410083, China
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    DOI: 10.7498/aps.69.20190970 Cite this Article
    Ming Gao, Yong-He Deng, Da-Dong Wen, Ze-An Tian, He-Ping Zhao, Ping Peng. Evolution characteristics and hereditary mechanisms of clusters in rapidly solidified Pd82Si18 alloy [J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(4): 046401-1 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and first-principles calculation were used to study the heredity characteristics, evolution trend and structural stability of basic clusters during the rapid solidification of Pd82Si18 alloy. The local atomic structures were characterized by the pair distribution function g(r) and the extended cluster-type index method (CTIM). The MD simulations reveal that the number of bi-cap Archimedes anti-prism (BSAP) clusters with CTIM index (10 2/1441 8/1551) is dominant in the amorphous solids rather than three-cap triangular prism(TTP) with CTIM index (9 3/1441 6/1551), which is identified be the most popular basic units in Pd82Si18 alloys analyzed by Voronoi index Relative to other basic clusters, the Si-centered BSAP possesses much larger fraction in the glassy state of Pd82Si18 alloys. Different from the findings in Cu-Zr alloys, the Si-centered BSAP instead of icosahedra has a larger hereditary fraction than any other Kasper clusters. During the solidification, it was found that most of the other Si-centered basic clusters are transferred into BSAP. Via the DFT calculations, it is observed that the Si-centered basic clusters with higher fraction of heredity and possesses lower binding energy. Among of them, BSAP always keeps lower binding energy than any other Si-centered Kasper clusters during the rapid solidification, resulting in its highest structural stability and the largest heredity fraction.
    Ming Gao, Yong-He Deng, Da-Dong Wen, Ze-An Tian, He-Ping Zhao, Ping Peng. Evolution characteristics and hereditary mechanisms of clusters in rapidly solidified Pd82Si18 alloy [J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(4): 046401-1
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