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A study of the phase transformation process of a Fe-Ni-B-Si-P-Nb metallic glass using a suite of advanced characterization tools is reported. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and small angle neutron scattering (SANS) experiments show that the as-spun metallic glass ribbon has a dual-phase structure with bcc nanoclusters of a size of 2–3 nm. In situ high-energy X-ray diffraction (XRD) reveals a three-stage crystallization process when heating the metallic glass into supercooled liquid states. The isothermal annealing experiment shows the nanoclusters grow instantly without incubation. The easy formation and phase stability of the nanoclusters are due to the low interfacial energy between the amorphous matrix and clusters, as real space analysis shows that the nanoclusters and the amorphous matrix share similar short-to-medium-range orders. We further find that the dual-phase structure reduces local magneto-anisotropy and enhances effective magnetic permeability, resulting in an excellent stress-impedance effect without sacrificing coercivity. Our work sheds light on the structure-property engineering of soft magnetic metallic glasses and provides a foundation for developing novel magnetic functional materials with nanostructured dual-phases.
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通过一系列先进的表征手段对 Fe-Ni-B-Si-P-Nb金属玻璃的相变行为进行了研究。透射电子显微镜(TEM)和小角中子散射实验表明, 该铸态金属玻璃带材具有双相结构, 其中包含尺寸为2–3nm的体心立方结构纳米团簇。原位高能X射线衍射(XRD)实验揭示了在加热至过冷液相区时该体系的结晶过程分为三个阶段。等温退火实验表明, 纳米团簇的形核长大不具备孵化期。实空间分析表明, 纳米团簇和非晶态基体具有相似的短程序和中程序结构, 预示着纳米团簇的易于形成和相对稳定性可能归因于非晶态基体和团簇之间较低的界面能。我们进一步发现, 双相结构降低了局部磁各向异性并提高了有效磁导率, 从而实现大幅提高应力阻抗效应而不牺牲矫顽力。本研究推动了软磁金属玻璃的结构-性能调控工程的发展, 并为开发具有双相纳米结构的新型磁性功能材料提供了参考。
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This study was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2021YFB3802800), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 52222104, 12261160364, 51871120, 52201190 and 51520105001) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20200019). S. Lan acknowledges the support by Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission (No. JCYJ202000109105618137). Z.-D. Wu and S. Lan acknowledge the support by Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Neutron Scattering Science and Technology. X.-L. Wang acknowledges the support of Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee (No. JCYJ20170413140446951) and partial support by the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (No. CityU173/22). Y.B. Ke acknowledges the support of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS (No. 2020010). This research used the resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory (No. DE-AC02-06CH11357).
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Ge, JC., Liu, AH., Wu, ZD. et al. Phase transformation behavior of a dual-phase nanostructured Fe-Ni-B-Si-P-Nb metallic glass and its correlation with stress-impedance properties. Rare Met. 42, 2757–2766 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-023-02345-6
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