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Stick-slip dynamics and recent insights into shear banding in metallic glasses

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Despite extensive research, the understanding of the fundamental processes governing yielding and plastic flow in metallic glasses remains poor. This is due to experimental difficulties in capturing plastic flow as a result of a strong localization in space and time by the formation of shear bands at low homologous temperatures. Unveiling the mechanism of shear banding is hence key to developing a deeper understanding of plastic deformation in metallic glasses. We will compile recent progress in studying the dynamics of shear-band propagation from serrated flow curves. We will also take a perspective gleaned from stick-slip theory and show how the insights gained can be deployed to explain fundamental questions concerning the origin, mechanism, and characteristics of flow localization in metallic glasses.

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Klaumünzer, D., Maaß, R. & Löffler, J.F. Stick-slip dynamics and recent insights into shear banding in metallic glasses. Journal of Materials Research 26, 1453–1463 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2011.178

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