Fig. 10
From: Nanometer-scale gradient atomic packing structure surrounding soft spots in metallic glasses
Distribution of the liquid-like atoms in simulated MGs. Fluctuation of the inhomogeneity parameter h for the liquid-like atoms in the as-quenched Cu50Zr50 and Cu47.5Zr47.5Al5 samples with 10,000 atoms calculated as a function of the cooling rate. Error bars are standard error of the mean for the value of h. The liquid-like atoms within a thin slab, having a thickness roughly equivalent to the average atomic spacing, were captured from the middle of the boxes alone the x-axis (orientated perpendicular to the sections shown), as shown in the insets
