Fig. 5

Correlation between different regions and shear transformations. Contoured maps showing the spatial distribution of atoms within different regions in a slice of the as-quenched Cu₆₄Zr₃₆ (undeformed). The thin slab having a thickness of 2.5 Å was captured from the middle of the boxes alone z-axis (orientated perpendicular to the sections shown). The white spots superimposed in the maps denote the positions of atoms that have experienced distinct shear transformations under pure shear loading to a strain of a 2% and b 4% before global yielding. Each arrow mark one actual path for the propagation of shear transformations