Fig. 3: Atomic structures and local shear of Zr50Cu50 BMG, with different density reduction regions.
From: Computational study of density fluctuation-facilitated shear band formation in bulk metallic glasses
a 3% of atoms homogeneously removed through the entire sample, ϵx = 5%; (b) 3% of atoms homogeneously removed through the entire sample, ϵx = 10%; (c) 3% of atoms removed within 5 Å of the \((\overline{1}02)\) plane, ϵx = 5%; (d) 3% of atoms removed within 5 Å of the \((\overline{1}02)\) plane, ϵx = 10%; (e) 3% of atoms removed within 5 Å of the \((001)\) plane, ϵx = 5%; (f) 3% of atoms removed within 5 Å of the \((001)\) plane, ϵx = 10%; (g) 3% of atoms removed within 5 Å of two parallel \((\overline{1}01)\) planes, ϵx = 5%; (h) 3% of atoms removed within 5 Å of two parallel \((\overline{1}01)\) planes, ϵx = 10%. Red dashed lines indicate the region where a fraction of atoms is removed.
