title: Metallic glass nanowire.
abstract: Metallic glass nanowires were spontaneously created on the fracture surfaces that were produced by a conventional mechanical test. The presence of the nanowires is directly related to the one-dimensional meniscus configuration with a small viscosity at high temperatures and to the wide supercooled liquid region of the metallic glass. The electron microscopic observations demonstrate the diameters, the lengths, and the amorphous structural states, and the energy dispersive X-ray reveals the chemical components. In addition, we found that round ridges are constructed from nanotubes. The finding of amorphous nanostructures not only provides a fundamental understanding of fracture processes but also gives a new insight into nanoengineering constructions.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan. kojisn@imr.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Koji S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Q S
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D004559:Electric Wiring; D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008670:Metals