Metallic Glass Formation by Ion Mixing and Calculation of Glass-Forming-Ability from Inter-Atomic Potential in the Binary Metal Systems

In this article, a brief summary of the up-to-date progress of metallic glass formation by ion mixing of metallic multilayers in the binary metal systems is first presented. Secondly, thermodynamic modeling of metallic glass formation is developed with special consideration of the interfacial free energy of the multilayers. Thirdly, results of molecular dynamics simulations for some representative systems are presented to show the calculation of the glass-forming ability directly from the inter-atomic potential of the binary metal systems.