TY - JOUR A1 - Mechler, S. A1 - Schumacher, G. A1 - Koteski, V. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Schäfers, F. A1 - Mahnke, H.-E. T1 - Local structure and site substitution in amorphous and quasicrystalline Zr-Ti-Ni-(Cu) alloys JF - Applied physics letters N2 - Local structures of amorphous and quasicrystalline phases in Zr–Ti–Ni and Zr–Ti–Ni–Cu alloys have been studied by means of x-ray absorption spectroscopy. The amorphous phases show a high degree of icosahedral short-range order. In all investigated systems local order around Cu and Ni atoms was found to be nearly identical pointing to site substitution of Ni by Cu as the reason for an improved glass forming ability when Ni is partly substituted by Cu. The results strengthen an icosahedral cluster based approach for the structure of metallic glasses and indicate the importance of the medium-range order on glass formation. KW - Copper alloys KW - Frustration KW - Glass structure KW - Metallic glasses KW - X-ray absorption spectra PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3467265 SN - 0003-6951 SN - 1077-3118 VL - 97 IS - 4 SP - 041914-1 - 041914-3 PB - American Institute of Physics CY - Melville, NY AN - OPUS4-22122 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -