Enhanced diffusion in thin-film Cu-Zr nanoglasses
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Tracer measurements with both radioactive, 55Fe, as well as natural, mainly 56Fe, isotopes are used to investigate Fe diffusion in a Cu-Zr nanoglass in comparison to their diffusion rates in a homogeneous amorphous counterpart. The columnar-structured nanoglass and the homogeneous amorphous films are synthesised using radio-frequency magnetron sputtering. Ion beam sputtering (with the 55Fe radioisotope) and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (with natural Fe) are used for the diffusion experiments. Remarkably, faster Fe diffusion is observed in the columnar nanoglasses, supporting the concept of glass–glass interfaces. The relative diffusion enhancement is explained within the excess free volume concept that is supported by structural investigations using transmission electron microscopy. For the first time, the relaxation dynamics in a nanoglass as well as in a homogeneous thin-film glass of identical composition are evaluated via time-dependent diffusion measurements.
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