journal article·2026-03

Revealing crystal nucleation behaviors in metallic glass-forming liquids via parallel forward flux sampling with multi-type bond-orientational order parameter

Qing-an Li, Yuxuan Chen, Bin Xu, Shiwu Gao, Pengfei Guan

Acta Materialia· Volume 306
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