Stiehler, Martin E.Jolly, Mark R.Georgarakis, Konstantinos2019-02-062019-02-062018-12-12Stiehler ME, Jolly MR, Georgarakis K. On the impact of global interactions on the structure of metallic glasses. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 782, April 2019, pp. 496-5050925-8388https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.12.086https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13884The influence of global interactions between the static atomic structure and the valence electrons on structure formation in binary Al-(Ni,Cu,Zr), Zr-(Ni,Cu) and ternary Al-(Ni,Cu)-Zr metallic glasses is investigated over wide concentration ranges and discussed in terms of a Hume-Rothery-like theory by analysing and comparing data available in the literature. The results suggest that global interactions lead to an improvement of thermal stability and glass-forming ability. A complete understanding of structure formation in the considered alloys is assumed to be possible only by taking into account both local and global effects.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Aluminum alloysZirconium alloysMetallic glassesElectronic structureGlass-forming abilityHume-RotheryArticle22779865