J. Antonowicz

Pressure-induced s,p-d electron redistribution accompanies structural transformation in amorphous Zr-Cu alloy under compression

Extreme compression can reorganize atomic valence states, in some regimes driving charge from spatially extended orbitals into more compact ones. We investigate this effect in amorphous Zr67Cu33 metallic glass by combining high-pressure X-ray absorption fine structure measurements up to 69 GPa with molecular dynamics s...