Flexible and stretchable metallic glass micro- and nano-structures of tunable properties

Flexible and stretchable nanostructures have broad technological applications. Although nanostructures synthesized with metallic glasses, the alloys being of amorphous atomic structure, exhibit superior properties, they are typically too rigid to be used as flexible materials with existing synthesis techniques. In this study we report periodic and crumpled metallic glass nanostructures that can accommodate a large amount of stretching. We...