A research group led by Assistant Professor Akihiko Hirata and Professor Mingwei Chen at WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University has directly observed local atomic order in a metallic glass. 

 The breakthrough was published online in Nature Materials on November 21, 2010.

More Information

[Contact]
Assistant Professor Akihiko Hirata
WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Address: 2-1-1 Katahira Aoba-ku Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan
TEL: +81- 22-217-5959, FAX: +81-22-217-5955
E-mail: hirata*wpi-aimr.tohoku.ac.jp (Replace * with @)

Professor Mingwei Chen
WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Address: 2-1-1 Katahira Aoba-ku Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan
TEL: +81-22-217-5992, FAX: +81-22-217-5955
E-mail: mwchen*wpi-aimr.tohoku.ac.jp (Replace * with @)