The National Science Foundation awarded a $454,379 project grant to Yale University from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for work correlating atomic structure with metallic glass forming ability. Over a three year period from September 2021 through August 2024, Yale researchers will use the funding to advance understanding of major problems in materials science by investigating relationships between an alloy's atomic configuration and its propensity to form a metallic glass. Specifically, the grant supports efforts to increase scientific knowledge of how atomic-level characteristics influence an alloy's glass forming ability, a property important for developing new amorphous materials with desirable mechanical and chemical properties.
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