Front Cover; Amorphous Metals and Semiconductors; Copyright page; FOREWORD; DEDICATED; Table of Contents; PART 1: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; CHAPTER 1. POL DUWEZ- AN APPRECIATION OF HIS WORK; INTRODUCTION; LIQUID QUENCHING TECHNIQUES; RAPIDLY QUENCHED CRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. A COMMENTARY ON THE RECOGNITION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE METALLIC GLASS STATE; Abstract; Early Views of the Glass State; Experience on the Undercooling of Metal Melts and its Import; The Discovery of Metallic Glasses; Nature of the Metallic Glass State.

Impurity Effects on the Formation and Stabilization of Metallic GlassesAcknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 3. REMARKS ON THE HISTORY OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTORS; Introduction; Early Developments; Comments and Reflections; Acknowledgements; References; STRUCTURE; CHAPTER 4. ICOSAHEDRAL ORDER IN UNDERCOOLED LIQUIDS AND METALLIC GLASSES; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SHORT RANGE ICOSAHEDRAL ORDER; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. CHEMICAL ORDERING IN METALLIC GLASSES; 1. Introduction; 2. Atom probe FIM of metallic glasses; 3. Results of AB-FIM for various glasses.

4. Measurement of the chemical potential of a metallic glass relative to one of its crystalline componentsAcknowledgement; References; DISCUSSION; CHAPTER 6. DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF CHEMICAL ORDER IN METALLIC GLASSES; Introduction; Diffraction of Neutrons and X-Rays by Non-Crystalline Alloys; Evaluation of the Partial Structure Factors; Experimental Results; Discussion; Acknowledgements; References; DISCUSSION; CHAPTER 7. QUASICRYSTALS; INTRODUCTION; BASIC CONCEPTS; AMAJOR EXAMPLE-PENROSE TILINGS; QUASICRYSTALLOGRAPHY IN 2D AND 3D; ICOSAHEDRAL QUASICRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; Bibliography.

DISCUSSIONCHAPTER 8. AGENDA DISCUSSION ON STRUCTURE; PART 2: GLASS FORMATION; CHAPTER 9. CRYSTAL NUCLEATION AND GROWTH IN METALLIC LIQUIDS AND GLASSES; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THEORY; 3. ANALYSIS OF CRYSTALLISATION KINETICS; 4. QUANTITATIVE PREDICTIONS OF GLASS FORMABILITY; 5. OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; CHAPTER 9. ATOMIC MIGRATION IN METALLIC GLASSES; Abstract; Introduction; Structural Relaxation; Scaling to the Glass Transition Temperature; Diffusion Barrier Layers; Crystallisation; Random Walks; Interstitial Diffusion and Hydrogen in Metallic Glasses.

Defects in Metallic GlassesAcknowledgements; References; DISCUSSION; CHAPTER 10. GLASS TRANSITION AND SECONDARY RELAXATION IN METAL GLASSES; INTRODUCTION; INTERNAL FRICTION MEASUREMENTS; ENTHALPY RELAXATION; A PHENOMELOGICAL MODEL; ENTHALPY RELAXATION SPECTRUM; IMPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; CHAPTER 11. ELECTRONIC ASPECTS OF THE STRUCTURE AND OF THE GLASS-FORMING ABILITY OF METALLIC ALLOYS; Introduction; 2. Interatomic Forces in Metals and Alloys; 3. From the interatomic force law to the atomic structure; 4. Interatomic forces and ordering; 5. Phase diagram and glass transition.