Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
We report the first direct observation of crystallization induced in theslipped planes of aluminum based amorphous alloys by bending the amorphousribbons. Nanometer-sized crystalline precipitates are found exclusivelywithin a thin layer (shear band) in the slipped planes extending across thedeformed amorphous alloy ribbons. It is also found that the nanocrystallinealuminum can be produced by ball-Milling. It is likely that local atomicrearrangements within the shear bands create the nanocrystals which appearafter plastic deformation.