Research
Microstructural kinetics and the glassy state. Current research projects and interests include: metallic glasses (principally their wide range of structure and their mechanical properties), nucleation in condensed systems, chalcogenide phase-change materials for computer memory, grain refinement (experimental studies and modelling) in solidification of alloys. A recent highlight is the discovery of hard-magnetic tetrataenite (rare-earth-free) in bulk as-cast Fe-Ni based samples.
Publications
Two books (each with one co-author), 13 edited proceedings, 14 book chapters, over 470 papers in print. H-index = 73.
Direct formation of hard-magnetic tetrataenite in bulk alloy castings,
YuP Ivanov, B Sarac, SV Ketov, J Eckert, AL Greer, Advanced Science 2022, 2204315. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202204315
Machine learning to improve understanding of glass formation in metallic systems, RM Forrest, AL Greer, RSC Digital Discovery on-line 14 June 2022. DOI: 10.1039/d2dd00026a
A conflict of fineness and stability: Platinum- and palladium-based bulk metallic glasses for jewellery: Part I. Introduction and properties of platinum- and palladium-based bulk metallic glasses, OS Houghton, AL Greer, Johnson Matthey Technology Review 65 (2021) 506-518.
In-situ TEM study of the crystallization sequence in a gold-based metallic glass, YuP Ivanov, CM Meylan, NT Panagiotopoulos, K Georgarakis, AL Greer, Acta Materialia 196 (2020) 52-60.
Strain-hardening and suppression of shear-banding in rejuvenated metallic glass, J Pan, YuP Ivanov, WH Zhou, Y Li, AL Greer, Nature 578 (2020) 559-562.
Extreme rejuvenation and softening in a bulk metallic glass, J Pan, YX Wang, Q Guo, D Zhang, AL Greer, Y Li, Nature Communications 9 (2018) 560.
Overview: Application of heterogeneous nucleation in grain-refining of metals, AL Greer,
Journal of Chemical Physics 145 (2016) 211704.
Thermomechanical processing of metallic glasses: extending the range of the glassy state, YH Sun, A Concustell, AL Greer, Nature Reviews Materials 1 (2016) 16039.
Rejuvenation of metallic glasses by non-affine thermal strain, SV Ketov, YH Sun, S Nachum, Z Lu, A Checchi, AR Beraldin, HY Bai, WH Wang, DV Louzguine-Luzgin, MA Carpenter, AL Greer,
Nature 524 (2015) 200-203.
KF Kelton & AL Greer: Nucleation in Condensed Matter: Applications in Materials and Biology,. Elsevier (Pergamon Materials Series), Amsterdam (2010) ISBN: 978-0-08-042147-6. (726 pp)
