Indentation properties of Cu-Zr-Al metallic-glass thin films at elevated temperatures via molecular dynamics simulation

(CuZr)95Al5 (atomic percent) metallic glass film shows no formation of aluminum (yellow color) clusters at 300 K after MD equilibration. However, at temperature 1000 K, aluminum clusters are formed with the NPT ensemble under ambient pressure. The formation of the clusters is due to the presence of a local energy minimum.