We compare two quantities to describe a microstructure: the length fraction of normalΣ3/normalΣ9‐grain boundaries and the number fraction of normalΣ3‐x‐x/normalΣ3‐normalΣ3‐normalΣ9‐triple junctions using Cu, Ni and four of their alloys in several microstructural states. The fractions of normalΣ3‐grain boundaries show similar tendencies as the respective fractions of normalΣ3‐x‐x‐triple junctions in relation to the grain size upon deformation and annealing. However, the fraction of normalΣ9‐grain boundaries stagnates at certain grain sizes, while there is still a considerable change of normalΣ3‐normalΣ3‐normalΣ9‐triple junctions during grain growth, meaning that the normalΣ3‐normalΣ3‐normalΣ9‐triple junction microstructure is still evolving. To analyze the evolution of the triple junction microstructure, a program, such as pythorient, is necessary.

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Amorphous solids are potential candidates for room temperature applications, such as structural materials, due to their outstanding mechanical properties. For the first time, the local atomic dynamics of amorphous metallic nanorods are spatially resolved at room temperature using electron microscopy. Methodologically, quasi-equilibrium conditions are verified by two-time correlation functions. FeNiP is chosen as a suitable model system since a bamboo structure forms upon electrodeposition into nanotubular confinement, consisting of thin Fe-rich and Ni-rich amorphous layers. Therefore, the present nano-glassy structure allows studying the glass dynamics of two glassy phases at once, at the same time avoiding any preparation-related structural artifacts of the intrinsically electron-transparent samples. By comparing the local atomic mobility with the local composition and the local structural information of the glassy phases, correlations between medium-range order and time scales of heterogeneous glassy dynamics are consistently obtained.

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