Fig.1 Schematic of aging/relaxation and rejuvenation process in metallic glasses (MGs) drawn according to Ref.[12] (MGs with various glassy states, such as states A, B, C, …, G, could be obtained through different cooling rates. Rejuvenation is the transition process of MGs from lower to higher energy states (from II to I, as indicated by red arrow), while aging/structure relaxation is the transition process from higher to lower energy states (from I to II, as indicated by blue arrow). Tk stands for the finite temperature at which the deepest basins of the landscape are explored. Insets a and b show the typical atomic structures of MGs with high energy and low energy states, respectively)
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