[HTML][HTML] A review of grain boundary and heterointerface characterization in polycrystalline oxides by (scanning) transmission electron microscopy

H Vahidi, K Syed, H Guo, X Wang, JL Wardini… - Crystals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Interfaces such as grain boundaries (GBs) and heterointerfaces (HIs) are known to play a
crucial role in structure-property relationships of polycrystalline materials. While several …

Kinetic equations and level-set approach for simulating solid-state microstructure evolutions at the mesoscopic scale: State of the art, limitations, and prospects

M Bernacki - Progress in Materials Science, 2024 - Elsevier
For over three decades, the front-capturing level-set method has demonstrated its prowess
for the simulation, at the mesoscopic scale, of numerous mechanisms in the context of …

Grain boundary energies in body-centered cubic metals

S Ratanaphan, DL Olmsted, VV Bulatov, EA Holm… - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Atomistic simulations using the embedded atom method were employed to compute the
energies of 408 distinct grain boundaries in bcc Fe and Mo. This set includes grain …

Mechanisms for suppressing discontinuous precipitation and improving mechanical properties of NiAl-strengthened steels through nanoscale Cu partitioning

BC Zhou, T Yang, G Zhou, H Wang, JH Luan, ZB Jiao - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Control of discontinuous and continuous precipitation is crucial for tailoring the
microstructure and mechanical properties of NiAl-strengthened steels. Through a …

Can symmetric tilt grain boundaries represent polycrystals?

M Wagih, CA Schuh - Scripta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Grain boundaries control a wide variety of bulk properties in polycrystalline materials, so
simulation methods like density functional theory are routinely used to study their structure …

First-principles determination of grain boundary strengthening in tungsten: dependence on grain boundary structure and metallic radius of solute

X Wu, YW You, XS Kong, JL Chen, GN Luo, GH Lu… - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
The control of segregation-induced grain boundary (GB) strengthening is a strategy for
improving the ductility and intergranular fracture of metals. In this work, by first-principles …

Ab initio calculations of grain boundaries in bcc metals

D Scheiber, R Pippan, P Puschnig… - … and Simulation in …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
In this study, we compute grain boundary (GB) properties for a large set of GBs in bcc
transition metals with a special focus on W, Mo and Fe using ab initio density functional …

Phase-field model with finite interface dissipation

I Steinbach, L Zhang, M Plapp - Acta Materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
In rapid phase transformations, interfaces are often driven far from equilibrium, and the
chemical potential may exhibit a jump across the interface. We develop a model for the …

Examination of computed aluminum grain boundary structures and energies that span the 5D space of crystallographic character

ER Homer, GLW Hart, CB Owens, DM Hensley… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The space of possible grain boundary structures is vast, with 5 macroscopic, crystallographic
degrees of freedom that define the character of a grain boundary. While numerous datasets …

Influence of grain boundary energy anisotropy on the evolution of grain boundary network structure during 3D anisotropic grain growth

JD Niño, OK Johnson - Computational Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present the results of grain growth simulations in three-dimensions using
an existing level set method. Most of the previous grain growth studies have been either …