We summarize recent advances in modeling of solidification microstructures using
computational methods that bridge atomistic to continuum scales. We first discuss progress …

We use the phase-field-crystal (PFC) method to investigate the equilibrium premelting and
nonequilibrium shearing behaviors of [001] symmetric tilt grain boundaries (GBs) at high …

The mechanical strength of a polycrystalline material can be drastically weakened by a
phenomenon known as grain boundary (GB) premelting that takes place, owing to the so …

We describe a molecular-dynamics framework for the direct calculation of the short-ranged
structural forces underlying grain-boundary premelting and grain coalescence in …

The present work aims to investigate the barrierless nucleation of a molten interface at solid-
solid phase boundary, significantly below melting temperature during solid-solid phase …

Many grain boundaries (GBs) in crystalline materials develop highly disordered, liquidlike
structures at high temperatures. In alloys, this premelting effect can be fueled by solute …

The solidification of polycrystalline materials can be modeled by orientation-field models,
which are formulated in terms of two continuous fields: a phase field that describes the …

We investigate the multiorder parameter phase field model of Steinbach and Pezzolla
[Physica D 134, 385 (1999) PDNPDT 0167-2789 10.1016/S0167-2789 (99) 00129-3] …

We predict the structural interaction of crystalline solid-melt interfaces using amplitude
equations which are derived from classical density functional theory or phase field crystal …

This paper studies how solute segregation and its relationship to grain boundary energy in
binary alloys are captured in the phase field crystal (PFC) formalism, a continuum method …