Exploring grain boundary energy landscapes with the activation-relaxation technique

To develop a structure–kinetic property mapping for grain boundaries requires an understanding of their energy landscapes, i.e. the energy basins and nearby saddle points separating adjacent structures. We implement the activation-relaxation technique to obtain a first view of grain boundary energy...

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Main Authors: Alexander, Kathleen C., Schuh, Christopher A.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102376
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description To develop a structure–kinetic property mapping for grain boundaries requires an understanding of their energy landscapes, i.e. the energy basins and nearby saddle points separating adjacent structures. We implement the activation-relaxation technique to obtain a first view of grain boundary energy landscapes for the Σ5 (1 3 0), Σ5 (2 1 0) and Σ3 (1 1 1) grain boundaries in copper. The energy landscapes of these boundaries are very different, which supports a focus on energy landscapes, rather than absolute boundary energy, to understand boundary properties.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1023762022-09-26T17:17:47Z Exploring grain boundary energy landscapes with the activation-relaxation technique Alexander, Kathleen C. Schuh, Christopher A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering Schuh, Christopher A. Alexander, Kathleen C. Schuh, Christopher A. To develop a structure–kinetic property mapping for grain boundaries requires an understanding of their energy landscapes, i.e. the energy basins and nearby saddle points separating adjacent structures. We implement the activation-relaxation technique to obtain a first view of grain boundary energy landscapes for the Σ5 (1 3 0), Σ5 (2 1 0) and Σ3 (1 1 1) grain boundaries in copper. The energy landscapes of these boundaries are very different, which supports a focus on energy landscapes, rather than absolute boundary energy, to understand boundary properties. United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Basic Energy Sciences (Award DE-SC0008926) United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science (Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center DE-SC0001299) 2016-05-03T13:36:36Z 2016-05-03T13:36:36Z 2013-02 2013-02 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 13596462 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102376 Alexander, Kathleen C., and Christopher A. Schuh. “Exploring Grain Boundary Energy Landscapes with the Activation-Relaxation Technique.” Scripta Materialia 68, no. 12 (June 2013): 937–940. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9856-2682 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1133-8467 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.02.038 Scripta Materialia Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf Elsevier Prof. Schuh via Angie Locknar
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