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Correlations Between Grain Boundary Structure and Energy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
Abstract
High-resolution electron-microscopy (HREM) and computer simulations of <110> tilt grain boundaries (GBs) in Au are used to investigate correlations between atomic-scale GB structure and energy. The energies calculated for a variety of symmetric and asymmetric GBs suggest that asymmetric GB-plane orientations are often preferred over symmetric ones. The experimentally observed faceting behavior agrees with the computed energies. Computer simulations indicate general interrelations between GB energy and (i) volume expansion and (ii) the number of broken bonds per unit area of GB. These atomic-scale microstructural GB parameters, as evaluated from HREM observations, are compared to simulation results.
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