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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2011
The elastic constants of a Σ5 (100) twist grain boundary are calculated on a monolayer-by-monolayer basis, and the elastic behavior is shown to differ by up to an order of magnitude from bulk-like behavior. This unusual elastic behavior is found to be similar to that of uniaxiallystrained crystals, since the grain boundaries themselves are regions which are strained (expanded) in one direction.