Grand canonically optimized grain boundary phases in hexagonal close-packed titanium

E Chen, TW Heo, BC Wood, M Asta, T Frolov - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Grain boundaries (GBs) profoundly influence the properties and performance of materials,
emphasizing the importance of understanding the GB structure and phase behavior. As …

Modeling grain boundaries in polycrystalline halide perovskite solar cells

JS Park, A Walsh - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Solar cells are semiconductor devices that generate electricity through charge generation
upon illumination. For optimal device efficiency, the photogenerated carriers must reach the …

Density functional theory calculations of iron-vanadium carbide interfaces and the effect of hydrogen

SE Restrepo, D Di Stefano, M Mrovec… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
According to recent experimental research, vanadium-carbide precipitates can improve
hydrogen resistance and hardness in steels. In the present article, density functional theory …

Genetic algorithm assisted multiscale modeling of grain boundary segregation of Al in ZnO and its correlation with nominal dopant concentration

N Yadav, SC Parker, A Tewari - Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Grain boundary (GB) segregation of Al in ZnO plays an important role in lowering its thermal
conductivity for thermoelectric applications. However, the effect of Al concentration on the …

Investigating the microstructural effect on elastic and fracture behavior of polycrystals using a nonlocal lattice particle model

H Chen, Y Jiao, Y Liu - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2015 - Elsevier
A novel nonlocal lattice particle framework is proposed to investigate the microstructural
effects, such as the crystallographic orientation distribution and grain boundary properties …

Stabilization and self-passivation of symmetrical grain boundaries by mirror symmetry breaking

JS Park - Physical Review Materials, 2019 - APS
While computational methods for the study of point defects in materials have received
significant attention, methods for the investigation of grain boundaries require further …

Influence of grain boundaries on the distribution of components in binary alloys

PE L'vov, VV Svetukhin - Physics of the Solid State, 2017 - Springer
Based on the free-energy density functional method (the Cahn–Hilliard equation), a
phenomenological model that describes the influence of grain boundaries on the distribution …

Evolutionary Search and Theoretical Study of Silicene Grain Boundaries' Mechanical Properties

J Zhang, A Koneru… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Defects such as grain boundaries (GBs) are almost inevitable during the synthesis process
of 2D materials. To take advantage of the fascinating properties of 2D materials …

Atomistic design of nanocrystalline samples: A Bayesian approach

S Mondal, A Dutta - Materials Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Grain boundary energy influences multiple properties like grain-growth, complexion-
transition, intergranular corrosion, etc. In atomistic simulations, a straightforward method of …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary inverse design of defects at graphene 2D lateral interfaces

J Zhang, S Srinivasan… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Grain boundaries (GBs) in two-dimensional (2D) materials often have a profound impact on
various material properties from mechanical to optical to electronic, yet predicting all …