[HTML][HTML] A coherent set of model equations for various surface and interface energies in systems with liquid and solid metals and alloys

G Kaptay - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper first a generally valid model is derived from the two fundamental equations of
Gibbs for temperature and composition dependences of all types of interfacial energies. This …

Precise solid-phase synthesis of CoFe@FeOx nanoparticles for efficient polysulfide regulation in lithium/sodium-sulfur batteries

Y Chen, Y Yao, W Zhao, L Wang, H Li, J Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Complex metal nanoparticles distributed uniformly on supports demonstrate distinctive
physicochemical properties and thus attract a wide attention for applications. The commonly …

[HTML][HTML] Computational simulation of grain boundary segregation of solute atoms in nanocrystalline metals

L Zhang, Z Zhang, X Zhang, X Huang - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The remarkably high strength of nanocrystalline metals is of great interest to researchers
and seems to open up many interesting design applications. However, a particularly vexing …

Grain boundary properties of elemental metals

H Zheng, XG Li, R Tran, C Chen, M Horton, D Winston… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The structure and energy of grain boundaries (GBs) are essential for predicting the
properties of polycrystalline materials. In this work, we use high-throughput density …

[HTML][HTML] Grain boundary segregation in Ni-base alloys: A combined atom probe tomography and first principles study

AS Ebner, S Jakob, H Clemens, R Pippan… - Acta materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Grain boundary engineering (GBE) plays an important role in the design of new
polycrystalline materials with enhanced mechanical properties. This approach has been …

Grain boundary energy effect on grain boundary segregation in an equiatomic high-entropy alloy

L Li, RD Kamachali, Z Li, Z Zhang - Physical Review Materials, 2020 - APS
Grain boundary (GB) segregation has a substantial effect on the microstructure evolution
and properties of polycrystalline alloys. The mechanism of nanoscale segregation at the …

First-principles determination of grain boundary strengthening in tungsten: dependence on grain boundary structure and metallic radius of solute

X Wu, YW You, XS Kong, JL Chen, GN Luo, GH Lu… - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
The control of segregation-induced grain boundary (GB) strengthening is a strategy for
improving the ductility and intergranular fracture of metals. In this work, by first-principles …

Ab initio calculations of grain boundaries in bcc metals

D Scheiber, R Pippan, P Puschnig… - … and Simulation in …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
In this study, we compute grain boundary (GB) properties for a large set of GBs in bcc
transition metals with a special focus on W, Mo and Fe using ab initio density functional …

A machine learning approach to model solute grain boundary segregation

L Huber, R Hadian, B Grabowski… - npj Computational …, 2018 - nature.com
Even minute amounts of one solute atom per one million bulk atoms may give rise to
qualitative changes in the mechanical response and fracture resistance of modern structural …

Impact of the segregation energy spectrum on the enthalpy and entropy of segregation

D Scheiber, L Romaner - Acta materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Substantial disagreement exists for segregation energies between experimentally measured
and first principles calculated values. To resolve this standing issue, we computed …