Stability and Mobility of Disconnections in Solute Atmospheres: Insights from Interfacial Defect Diagrams
Chongze Hu, Douglas L. Medlin, Rémi Dingreville
Abstract
This Letter explores the stability of disconnections (step-dislocation defects) at grain boundaries in binary alloys. We introduce interfacial defect diagrams, derived from atomistic simulations and segregation theory, to predict the stability of disconnections in the temperature-solute concentration phase space and relate it to governing segregation mechanisms. These diagrams reveal multiple stability regimes influenced by solute-induced clustering and pinning effects impacting the thermal migration of disconnections and offering insights into their thermodynamics and kinetic properties.
Topics & Concepts
Phase diagramMaterials scienceStability (learning theory)Grain boundaryThermodynamicsDislocationStatistical physicsKinetic energyPhase (matter)Chemical physicsPhysicsComputer scienceClassical mechanicsMicrostructureMetallurgyComposite materialQuantum mechanicsMachine learningMicrostructure and mechanical propertiesHigh Temperature Alloys and Creepnanoparticles nucleation surface interactions