Atom probe tomography

B Gault, A Chiaramonti, O Cojocaru-Mirédin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Atom probe tomography (APT) provides three-dimensional compositional mapping with sub-
nanometre resolution. The sensitivity of APT is in the range of parts per million for all …

Grain boundary complexion transitions

PR Cantwell, T Frolov, TJ Rupert… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Grain boundaries can undergo phase-like transitions, called complexion transitions, in
which their structure, composition, and properties change discontinuously as temperature …

Observations of grain-boundary phase transformations in an elemental metal

T Meiners, T Frolov, RE Rudd, G Dehm, CH Liebscher - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The theory of grain boundary (the interface between crystallites, GB) structure has a long
history and the concept of GBs undergoing phase transformations was proposed 50 years …

Understanding grain boundary electrical resistivity in Cu: the effect of boundary structure

H Bishara, S Lee, T Brink, M Ghidelli, G Dehm - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Grain boundaries (GBs) in metals usually increase electrical resistivity due to their distinct
atomic arrangement compared to the grain interior. While the GB structure has a crucial …

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 …

Unveiling of interstice-occupying dopant segregation at grain boundaries in perovskite oxide dielectrics for a new class of ceramic capacitors

JS An, HS Lee, P Byeon, D Kim, HB Bae… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
When aliovalent foreign cations are doped into ABO3-type perovskite oxides, they are
usually substituted for either dodecahedral A or octahedral B sites, depending on their …

The role of grain boundary character in solute segregation and thermal stability of nanocrystalline Pt–Au

CM Barr, SM Foiles, M Alkayyali, Y Mahmood, PM Price… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanocrystalline (NC) metals suffer from an intrinsic thermal instability; their crystalline grains
undergo rapid coarsening during processing treatments or under service conditions. Grain …

Automated crystal orientation mapping in py4DSTEM using sparse correlation matching

C Ophus, SE Zeltmann, A Bruefach… - Microscopy and …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Crystalline materials used in technological applications are often complex assemblies
composed of multiple phases and differently oriented grains. Robust identification of the …

Twin boundary superstructures assembled by periodic segregation of solute atoms

H Xie, H Pan, J Bai, D Xie, P Yang, S Li, J Jin… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Twinning is a common deformation mechanism in metals, and twin boundary (TB)
segregation of impurities/solutes plays an important role in the performances of alloys such …

Atomic motifs govern the decoration of grain boundaries by interstitial solutes

X Zhou, A Ahmadian, B Gault, C Ophus… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Grain boundaries, the two-dimensional defects between differently oriented crystals, tend to
preferentially attract solutes for segregation. Solute segregation has a significant effect on …