Morphological Instability of Grain Boundaries in Two-Phase Coherent Solids

Geslin, Pierre-Antoine; Xu, Yechuan; Karma, Alain

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.114.105501

Morphological Instability of Grain Boundaries in Two-Phase Coherent Solids

Journal Article · Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.114.105501· OSTI ID:1906116

Geslin, Pierre-Antoine ^[1]; Xu, Yechuan ^[2]; Karma, Alain ^[2]

Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States); Northeastern University
Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States)

We show both computationally and analytically that grain boundaries that exhibit shear-coupled motion become morphologically unstable in solid alloys that phase separate into coherent domains of distinct chemical compositions. Here, we carry out simulations of continuum models demonstrating that this instability is mediated by long-range elastic interaction between compositional domains and grain boundaries. In addition, we perform a linear stability analysis that predicts the range of unstable wavelengths in good quantitative agreement with simulations. In nonlinear stages, this pattern-forming instability leads to the breakup of low-angle grain boundaries, thereby strongly impacting microstructural evolution in a wide range of phase-separating materials.

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Research Organization:: Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46400

OSTI ID:: 1906116

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1181186

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 114; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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