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ArticleNature communications2025

Secondary grain boundary dislocations alter segregation energy spectra.

Xinren Chen, William Gonçalves, Yi Hu, Yipeng Gao, Patrick Harrison, Gerhard Dehm, Baptiste Gault, Wolfgang Ludwig, Edgar Rauch, Xuyang Zhou and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Xinren ChenMax-Planck-Institut for Sustainable Materials, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6528-8023
William GonçalvesUniversité Lyon I, MATEIS, INSA Lyon, CNRS UMR 5510, Villeurbanne, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4108-0302
Yi HuMax-Planck-Institut for Sustainable Materials, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2775-6169
Yipeng GaoMax-Planck-Institut for Sustainable Materials, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Patrick HarrisonUniversité Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
Gerhard DehmMax-Planck-Institut for Sustainable Materials, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1601-8267
Baptiste GaultMax-Planck-Institut for Sustainable Materials, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4934-0458
Wolfgang LudwigUniversité Lyon I, MATEIS, INSA Lyon, CNRS UMR 5510, Villeurbanne, France.
Edgar RauchUniversité Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
Xuyang ZhouMax-Planck-Institut for Sustainable Materials, Düsseldorf, Germany. x.zhou@mpi-susmat.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3789-4103
Dierk RaabeMax-Planck-Institut for Sustainable Materials, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0194-6124

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) (CRC/TRR) 270 HoMMage-Z01Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) HE 7225/11-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Grain boundaries (GBs) trigger structure-specific chemical segregation of solute atoms. According to the three-dimensional (3D) topology of grains, GBs - although defined as two-dimensional defects - cannot practically be free of curvature. This leads to discrete variations in the GB plane orientations. Topologically required arrays of secondary GB dislocations accommodate these variations as well as deviations from ideal coincidence site lattice GBs. We report here that these pattern-forming secondary GB dislocations can have an additional and, in some cases, even a much stronger effect on GB segregation than defect-free GBs. Using nanoscale correlative tomography combining crystallography and chemical analysis, we quantified the relationship between secondary GB dislocations and their segregation energy spectra for a model Fe-W alloy. This discovery unlocks design opportunities for advanced materials, leveraging the additional degrees of freedom provided by topologically-necessary secondary GB dislocations to modulate segregation.

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