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arXiv 2009.05347cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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锆晶界的第一性原理研究

A First Principles Study of Zirconium Grain Boundaries

Adam J Plowman, Christopher P Race

摘要:

我们提出的结果第一性原理计算选定的结构和热力学性质的一组晶界(GB)在锆,跨越一系列的取向差角和边界平面。我们进行了平面波密度泛函理论计算的低西格玛晶界-五个对称倾斜的GB(STGB)和三个扭曲的GB;所有的取向差轴约[0001]和优化的微观配置-以深入了解相关的原子结构。从研究界面能量,我们发现,更高的GB过剩体积往往与更高的GB能量。此外,我们研究了如何在GB的晶面间距,每个原子的体积,和当地的原子协调偏离大量的等效量。我们还根据每个原子的体积阈值定义了晶界宽度,使我们能够通过它们的相对厚度对GB进行排名。我们发现扭曲GBs表现出类似的能量和结构特性,而STGBs表现出更多的变化。我们的全面分析表明,GB空间的所有五个维度在确定诸如理想分离的工作和原子因GB的存在而受到扰动的长度尺度等属性方面是至关重要的。因此,我们的结果可以用于进一步的调查,我们已经发布了我们的数据到一个公共存储库(Zenodo)。这些数据包括优化的和初始的结构,除了计算的界面能量和结构特性。

英文摘要:

We present the results of first-principles calculations of selected structural and thermodynamic properties of a set of grain boundaries (GBs) in zirconium, spanning a range of misorientation angles and boundary planes. We performed plane-wave density functional theory calculations on low-sigma grain boundaries - five symmetric tilt GBs (STGBs) and three twist GBs; all with misorientation axes about [0001] and in optimised microscopic configurations - to gain insight into the associated atomistic structures. From studying the interface energetics, we found that higher GB excess volumes tended to be associated with higher GB energies. Furthermore, we examined how the interplanar spacing, volume per atom, and local atomic coordination at the GB deviated from equivalent quantities in bulk. We also defined a grain boundary width according to a threshold value of volume per atom, allowing us to rank the GBs by their relative thickness. We found the twist GBs to exhibit similar energetic and structural properties, whereas the STGBs demonstrated more variation. Our comprehensive analysis demonstrates how all five dimensions of GB space are crucial in determining properties such as the work of ideal separation and the length scale over which atoms are perturbed by the presence of the GB. So that our results can be useful for further investigations, we have published our data to a public repository (Zenodo). This data includes the optimised and initial structures, in addition to the computed interface energetics and structural properties.

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