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Low-angle grain boundaries (LAGBs) are often regarded as penetrable interfaces to dislocation motion, yet recent studies suggest they can also act as strong barriers. The origin of this duality remains debated, particularly regarding the…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-10-02 Shuai Zhang , Zhishun Chen , Zhuoming Xie , Jun Song , Huiqiu Deng , Wangyu Hu , Jie Hou

Dislocation interactions at the crack nucleation site were investigated in near-alpha titanium alloy Ti-6242Si subjected to low cycle fatigue. Cyclic plastic strain in the alloy resulted in dislocation pile-ups in the primary alpha grains,…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-06-19 Sudha Joseph , Trevor C Lindley , David Dye

In this paper we have investigated, through computer simulations, dislocation nucleation and dislocation dynamics in a heterostructure system with the lattice-mismatch interface, i.e. a system with internal strain. In particular, we have…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-04-20 Marco Patriarca , Antti Kuronen , Kimmo Kaski

Potassium intercalation in graphite is investigated by first-principles theory. The bonding in the potassium-graphite compound is reasonably well accounted for by traditional semilocal density functional theory (DFT) calculations. However,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Eleni Ziambaras , Jesper Kleis , Elsebeth Schroder , Per Hyldgaard

In this paper we discuss the effect of a non-constant dislocation drag coefficient on the very high strain rate regime within an analytic model describing mobile-immobile dislocation intersections applicable to polycrystals. Based on…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-03-08 Daniel N. Blaschke , Abigail Hunter , Dean L. Preston

This paper investigates an elastic dislocation problem within a bounded and multi-layered solid governed by the Lam\'e system. We address the simultaneous reconstruction of the faults, the jumps in displacement and traction fields across…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-28 Huaian Diao , Hongyu Liu , Qingle Meng

Magnetic and polar skyrmions exhibit topologically protected quasiparticle behavior, including emergent fields, deformation, and the formation of a densely packed skyrmion lattice, beyond conventional domain configurations described by…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-11-06 Kohta Kasai , Akihiro Uematsu , Tatsuki Kawakane , Yu Wang , Tao Xu , Chang Liu , Susumu Minami , Takahiro Shimada

Although continuum theory has been widely used to describe the long-range elastic behavior of dislocations, it is limited in its ability to describe mechanical behaviors that occur near dislocation cores. This limit of the continuum theory…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-10-28 Soon Kim , Keonwook Kang , Sung Youb Kim

We have investigated interlayer interactions in the bilayer PtTe$_{2}$ system, which influence the electronic energy bands near the Fermi levels. Our diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC) calculations for the high-symmetry bilayer stackings (AA, AB,…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-04-22 Jeonghwan Ahn , Seoung-Hun Kang , Mina Yoon , Jaron T. Krogel

Graphene exhibits promise as a plasmonic material with high mode confinement that could enable efficient hot carrier extraction. We investigate the lifetimes and mean free paths of energetic carriers in free-standing graphene, graphite and…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-12-28 Prineha Narang , Litao Zhao , Steven Claybrook , Ravishankar Sundararaman

Gravity is scale free. Thus gravity may form similar structures in self-gravitating systems on different scales. Indeed, observations of the interstellar medium, spiral disks and cosmic structures, reveal similar characteristics. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Daniel Huber , Daniel Pfenniger

We investigate the depinning transition occurring in dislocation assemblies. In particular, we consider the cases of regularly spaced pileups and low angle grain boundaries interacting with a disordered stress landscape provided by solute…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Paolo Moretti , M. -Carmen Miguel , Michael Zaiser , Stefano Zapperi

We provide a comprehensive theoretical framework to study how crystal dislocations influence the functional properties of materials, based on the idea of quantized dislocation, namely a "dislon". In contrast to previous work on dislons…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-03-14 Mingda Li , Yoichiro Tsurimaki , Qingping Meng , Nina Andrejevic , Yimei Zhu , Gerald D. Mahan , Gang Chen

Dislocation core chemistry in oxides critically influences mechanical behavior and functionality; yet the evolution of core chemistry during the dislocation motion in them has not been directly observed. Here, using SrTiO3 as a model…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-04 Min-Chul Kang , Chunxu Yan , Alexander Frisch , Xufei Fang , Liming Xiong , Lin Zhou

Dipolar dislocation loops, prevalent in fcc metals, are widely recognized as controlling many physical aspects of plastic deformation. We present results of 3D dislocation dynamics simulations that shed light on the mechanisms of their…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-01-02 Can Erel , Giacomo Po , Tamer Crosby , Nasr Ghoniem

We discuss the theoretical solution to the differential equations governing accelerating edge dislocations in anisotropic crystals. This is an important prerequisite to understanding high speed dislocation motion, including an open question…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-30 Daniel N. Blaschke , Khanh Dang , Saryu Fensin , Darby J. Luscher

The continuum theory of dislocations, as developed predominantly by Kr\"oner and Kosevich, views each dislocation as a source of incompatibility of strains. We show that this concept can be employed efficiently in the Landau free energy…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-07-19 R. Gröger , T. Lookman

The microstructural evolution at and near pre-existing grain boundaries (GBs) and dislocations in materials under high radiation doses is still poorly understood. In this work, we use the creation relaxation algorithm (CRA) developed for…

We use the phase field crystal model to study nucleation of edge dislocations in two dimensions under an applied stress field. A dislocation dipole nucleates under the applied stress, consistent with Burgers vector conservation. The phase…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-01-20 Vidar Skogvoll , Audun Skaugen , Luiza Angheluta , Jorge Viñals

To accurately predict the mechanical response of materials, especially at high strain rates, it is important to account for dislocation velocities in these regimes. Under these extreme conditions, it has been hypothesized that dislocations…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-10-11 Khanh Dang , Daniel N. Blaschke , Saryu Fensin , Darby J. Luscher