期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 13, 期 2, 页码 3311-3324出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c15980
关键词
silicon carbide; grain boundaries; molecular dynamics; machine-learning; energetics; fracture strength
资金
- DOD HPCMP at the ARL DOD Supercomputing Resource Center (DSRC)
- Navy DSRC
- US Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center DSRC
- US Air Force Research Laboratory DSRC
- Laboratory Directed Research and Development program at Sandia National Laboratories
- U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration [DE-NA0003525]
This study characterizes the energy and strength of silicon carbide grain boundaries using a combination of high-throughput atomistic simulations, macroscopic and microscopic descriptors, and machine-learning techniques. Results show that while microscopic descriptors are more effective in describing grain boundary energy, a combination of macroscopic and microscopic descriptors can accurately predict grain boundary strength.
Predicting the properties of grain boundaries poses a challenge because of the complex relationships between structural and chemical attributes both at the atomic and continuum scales. Grain boundary systems are typically characterized by parameters used to classify local atomic arrangements in order to extract features such as grain boundary energy or grain boundary strength. The present work utilizes a combination of high-throughput atomistic simulations, macroscopic and microscopic descriptors, and machine-learning techniques to characterize the energy and strength of silicon carbide grain boundaries. A diverse data set of symmetric tilt and twist grain boundaries are described using macroscopic metrics such as misorientation, the alignment of critical low-index planes, and the Schmid factor, but also in terms of microscopic metrics, by quantifying the local atomic structure and chemistry at the interface. These descriptors are used to create random-forest regression models, allowing for their relative importance to the grain boundary energy and decohesion stress to be better understood. Results show that while the energetics of the grain boundary were best described using the microscopic descriptors, the ability of the macroscopic descriptors to reasonably predict grain boundaries with low energy suggests a link between the crystallographic orientation and the resultant atomic structure that forms at the grain boundary within this regime. For grain boundary strength, neither microscopic nor macroscopic descriptors were able to fully capture the response individually. However, when both descriptor sets were utilized, the decohesion stress of the grain boundary could be accurately predicted. These results highlight the importance of considering both macroscopic and microscopic factors when constructing constitutive models for grain boundary systems, which has significant implications for both understanding the fundamental mechanisms at work and the ability to bridge length scales.
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