David J. Srolovitz

TL;DR: In this paper, closed-form solutions for stresses in a thin film resulting from a purely dilatational stress-free strain that can vary arbitrarily within the film were presented for both a welded and a perfectly slipping film/substrate interface.

TL;DR: A series of atomistic simulations of CuxNi1 − x {100} and {110} thin films were performed as a function of Cu-concentration, temperature, and thickness in order to determine the effects of film thickness on the surface concentration and the surface free energy as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, phase field simulations were employed to examine the interplay between plasticity, phase separation and microstructural coarsening in order to deconstruct the observed deformation behavior.

Abstract: In the present work, grain growth in twoand three-dimensional nanocrystalline polycrystals is modeled by a modification of the Monte Carlo Potts method and described analytically. To that aim grain boundaries and triple junctions are assigned an own specific mobility and energy. The analysis of the influence of triple point (2D) and triple line (3D) energy and mobility on grain growth kinetics show a very good agreement of numerical and analytical results.

TL;DR: In this article, a Monte Carlo simulation procedure is applied to simulate non-uniform grain growth during directional annealing, and the influence of the ratio of hot zone to cold zone temperatures and the velocity of the temperature field are investigated.