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Lattice Correspondence Analyses of Grain Boundary Formation and Migration in Hexagonal Clo — NSF Award to Iowa State University (I

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY Grain boundaries in crystalline metals are very important planar defects and play a crucial role in physical and mechanical properties of metals and alloys. During thermal/mechanical processing or deformation, new grains nucleate from the matrix and coarsen as a result of grain boundary migration.

Award titleLattice Correspondence Analyses of Grain Boundary Formation and Migration in Hexagonal Clo
Award ID2528624
AwardeeIowa State University
CityAMES
StateIA
Amount obligated$442,298
Principal investigatorBin Li
ProgramMETAL & METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE
Start date02/01/2026
AbstractNON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY Grain boundaries in crystalline metals are very important planar defects and play a crucial role in physical and mechanical properties of metals and alloys. During thermal/mechanical processing or deformation, new grains nucleate from the matrix and coarsen as a result of grain boundary migration. But how a new grain chooses the boundary plane with the matrix and how the grain boundary migrates has remained a long-standing fundamental problem in materials science. When a gr
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