Grain boundary structural transformation induced by co-segregation of aliovalent dopants

Toshihiro Futazuka; Ryo Ishikawa; Naoya Shibata; Yuichi Ikuhara

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32935-4

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Grain boundary structural transformation induced by co-segregation of aliovalent dopants

Toshihiro Futazuka,
Ryo Ishikawa,
Naoya Shibata,
Yuichi Ikuhara

Affiliations

Toshihiro Futazuka: Institute of Engineering Innovation, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo
Ryo Ishikawa: Institute of Engineering Innovation, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo
Naoya Shibata: Institute of Engineering Innovation, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo
Yuichi Ikuhara: Institute of Engineering Innovation, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32935-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The effect of aliovalent doping on grain boundary is not yet fully understood at the atomic level. Here, the authors report grain boundary structural transformation in α-Al2O3 is induced by co-segregation of multiple dopants using atomic-resolution electron microscopy and theoretical calculations.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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