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The interplay between grain boundaries and disclinations in condensed matter physics

  • Maurice Kleman
Published/Copyright: June 11, 2013
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 100 Issue 10

Abstract

The concept of grain boundary, much studied for its relationship with dislocation motion in plastic deformation, is here developed and associated with that of disclination. After defining a disclination in terms of a Volterra process, we investigate the nature of the interplay between both, with application to two cases: i) in polycrystals the triple junctions result from the stress free merging of disclinations bordering the incident grain boundaries; the plastic properties of nanocrystals, which cannot be attributed directly to dislocations, are related to these disclinations; ii) in lamellar liquid crystalline phases grain boundaries are often the place not only of dislocations, but also of focal conic domains, a stunning disclination system described by G. Friedel one hundred years ago.

Keywords: Grain boundary; Disclination; Focal conic domain; Polynanocrystals
* Correspondence address, Dr. Maurice Kleman Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris. 4, place Jussieu - 75252 Paris cédex 05 Tel.: 33(0)1 4427 2188 Fax: 33(0)1 4427 2830 E-mail:

Dedicated to the late Prof. Charles Crussard (1916–2008)

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Received: 2008-9-16
Accepted: 2009-7-25
Published Online: 2013-06-11
Published in Print: 2009-10-01

© 2009, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.3139/146.110196
Keywords for this article
Grain boundary; Disclination; Focal conic domain; Polynanocrystals

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Introduction
  5. G. Petzow: Laudation for Peter Paul Schepp
  6. Dr. Schepp's retirement after 20 years of service was celebrated
  7. Preface to Feature Articles
  8. “SURFACE and INTERFACE ENGINEERING”
  9. Feature
  10. Thermodynamics of reactions and phase transformations at interfaces and surfaces
  11. Oxidation of palladium: from single crystal surfaces towards nanoparticles
  12. On the high-temperature oxidation of MCrAlY coatings
  13. Conducting polymers for corrosion protection: a review
  14. Fundamental and applied aspects of laser surface engineering
  15. Low-temperature gaseous surface hardening of stainless steel: the current status
  16. Foreword
  17. Foreword
  18. Editorial
  19. The scientific work of Charles Crussard (1916–2008)
  20. Review
  21. Charles Crussard's early contributions: Recrystallization in situ and a Grain Boundary study with J. Friedel and B. Cullity
  22. Magnetohydrodynamics applied to materials processing
  23. Charles Crussard's contribution to sheet metal forming and participation in IDDRG
  24. Glide of dislocations in non-octahedral planes of fcc metals: a review
  25. The deformation stage II of face-centered cubic crystals: Fifty years of investigations
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  32. Plasticity of nanocrystalline materials: a critical viewpoint
  33. Thermoelectric power applied to metallurgy: principle and recent applications
  34. Notifications
  35. People
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