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Texture Controlled Grain Growth in Thin Films Studied by 3D Potts Model
Author(s) -
Zöllner Dana,
Zlotnikov Igor
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced theory and simulations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.068
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 2513-0390
DOI - 10.1002/adts.201900064
Subject(s) - potts model , materials science , texture (cosmology) , grain growth , microstructure , grain boundary , kinetics , grain size , thin film , work (physics) , condensed matter physics , composite material , thermodynamics , nanotechnology , computer science , physics , phase transition , artificial intelligence , classical mechanics , image (mathematics)
Thin films have numerous applications in optics, mechanics, and electricity, where the grain microstructure and the corresponding crystallography are key factors influencing materials properties as well as coarsening kinetics. However, even today this problem is often tackled by 2D means of treating thin films as quasi‐2D objects. In the present work, it is shown by modified 3D Potts model simulations that not only is the third dimension non‐negligible, but also how texture changes the growth kinetics, when the percentage of low angle grain boundaries varies systematically.