Scale bridging description of coherent phase equilibria in the presence of surfaces and interfaces
arXiv:1606.01411 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.134106
Abstract
We investigate phase separation including elastic coherency effects in the bulk and at surfaces and find a reduction of the solubility limit in the presence of free surfaces. This mechanism favours phase separation near free surfaces even in the absence of external stresses. We apply the theory to hydride formation in nickel, iron and niobium and obtain a reduction of the solubility limit by up to two orders of magnitude at room temperature in the presence of free surfaces. These effects are concisely expressed through a solubility modification factor, which transparently expresses the long-ranged elastic effects in a terminology accessible e.g. to ab initio calculations.
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