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Grain boundary interstitial segregation in substitutional binary alloys

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Pith's one-line read Nickel atoms segregate into open pockets inside aluminum grain boundaries, not just onto lattice sites.

desk verdict A systematic, useful computational study of Ni interstitial segregation in Al grain boundaries; the site-identification tool is a real contribution, but the EAM potential fidelity warrants scrutiny in review. read the letter →

arxiv 2501.11101 v2 pith:MTJINRTK submitted 2025-01-19 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Zuoyong Zhang , Chuang Deng This is my paper · ORCID
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The reading

This paper argues that solute atoms in a substitutional alloy can segregate to grain-boundary interstitial sites, not only to substitutional lattice sites, and demonstrates the phenomenon in the Al-Ni system through hybrid molecular dynamics/Monte Carlo simulations at 300 K. Ni atoms, slightly smaller than Al, preferentially fill hollow spaces inside kite-like grain-boundary structural units, and this interstitial occupancy can change the boundary structure itself, producing kite transitions and nano-faceting. The authors build a practical method for finding such sites—Voronoi-cell vertices merged by clustering and filtered by free volume and atomic-distance criteria—and show that including interstitial segregation energies improves predictions of grain-boundary solute content in nanocrystalline Al. If this holds, grain-boundary segregation models for substitutional alloys must add an interstitial channel alongside the usual substitutional one.

What carries the argument

The load-bearing tool is an enhanced Voronoi-based interstitial-site identification method. Voronoi polyhedra are built around every atom, and their vertices—points of maximal hollow space—are merged into candidate sites with a DBSCAN clustering algorithm; candidates are then filtered by free volume (above roughly the atomic volume of Ni) and by minimum distance to GB atoms, so that only sites large enough to host a metallic solute survive. This site list feeds molecular-statics calculations of single-solute and dual-solute interstitial segregation energies, and the energies are combined with a spectral dual-solute model to predict grain-boundary concentrations. A linear regression on SOAP (smooth overlap of atomic positions) descriptors of the local environment then predicts per-site interstitial segregation energies, transferring from a 16-nm nanocrystalline sample to a larger one.

What would settle it

A density-functional-theory calculation of a single Ni atom at the kite-core interstitial site versus the kite substitutional site in the Σ5(210) boundary would settle the matter; if the interstitial site is not thermodynamically preferred at 300 K, the observed pattern would likely be a classical-potential artifact.

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Core claim

The central claim is that grain-boundary interstitial segregation is a real and common mode of solute accommodation in substitutional binary alloys, contrary to the usual assumption that segregated solutes replace solvent atoms at lattice sites. Using hybrid MD/MC simulations, the paper finds that Ni atoms in Al preferentially occupy the open cores of kite-like structural units in a wide range of Σ3, Σ5, Σ9, Σ11, and Σ13 boundaries and in nanocrystalline grain-boundary networks, forming intraplanar and occasionally interplanar segregation patterns. The authors further show that these interstitial solutes can drive structural transitions at room temperature, including kite flipping and nano-faceting, and that accounting for interstitial segregation energies materially improves the match between spectral segregation models and simulated grain-boundary concentrations.

Load-bearing premise

The entire picture rests on one classical interatomic potential for Al-Ni: if it mis-ranks the energy of a Ni atom in an interstitial site versus a substitutional site at an aluminum grain boundary, the phenomenon could be a simulation artifact rather than real physics.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Grain-boundary segregation models for substitutional alloys should include interstitial occupancy as a distinct channel, not only substitutional site swapping.
  • Kite-like structural units are a necessary-but-not-sufficient condition for interstitial segregation; loose-packed boundaries such as Σ13(510) still favor substitutional sites.
  • Room-temperature segregation can restructure grain boundaries, producing kite transitions and nano-faceting that would be missed by zero-temperature first-principles site ranking.
  • Adding interstitial segregation energies to spectral models improves predictions of grain-boundary solute concentration in nanocrystalline Al-Ni, with dual-solute interstitial energies giving the largest gain.
  • SOAP-based linear models trained on small nanocrystalline samples can predict per-site interstitial segregation energies in larger samples, enabling screening without full molecular-statics calculations.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same mechanism should operate in other FCC-based substitutional alloys where the solute is noticeably smaller than the solvent, such as Cu in Al, Co in Al, or Fe in Al; the paper's own Ag-Cu and Ta-Cu tests point this way.
  • If interstitial occupancy is as widespread as suggested, experimental atom-probe or STEM studies of decorated Al grain boundaries should look for solute atoms that sit off the substitutional lattice, a signature that is currently often interpreted as a measurement artifact.
  • The free-volume threshold (~10.8 ų in bicrystals, 10.0 ų in nanocrystalline samples) is likely transferable across FCC solutes with similar atomic radii, but would need re-calibration for larger or smaller solutes.
  • A direct density-functional-theory benchmark of interstitial versus substitutional segregation energies at a few kite cores would decide how much of the phenomenon is a real energetic preference and how much is an artifact of classical potentials.
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Referee Report

3 major / 5 minor

Summary. This manuscript reports hybrid molecular dynamics/Monte Carlo simulations of Al-Ni bicrystals and nanocrystalline samples, showing that Ni atoms preferentially occupy interstitial sites (rather than substitutional sites) in the kite-like cores of numerous CSL grain boundaries at 300 K. The authors classify the behavior into intraplanar and interplanar interstitial segregation, observe segregation-induced GB transitions (kite transitions and nano-faceting), and develop a Voronoi/DBSCAN-based method to identify interstitial candidate sites. They use this method to compute per-site interstitial segregation energies in a nanocrystalline Al sample, incorporate them into a dual-solute segregation model, and train linear regression models with SOAP descriptors to predict these energies. The central claim is that interstitial segregation is a general phenomenon in substitutional alloys, challenging the common assumption that substitutional solutes occupy only substitutional sites.

Significance. If correct, the finding would require grain boundary segregation models to include an interstitial occupancy channel, with consequences for predictions of GB chemistry, stability, and transitions. The paper provides a practical site-identification tool with publicly available code, applies it to both bicrystals and nanocrystalline samples, and demonstrates that SOAP-based linear regression can predict interstitial segregation energies with R-squared values around 0.83-0.85. The central observation is supported by atom-density comparisons, repeated tests at 400-500 K, and a repeat of the Sigma5(210) simulation with two additional EAM potentials. However, the physical generality is currently tied to a single interatomic potential, and the site-identification method's validation includes a tuning-to-simulation component, which tempers the strength of the broader claims.

major comments (3)
  1. [Section 6.3 / Supplementary Fig. S15] The broad claims of generality in the abstract and title rest on the Purja Pun-Mishin EAM potential (Ref. [77]) for the Al-Ni system. In Section 6.3 and Supplementary Fig. S15, the additional EAM potentials are tested only for the single Sigma5(210) bicrystal, and all other results--including the 174-GB survey, the segregation energies of Eqs. (1) and (3), and the ML training labels--are generated with that one potential. Because the central physical claim is that interstitial segregation is a real, general phenomenon, the authors should provide a concrete benchmark of the interstitial-vs-substitutional energy ranking against first-principles calculations for Ni in the kite cores of at least the three representative GBs (Sigma5(210), Sigma9(221), Sigma11(332)) and one ATGB, or run the hybrid MD/MC test with independent potentials on a diverse set of GBs and demonstrate that the occupancy ranking is unchanged.
  2. [Section 4.1 / Fig. 5] The validation of the interstitial site identification method in Section 4.2 is partly circular. The DBSCAN parameters d_c=1.25 A and N_min=5-7, the free-volume thresholds (10.8 A^3 for bicrystals and 10.0 A^3 for the NC sample), and the distance filter d_min=2.0 A are selected in Section 4.1 so that the identified sites match the hybrid MD/MC segregation patterns in Figs. 2 and 4. The subsequent comparison in Fig. 6 therefore compares the method's output with the very simulations used to choose these thresholds. To support the claim that the method is robust, the parameters should be fixed on a subset of GBs and then evaluated on held-out GBs, or the identified sites should be cross-checked against an independent method such as DFT-relaxed interstitial occupancy.
  3. [Section 5.2 / Fig. 8(b)] The claim in Section 5.2 that the full segregation-energy dataset 'significantly enhances' the accuracy of GB segregation predictions is not quantified. Figure 8(b) shows only visual agreement between the DS, DS-SS-int, and full curves and the hybrid MD/MC points adapted from Ref. [66]; no numerical error metric (e.g., RMSD or mean absolute deviation in predicted vs simulated GB solute concentration) is given. Please provide a quantitative comparison and state whether the improvement is statistically meaningful. Because the MD/MC reference data are also produced with the same EAM potential, the comparison is a test of the model within that potential, not an experimental validation.
minor comments (5)
  1. [Section 2.2 / Eq. (1)] There is a typo in 'lang-range elastic interactions'; it should be 'long-range'. The explanation of E_ref^Al,bulk as balancing the atom count is terse; please clarify that inserting a Ni atom adds a particle and the reference energy accounts for removing one Al atom.
  2. [Section 3.1 / Fig. 2] The definition of interstitial segregation as occurring 'without significantly altering their original structures' is difficult to reconcile with the later description of interstitial-segregation-induced kite transitions and faceting in Section 6.2. Please clarify whether the transition cases are meant to be excluded from the definition or treated as a separate category.
  3. [Section 6.1 / Fig. 9] The ML predictions use SOAP descriptors, but it is not stated explicitly whether the descriptors are computed on the unrelaxed identified site geometry or on the relaxed geometry after the molecular statics relaxation. Given the average displacement of 0.139 A discussed in the same section, this distinction matters for reproducibility and should be specified.
  4. [Section 4.1 / Fig. 5] The sentence 'The parameters can be adjusted as needed' is vague; the paper does list tested ranges for d_c and N_min, but a brief sensitivity analysis (e.g., number of identified sites vs d_c) would make the method more reproducible and help readers understand the robustness of the 1.25 A and N_min=5-7 choices.
  5. [Section 4.2 / Fig. 6] The comparison for the Sigma5(9 13 0)/(310) ATGB uses hybrid MD/MC simulations at a solute concentration of 0.5 at.%, while the site identification is performed on the pure GB. If the GB structure evolves during segregation, please confirm that the comparison between the identified sites and the segregated-Ni distribution is still meaningful and state any limitations.

Circularity Check

1 steps flagged · score 4.0 of 10

Partial circularity only in the site-identification validation: the DBSCAN parameter N_min was chosen by reference to the same hybrid MD/MC segregation patterns that Section 4.2 then uses to 'validate' the method; the central observation of Ni interstitial segregation, the NC energy calculations, and the ML transfer test are independent of that tuning.

  1. fitted input called prediction [Section 4.1 (DBSCAN parameter selection) and Section 4.2 'Validation in bicrystals', Figs. 5-6]
    "Suitable values for 𝑁𝑚𝑖𝑛 typically range from 1 to 12, with 𝑁𝑚𝑖𝑛 = 5, 6, or 7 being the most effective choices in Al-Ni bicrystals based on our tests. […] These findings indicate that the distribution of identified interstitial sites matches that of the hybrid MD/MC results displayed in Fig. 3."

    The DBSCAN free parameter N_min is selected 'based on our tests' on the same Al-Ni bicrystals whose hybrid MD/MC segregation patterns are then used in Section 4.2 to validate the identification method, where it is asserted that 'the distribution of identified interstitial sites matches that of the hybrid MD/MC results'. If 'most effective' means reproducing those MD/MC patterns, the demonstrated match is the tuning target restated as a validation result rather than an independent confirmation.

full rationale

The paper's central claim—that Ni atoms in Al bicrystals preferentially occupy interstitial sites in kite-like GB structures—is a direct output of the hybrid MD/MC simulations reported in Section 3, supported by the atom-density increase at the GB after segregation (Fig. 3) and by the fact that the simulations involve no atom insertion or deletion. That claim does not depend on the Voronoi/DBSCAN identification method, so it is not circular in its core. The one partial circular step is in Section 4: the DBSCAN parameter N_min is chosen as 'the most effective choices in Al-Ni bicrystals based on our tests', and the method is then 'validated' in Section 4.2 by comparison with the same hybrid MD/MC results; to the extent that 'effective' means reproducing those results, the validation restates the tuning target. The reduction is only partial, because d_c = 1.25 Å and the free-volume threshold V_f = 10.8 ų are anchored to the Ni atomic radius and the FCC-Ni atomic volume rather than to the MD/MC data, and the nanocrystalline application in Section 5 uses fixed parameters as an out-of-sample test. The claimed improvement in segregation prediction (Fig. 8b) is benchmarked against the authors' own prior MD/MC data and DS model (Ref. [66]) computed with the same EAM potential [77] that produced the new interstitial energies; this makes the improvement an internal-consistency check rather than an external falsification, but the MD/MC benchmark is reproducible with LAMMPS and published potentials, so that self-citation is real evidence and not by-construction circularity. The ML model is honestly tested out-of-sample on a different 203 nm³ nanocrystalline model (R² = 0.832) and on Pd-H, with no fitted parameters feeding the labels. The remaining risk—that the Purja Pun–Mishin EAM potential mis-ranks interstitial versus substitutional Ni energetics—is a correctness risk, not a circularity, and the paper partially mitigates it with two additional potentials on Σ5(210) (Fig. S15). Overall, only one local and partial circularity was found; the central content is independent, so the score is 4.

Assumptions & free parameters 5 free parameters · 5 assumptions · 0 invented entities

No new physical entities such as particles or forces are introduced. The interstitial candidate sites are geometric constructs derived from Voronoi tessellation, not postulated physical objects, so the invented_entities ledger is empty.

free parameters (5)
  • Voronoi clustering cutoff d_c = 1.25 Å
    Chosen by hand to control the number of interstitial candidates; values below 1.0 or above 1.6 Å fail or explode the candidate count (Section 4.1).
  • Minimum cluster size N_min = 5-7
    Range found 'most effective' in Al-Ni bicrystals from tests; affects candidate site identification (Section 4.1).
  • Free volume screening threshold V_f = 10.8 Å^3 (bicrystals); 10.0 Å^3 (NC)
    Sites with smaller free volume are removed to avoid distortion; thresholds are set near the FCC Ni atomic volume and slightly lowered for NC to 'include as many candidates as possible' (Sections 4.1 and 5.1).
  • Minimum distance to GB atoms d_min = 2.0 Å
    Introduced in NC screening to avoid overlap with solvent atoms; reduces atomic displacements during MS (Section 5.1).
  • Nearest interstitial exclusion distance = 2.5 Å
    Large hollow spaces are assigned to a single site to avoid duplicate neighboring interstitials (Section 5.1).
assumptions (5)
  • domain assumption The Purja Pun-Mishin EAM potential accurately describes Al-Ni energetics, including the relative stability of interstitial vs substitutional Ni at grain boundaries.
    All hybrid MD/MC, MS, and ML labels derive from this potential (Section 2.1, Ref. [77]); if it mis-ranks sites, the central claim fails.
  • domain assumption Voronoi cell vertices of host atoms provide meaningful interstitial site candidates, even in disordered GB regions.
    Inherited from Wagih-Schuh [85] and used as the basis of the new method (Section 4.1).
  • domain assumption Additive common neighbor analysis (a-CNA) reliably separates GB atoms from bulk atoms.
    Used to restrict interstitial site screening to GB regions in bicrystals (Section 4.1); errors propagate into candidate sets.
  • domain assumption Solute-solute interactions between two interstitial sites are negligible.
    Assumed in Eq. (3) and defended in Supplementary Fig. S1 via interaction energy comparisons; used to build the DS interstitial dataset (Section 2.3).
  • domain assumption SOAP descriptors with linear regression capture per-site interstitial segregation energy.
    Underpins the ML section; validated only by R^2 and MAE on data from the same EAM potential (Section 6.1).

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Grain boundary (GB) segregation is a powerful approach for optimizing the thermal and mechanical properties of metal alloys. In this study, we report significant GB interstitial segregation in a representative substitutional binary alloy system (Al-Ni) through atomistic simulations, challenging prevailing assumptions in the literature. Our findings show that Ni atoms preferentially segregate to interstitial sites within numerous kite-like GB structures in the Al bicrystals. An intriguing interplanar interstitial segregation pattern was also observed and analyzed. Additionally, interstitial segregation can induce unexpected GB transitions, such as kite transitions and nano-faceting, due to the existence of small interstitial sites. Building upon these observations, we developed a robust method to systematically identify the interstitial candidate sites for accommodating solutes at GBs. This approach combines site detection with structural filtering to produce distributions of interstitial sites that closely match atomistic simulation results. Applied to nanocrystalline alloys, this method enabled the calculation of interstitial segregation energies, significantly improving GB segregation predictions for the Al-Ni system. Furthermore, machine learning models using smooth overlap of atomic positions descriptors successfully predicted per-site interstitial segregation energy. This study highlights the critical role of GB interstitial segregation in advancing our understanding of solute behavior and provides valuable insights for designing next-generation alloys.

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