VoroTop - Defect Migration Example

This shows the same simulation, but now the view is from the side and interstitials and vacancies can be seen migrating within the bulk. Interstitials are emitted from the boundary into the bulk when the boundary undergoes a structural transformation.

Side view of a BCC tungsten bicrystal during grain boundary transformation. Interstitials and vacancies can be seen migrating within the bulk as the boundary absorbs defects.