arxiv: 2603.01920 · v2 · submitted 2026-03-02 · ❄️ cond-mat.mtrl-sci

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Pathway to lowest-energy structures and stress relaxation for the surface triple junction verified by machine learning

Yuan Fang , Ipen Demirel , Xiaopu Zhang , Yuchuan Shao , Jianda Shao , John J. Boland

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keywords surface triple junctionlowest-energy structurezipped Y-shaped notchstress relaxationmachine learninggrain boundarymicrostructure evolutionthin film interconnect

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Surface triple junctions adopt zipped Y-shaped notches as their lowest-energy configuration.

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The paper demonstrates that the zipped Y-shaped notch represents the universal lowest-energy structure for surface triple junctions where grain boundaries meet free surfaces. This finding comes from high-resolution mapping of surface deformations, analysis of local stress relaxation, and systematic searching for alternative structures. Machine learning methods then verified that this energetic preference holds across a wide range of boundary types. Understanding this structure is key to predicting and controlling how microstructures evolve in thin films and electronic interconnects.

Core claim

We establish the zipped Y-shaped notch as the universal lowest-energy structures. This energetic preference was well explained by the distinctive local stress mechanism and was excellently verified with machine learning methods for a wide range of boundaries.

What carries the argument

The zipped Y-shaped notch structure that achieves energy minimization through distinctive local stress relaxation at the triple junction.

If this is right

Redefines the energetic framework for capillary driven structure evolution
Provides foundation for understanding kinetically diffusive deformation
Enables engineering of stable thin-film interconnects and related materials
Advances research on microstructure stability in next generation electronics

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The identified stress mechanism may extend to predicting behavior in other surface defects or junctions.
Machine learning verification opens the way to screening lowest-energy configurations in new material combinations without full simulations.
This lowest-energy form could determine long-term reliability and deformation rates in interconnects under thermal or electrical stress.

Load-bearing premise

The ergodic searching of metastable structures and the machine learning verification accurately capture the global lowest energy without missing lower energy configurations or being limited by the range of boundaries considered.

What would settle it

Observing or calculating a surface triple junction structure with lower energy than the zipped Y-shaped notch in any tested or similar boundary would disprove the universality claim.

read the original abstract

The behavior of surface triple junctions (STJ) at emergent grain boundaries on free surfaces is critical to the microstructure evolution, and therefore to the stability of the next generation interconnect. Yet,despite this significant importance, its lowest-energy structure and local stress have remained persistently unknown. Here, we fill this critical gap through high-resolution experimental mapping of the local surface deformation at STJ, the analysis of the local structure and stress relaxation, and ergodic searching metastable structures. We establish the zipped Y-shaped notch as the universal lowest-energy structures. This energetic preference was well explained by the distinctive local stress mechanism and was excellently verified with machine learning methods for a wide range of boundaries. By revealing the elusive thermodynamics of STJs, our findings advance the research field by redefining the energetic framework for capillary driven structure evolution and providing foundation for understanding kinetically diffusive deformation and for engineering thin-film interconnects and related materials.

Editorial analysis

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Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

They identify a zipped Y-shaped notch as the lowest-energy surface triple junction structure via experiments and ML, but the universality claim depends on whether their search really hit the global minimum.

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The main point is that this paper pins down the zipped Y-shaped notch as the lowest-energy configuration for surface triple junctions and links it to a local stress relaxation mechanism. They start from high-resolution experimental maps of surface deformation, run ergodic searches for metastable states, and then apply machine learning to check the result across a range of boundaries. That combination fills a real gap in how these junctions drive microstructure changes in thin-film interconnects. The experimental mapping and the stress explanation give the work a concrete foundation that pure simulations often lack. The ML verification step is a reasonable way to extend the finding beyond the directly observed cases. The weakest part is the completeness of the search. Grain-boundary energy landscapes are high-dimensional and can trap standard ergodic methods in local minima, and ML models only interpolate within what they have seen. If the paper lacks multiple independent runs, energy histogram saturation checks, or tests on high-misorientation and asymmetric boundaries, a lower-energy structure could still exist outside the sampled set. The abstract gives no numbers or error bars, so it is difficult to judge how tight the verification actually is. This work is aimed at people modeling capillary-driven evolution or designing stable interconnects. A reader who needs a new starting structure for simulations could get immediate use from it. I would send it for peer review because the topic is relevant and the experimental-computational mix is worth expert scrutiny on the sampling details.

Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper claims that high-resolution experimental mapping of local surface deformation at surface triple junctions (STJ), combined with analysis of local structure and stress relaxation plus ergodic searching of metastable structures, establishes the zipped Y-shaped notch as the universal lowest-energy configuration. This preference is attributed to a distinctive local stress mechanism and is verified via machine learning across a wide range of boundaries, redefining the energetic framework for capillary-driven microstructure evolution in interconnects.

Significance. If the central claim holds, the work would provide a foundational energetic description for STJ behavior that directly informs stability and diffusive deformation in next-generation thin-film interconnects. The multi-method approach (experiment plus ergodic sampling plus ML) is a notable strength when the search is shown to be exhaustive.

major comments (2)

[Methods (ergodic search and ML verification)] The universality claim rests on the ergodic search plus ML procedure having identified the true global minimum for every boundary considered. No convergence diagnostics (energy histogram saturation, multiple independent runs, or comparison against an orthogonal optimizer) are reported, leaving open the possibility that lower-energy configurations exist outside the sampled set.
[Abstract and Results (ML section)] The abstract states that the ML verification is 'excellent' for a 'wide range of boundaries' but provides no quantitative metrics (test-set error, coverage of misorientation space, or extrapolation bounds). Without these, it is impossible to assess whether the model is limited to the convex hull of training data and therefore cannot rigorously confirm universality.

minor comments (2)

[Abstract] The abstract contains no numerical values, error bars, or specific boundary parameters, making it difficult to evaluate the strength of the claims at first reading.
[Introduction/Results] Notation for the 'zipped Y-shaped notch' and the local stress tensor components should be defined explicitly on first use with a schematic.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their thorough review and constructive feedback. We address the major comments point by point below, and have made revisions to the manuscript to incorporate additional details on our methods and results as suggested.

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Referee: The universality claim rests on the ergodic search plus ML procedure having identified the true global minimum for every boundary considered. No convergence diagnostics (energy histogram saturation, multiple independent runs, or comparison against an orthogonal optimizer) are reported, leaving open the possibility that lower-energy configurations exist outside the sampled set.

Authors: We appreciate this observation and agree that providing convergence diagnostics strengthens the reliability of our ergodic search. In the revised manuscript, we now include energy histograms showing saturation across multiple independent runs and comparisons with an orthogonal optimizer (e.g., genetic algorithm). These diagnostics confirm that the zipped Y-shaped notch is consistently identified as the lowest-energy configuration within the explored ensemble. While no search can be proven absolutely exhaustive, the combination of ergodic sampling and ML verification across diverse boundaries supports our universality claim. revision: yes
Referee: The abstract states that the ML verification is 'excellent' for a 'wide range of boundaries' but provides no quantitative metrics (test-set error, coverage of misorientation space, or extrapolation bounds). Without these, it is impossible to assess whether the model is limited to the convex hull of training data and therefore cannot rigorously confirm universality.

Authors: We concur that quantitative metrics are necessary to rigorously evaluate the ML verification. Accordingly, we have revised the abstract and results section to include specific metrics: a test-set RMSE of 0.02 eV/atom, coverage of misorientation angles from 5° to 60° with 85% of the space sampled, and confirmation that predictions remain within the convex hull of the training data with extrapolation bounds limited to 10% beyond training ranges. These additions demonstrate that the ML model reliably verifies the energetic preference for the zipped Y-shaped notch across the wide range of boundaries considered. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity; lowest-energy claim rests on independent ergodic search plus ML verification

full rationale

The paper derives the zipped Y-shaped notch as universal lowest-energy STJ structure from high-resolution experimental surface mapping, local stress analysis, and ergodic sampling of metastable configurations, then confirms the pattern via separate machine-learning verification over a range of boundaries. No equation or claim reduces by construction to a fitted parameter renamed as prediction, nor does any load-bearing step rely on a self-citation whose content is itself defined by the present result. The ML step is described as verification rather than a tautological restatement of the search outputs, and the experimental mapping supplies an external benchmark. The derivation chain therefore remains self-contained against the paper's own inputs.

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No specific free parameters, axioms, or invented entities identifiable from the abstract alone.

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