The interstitials on GB plane energetically prefer to accumulate into a cluster.
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Interstitial clusters will be more stable with the increase of their lengths.
The ability of interstitials healing vacancies is reduced when clusters formed.
Interstitials in clusters still can be efficiently emitted to annihilate vacancies.