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In this study, the ideal \u03bb texture ({001}&lt;uv0&gt;) in non-oriented silicon steel is chosen as the target orientation. The oriented stability in grain-boundary regions during cold rolling is systematically investigated by combining crystal plasticity simulations and quasi in situ electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) experiments. Oriented stability is defined as the rate of change in the misorientation angle between an arbitrary orientation and the target orientation, thereby quantifying the rotational tendency relative to the target in grain-boundary regions. The results reveal that the oriented stability in grain-boundary regions is highly sensitive to both the initial and neighboring orientations. For initial orientations near the critical boundary separating convergence and divergence zones, the oriented stability is highly susceptible to neighboring orientations, with some neighboring orientations even reversing the rotation direction. In contrast, when the initial orientation is far from this critical boundary, the influence of neighboring orientations becomes weaker. Furthermore, the concept of contributed oriented stability is introduced to statistically evaluate the effect of different neighboring texture components in polycrystals. This work elucidates the underlying mechanism of orientation rotation in grain-boundary regions, and provides a new theoretical framework and a quantitative strategy for optimizing favorable textures.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma19173733","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,2]],"date-time":"2026-09-02T07:53:11Z","timestamp":1788335591000},"page":"3733","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Influence of Neighboring Orientations on Oriented Stability in Grain-Boundary Regions of Non-Oriented Silicon Steel"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Xi","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guojin","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8916-9467","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fang","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuhui","family":"Sha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials (Ministry of Education), Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"523","DOI":"10.1016\/j.msea.2006.11.146","article-title":"Characterization of misorientation gradient of an aluminum bicrystal in simple shear","volume":"454\u2013455","author":"Chen","year":"2007","journal-title":"Mater. 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