TY - JOUR
T1 - A short review of defect superlattice formation in metals and alloys under irradiation
AU - Sun, Cheng
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, Basic Energy & Science, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division under FWP #C000–14–003 at Idaho National Laboratory, operated by Battelle Energy Alliance under contract DE-AC07–05ID14517. The support from the current and previous project members, Jian Gan, Yongfeng Zhang, Chao Jiang, Andrea M. Jokisaari, Larry K. Aagesen, Anton Schneider, Yipeng Gao, Ericmoore Jossou, Simerjeet K. Gill, Lynne Ecker, and David Sprouster, is gratefully acknowledged. The author also acknowledges Prof. John H. Evans for the discussion and valuable comments.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Irradiation damage drives complex and coupled phenomena in materials at far-from-equilibrium conditions. The self-organization of nanoscale defects in materials under irradiation shows great potential to tailor the physical properties of materials by controlling nanopatterned microstructures. Irradiation-induced gas bubble and void superlattices are two important ordered nanostructures of great scientific interest. Although both types of superlattices have been investigated extensively, a consensus has yet to be reached on their formation mechanisms. In this review article, the current research status of gas bubble and void superlattices in metals and alloys and their characterization, structural stability, and mechanistic modeling are summarized. The fundamental research goals to advance the mechanistic understanding of gas bubble and void superlattices are outlined.
AB - Irradiation damage drives complex and coupled phenomena in materials at far-from-equilibrium conditions. The self-organization of nanoscale defects in materials under irradiation shows great potential to tailor the physical properties of materials by controlling nanopatterned microstructures. Irradiation-induced gas bubble and void superlattices are two important ordered nanostructures of great scientific interest. Although both types of superlattices have been investigated extensively, a consensus has yet to be reached on their formation mechanisms. In this review article, the current research status of gas bubble and void superlattices in metals and alloys and their characterization, structural stability, and mechanistic modeling are summarized. The fundamental research goals to advance the mechanistic understanding of gas bubble and void superlattices are outlined.
KW - Gas bubble superlattice
KW - Irradiation
KW - Metals and alloys
KW - Void superlattice
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85121671126
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/bd102f0f-9521-33ca-b483-f81ca0b67a5d/
U2 - 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153479
DO - 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153479
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85121671126
SN - 0022-3115
VL - 559
JO - Journal of Nuclear Materials
JF - Journal of Nuclear Materials
M1 - 153479
ER -