A. De Backer C. Domain C.S. Becquart L. Luneville D. Simeone A. E. Sand K. Nordlund
The impacts of ions and neutrons in metals causes cascades of atomic collisions that expand and shrink, leaving microstructure defect debris, i.e. interstitial or vacancy clusters or loops of different sizes. In [A. De Backer, A. E. Sand, K. Nordlund, L. Lun´eville, D. Simeone, and S. L. Dudarev. EPL, 115(2):26001, 2016.], we described a method…
Preprint PublishedK. Nordlund S. J. Zinkle A. E. Sand F. Granberg R. S. Averback R. Stoller T. Suzudo L. Malerba F. Banhart W. J. Weber F. Willaime S. L. Dudarev D. Simeone
Atomic collision processes are fundamental to numerous advanced materials technologies such as electron microscopy, semiconductor processing and nuclear power generation. Extensive experimental and computer simulation studies over the past several decades provide the physical basis for understanding the atomic-scale processes occurring during prima…
PublishedDaniel Mason Andrea Sand Sergei Dudarev
We describe the development of a new object kinetic Monte Carlo code where the elementary defect objects are off-lattice atomistic configurations. Atomic-level transitions are used to transform and translate objects, to split objects and to merge them together. This gradually constructs a database of atomic configurations- a set of relevant defect …
Preprint PublishedS. L. Dudarev D. R. Mason E. Tarleton P.-W. Ma A. E. Sand
Predicting strains, stresses and swelling in power plant components exposed to irradiation directly from the observed or computed defect and dislocation microstructure is a fundamental problem of fusion power plant design that has so far eluded a practical solution. We develop a model, free from parameters not accessible to direct evaluation or obs…
Preprint PublishedD.R. Mason X. Yi A.E. Sand S.L. Dudarev
We present a new analysis of nanoscale lattice defects observed after low-dose in situ self-ion irradiation of tungsten foils at cryogenic temperature. For decades, defect counts and size-frequency histograms have been the standard form of presenting a quantitative analysis of the nanoscale “black-dot” damage typical of such irradiations. Here …
Preprint PublishedD.R. Mason A.E. Sand X. Yi S.L. Dudarev
Recently we have presented direct experimental evidence for large defect clusters being formed in primary damage cascades in self-ion irradiated tungsten [Yi et al., EPL 110:36001 (2015)]. This large size is significant, as it implies th…
Preprint PurchaseA. De Backer A. Sand C.J. Ortiz C. Domain P. Olsson E. Berthod C.S. Becquart
The damage produced by primary knock-on atoms (PKA) in W has been investigated from the threshold displacement energy (TDE) where it produces one Self Interstitial Atom (SIA) – vacancy pair to larger energies, up to 100 keV, where a large molten volume is formed. The TDE has been determined in different crystal directions using the Born Oppenheim…
Preprint PublishedA. De Backer A.E. Sand K. Nordlund L. Luneville D. Simeone S.L. Dudarev
Recently, a scaling law describing the formation of defect clusters under irradiation has been established [1, 2]. A critical constraint associated with its application to phenomena occurring over a broad range of irradiation conditions is the limitation on the energy of incident particles. Incident neutrons or ions, with energies exceeding a certa…
Preprint PurchaseX. Yi A.E. Sand D.R. Mason M.A. Kirk S.G. Roberts K. Nordlund S.L. Dudarev
Using in-situ transmission electron microscopy, we have directly observed nano-scale defects formed in ultra-high purity tungsten by low-dose high energy self-ion irradiation at 30K. At cryogenic temperature lattice defects have reduced mobility, so these microscope observations over a window on the initial, primary damage caused by individual coll…
Preprint PublishedA. E. Sand S. L. Dudarev K. Nordlund
Recent experiments on in situ high-energy self-ion irradiation of tungsten (W) show the occurrence of unusual cascade damage effects resulting from single-ion impacts, shedding light on the nature of radiation damage expected in the tungsten components of a fusion reactor. In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of defect production in 150 keV c…
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