Damage-tolerant nanotwinned metals with nanovoids under radiation environments
Abstract
Material performance in extreme radiation environments is central to the design of future nuclear reactors. Radiation induces significant damage in the form of dislocation loops and voids in irradiated materials, and continuous radiation often leads to void growth and subsequent void swelling in metals with low stacking fault energy. Here we show that by using in situ heavy ion irradiation in a transmission electron microscope, pre-introduced nanovoids in nanotwinned Cu efficiently absorb radiation-induced defects accompanied by gradual elimination of nanovoids, enhancing radiation tolerance of Cu. In situ studies and atomistic simulations reveal that such remarkable self-healing capability stems from high density of coherent and incoherent twin boundaries that rapidly capture and transport point defects and dislocation loops to nanovoids, which act as storage bins for interstitial loops. This study describes a counterintuitive yet significant concept: deliberate introduction of nanovoids in conjunction with nanotwins enables unprecedented damage tolerance in metallic materials.
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- Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
- China Univ. of Petroleum, Beijing (China)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1215410
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1239108
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-14-27698
Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723; ncomms8036
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; SC0010482; AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- physical sciences; materials science; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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Chen, Y., Yu, K. Y., Liu, Y., Shao, S., Wang, H., Kirk, M. A., Wang, J., and Zhang, X. Damage-tolerant nanotwinned metals with nanovoids under radiation environments. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms8036.
Chen, Y., Yu, K. Y., Liu, Y., Shao, S., Wang, H., Kirk, M. A., Wang, J., & Zhang, X. Damage-tolerant nanotwinned metals with nanovoids under radiation environments. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8036
Chen, Y., Yu, K. Y., Liu, Y., Shao, S., Wang, H., Kirk, M. A., Wang, J., and Zhang, X. Fri .
"Damage-tolerant nanotwinned metals with nanovoids under radiation environments". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8036. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1215410.
@article{osti_1215410,
title = {Damage-tolerant nanotwinned metals with nanovoids under radiation environments},
author = {Chen, Y. and Yu, K. Y. and Liu, Y. and Shao, S. and Wang, H. and Kirk, M. A. and Wang, J. and Zhang, X.},
abstractNote = {Material performance in extreme radiation environments is central to the design of future nuclear reactors. Radiation induces significant damage in the form of dislocation loops and voids in irradiated materials, and continuous radiation often leads to void growth and subsequent void swelling in metals with low stacking fault energy. Here we show that by using in situ heavy ion irradiation in a transmission electron microscope, pre-introduced nanovoids in nanotwinned Cu efficiently absorb radiation-induced defects accompanied by gradual elimination of nanovoids, enhancing radiation tolerance of Cu. In situ studies and atomistic simulations reveal that such remarkable self-healing capability stems from high density of coherent and incoherent twin boundaries that rapidly capture and transport point defects and dislocation loops to nanovoids, which act as storage bins for interstitial loops. This study describes a counterintuitive yet significant concept: deliberate introduction of nanovoids in conjunction with nanotwins enables unprecedented damage tolerance in metallic materials.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms8036},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = ,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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