Nanoscale Phase Separation In Epitaxial Cr-Mo and Cr-V Alloy Thin Films Studied Using Atom Probe Tomography. Comparison Of Experiments And Simulation

Devaraj, Arun; Kaspar, Tiffany C.; Ramanan, Sathvik; Walvekar, Sarita K.; Bowden, Mark E.; Shutthanandan, V.; Kurtz, Richard J.

doi:10.1063/1.4901465

Title: Nanoscale Phase Separation In Epitaxial Cr-Mo and Cr-V Alloy Thin Films Studied Using Atom Probe Tomography. Comparison Of Experiments And Simulation

Journal Article · Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4901465· OSTI ID:1166829

Devaraj, Arun ^[1]; Kaspar, Tiffany C. ^[1]; Ramanan, Sathvik ^[1]; Walvekar, Sarita K. ^[1]; Bowden, Mark E. ^[1]; Shutthanandan, V. ^[1]; Kurtz, Richard J. ^[1]

Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Tailored metal alloy thin film-oxide interfaces generated using molecular beam epitaxial (MBE) deposition of alloy thin films on a single crystalline oxide substrate can be used for detailed studies of irradiation damage response on the interface structure. However presence of nanoscale phase separation in the MBE grown alloy thin films can impact the metal-oxide interface structure. Due to nanoscale domain size of such phase separation it is very challenging to characterize by conventional techniques. Therefor laser assisted atom probe tomography (APT) was utilized to study the phase separation in epitaxial Cr_0.61Mo_0.39, Cr_0.77Mo_0.23, and Cr_0.32V_0.68 alloy thin films grown by MBE on MgO(001) single crystal substrates. Statistical analysis, namely frequency distribution analysis and Pearson coefficient analysis of experimental data was compared with similar analyses conducted on simulated APT datasets with known extent of phase separation. Thus the presence of phase separation in Cr-Mo films, even when phase separation was not clearly observed by x-ray diffraction, and the absence of phase separation in the Cr-V film were thus confirmed.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

View Accepted Manuscript (Publisher)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1166829

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1224315

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-105687; 48445; KP1704020

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 116, Issue 19; ISSN 0021-8979

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 11 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (34)

Phase separation in immiscible silver–copper alloy thin films Nag, Soumya; Mahdak, Kristopher C.; Devaraj, Arun Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 44, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-009-3449-0	journal	July 2009
Oxide dispersion-strengthened steels: A comparison of some commercial and experimental alloys Klueh, R. L.; Shingledecker, J. P.; Swindeman, R. W. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 341, Issue 2-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2005.01.017	journal	May 2005
Radiation response of a 9 chromium oxide dispersion strengthened steel to heavy ion irradiation Allen, T. R.; Gan, J.; Cole, J. I. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 375, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2007.11.001	journal	March 2008
Characterization of a Fe/Y ₂ O ₃ metal/oxide interface using neutron and x-ray scattering Watkins, E. B.; Kashinath, A.; Wang, P. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4891432	journal	July 2014
Phase separation in InGaN grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition El-Masry, N. A.; Piner, E. L.; Liu, S. X. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 72, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.120639	journal	January 1998
Recent Developments in Irradiation-Resistant Steels Odette, G. R.; Alinger, M. J.; Wirth, B. D. Annual Review of Materials Research, Vol. 38, Issue 1, p. 471-503 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.matsci.38.060407.130315	journal	August 2008
Revisiting the “In-clustering” question in InGaN through the use of aberration-corrected electron microscopy below the knock-on threshold Baloch, Kamal H.; Johnston-Peck, Aaron C.; Kisslinger, Kim Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 102, Issue 19 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4807122	journal	May 2013
Defect structure of epitaxial CrxV1−x thin films on MgO(001) Kaspar, Tiffany C.; Bowden, Mark E.; Wang, Chongmin Thin Solid Films, Vol. 550 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2013.09.067	journal	January 2014
Atom probe tomography Kelly, Thomas F.; Miller, Michael K. Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 78, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2709758	journal	March 2007
Phase separation in InGaN thick films and formation of InGaN/GaN double heterostructures in the entire alloy composition Singh, R.; Doppalapudi, D.; Moustakas, T. D. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 70, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.118493	journal	March 1997
Stability of ferritic MA/ODS alloys at high temperatures Miller, M. K.; Hoelzer, D. T.; Kenik, E. A. Intermetallics, Vol. 13, Issue 3-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2004.07.036	journal	March 2005
Perspective of ODS alloys application in nuclear environments Ukai, Shigeharu; Fujiwara, Masayuki Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 307-311, p. 749-757 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3115(02)01043-7	journal	December 2002
Theoretical determinations of thermodynamic data and phase diagrams of BCC binary transition-metal alloys Colinet, C.; Bessoud, A.; Pasturel, A. Journal of Physics F: Metal Physics, Vol. 18, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4608/18/5/010	journal	May 1988
Confined phase separation in SiO _X nanometric thin layers Roussel, M.; Talbot, E.; Pareige, C. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 103, Issue 20 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4830375	journal	November 2013
Publisher's Note: “Laser assisted crystallization of ferromagnetic amorphous ribbons: A multimodal characterization and thermal model study” [J. Appl. Phys. 114, 184901 (2013)] Katakam, Shravana; Devaraj, Arun; Bowden, Mark Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4864065	journal	January 2014
The Cr−Mo (Chromium-Molybdenum) system Venkatraman, M.; Neumann, J. P. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams, Vol. 8, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02874911	journal	June 1987
Overview of materials research for fusion reactors Muroga, T.; Gasparotto, M.; Zinkle, S. J. Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 61-62 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00219-3	journal	November 2002
Contingency table techniques for three dimensional atom probe tomography Moody, Michael P.; Stephenson, Leigh T.; Liddicoat, Peter V. Microscopy Research and Technique, Vol. 70, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.20412	journal	January 2007
Grazing-incidence small angle x-ray scattering studies of phase separation in hafnium silicate films Stemmer, Susanne; Li, Youli; Foran, Brendan Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 83, Issue 15 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1617369	journal	October 2003
Structural characterization of epitaxial Cr _x Mo _{1− x} alloy thin films Kaspar, T. C.; Bowden, M. E.; Varga, T. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Vol. 24, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/24/9/095001	journal	January 2012
Structure and radiation damage behavior of epitaxial CrxMo1−x alloy thin films on MgO Wang, Chong-Min; Kaspar, Tiffany C.; Shutthanandan, Vaithiyalingam Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 437, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.01.345	journal	June 2013
Alpha phase precipitation from phase-separated beta phase in a model Ti–Mo–Al alloy studied by direct coupling of transmission electron microscopy and atom probe tomography Devaraj, Arun; Nag, Soumya; Banerjee, Rajarshi Scripta Materialia, Vol. 69, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.06.011	journal	October 2013
De-vitrification of nanoscale phase-separated amorphous thin films in the immiscible copper–niobium system Puthucode, A.; Devaraj, A.; Nag, S. Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 94, Issue 15 https://doi.org/10.1080/14786435.2014.892223	journal	April 2014
Microstructure of multistage annealed nanocrystalline SmCo ₂ Fe ₂ B alloy with enhanced magnetic properties Jiang, Xiujuan; Devaraj, Arun; Balamurugan, B. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4865298	journal	February 2014
In situ site-specific specimen preparation for atom probe tomography Thompson, K.; Lawrence, D.; Larson, D. J. Ultramicroscopy, Vol. 107, Issue 2-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2006.06.008	journal	February 2007
Compositional dependence of phase separation in InGaN layers Rao, M.; Kim, D.; Mahajan, S. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 85, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1791327	journal	September 2004
Characterization of precipitates in MA/ODS ferritic alloys Miller, M. K.; Russell, K. F.; Hoelzer, D. T. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 351, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2006.02.004	journal	June 2006
Spinodal decomposition in amorphous metal–silicate thin films: Phase diagram analysis and interface effects on kinetics Kim, H.; McIntyre, P. C. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 92, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1510590	journal	November 2002
High-energy ion-beam-induced phase separation in $Si O_{x}$ films Arnoldbik, W. M.; Tomozeiu, N.; van Hattum, E. D. Physical Review B, Vol. 71, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.71.125329	journal	March 2005
Phase separation in InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells McCluskey, M. D.; Romano, L. T.; Krusor, B. S. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 72, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.121166	journal	April 1998
Subsurface synthesis and characterization of Ag nanoparticles embedded in MgO Vilayurganapathy, S.; Devaraj, A.; Colby, R. Nanotechnology, Vol. 24, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/24/9/095707	journal	February 2013
Quantitative binomial distribution analyses of nanoscale like‐solute atom clustering and segregation in atom probe tomography data Moody, Michael P.; Stephenson, Leigh T.; Ceguerra, Anna V. Microscopy Research and Technique, Vol. 71, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.20582	journal	July 2008
Thermodynamic and kinetic modeling of the Cr-Ti-V system Ghosh, G. Journal of Phase Equilibria, Vol. 23, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1361/105497102770331569	journal	August 2002
Development of Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Ferritic Steels for FBR Core Application, (I): Improvement of Mechanical Properties by Recrystallization Processing Ukai, Shigeharu; Nishida, Toshio; Okada, Hirokazu Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, Vol. 34, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1080/18811248.1997.9733658	journal	March 1997

Cited By (4)

Composition-Dependent Microstructure-Property Relationships of Fe and Al Modified Ti-12Cr (wt.%) Ballor, J.; Ikeda, M.; Kautz, E. J. JOM, Vol. 71, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-019-03467-y	journal	April 2019
Visualizing nanoscale 3D compositional fluctuation of lithium in advanced lithium-ion battery cathodes Devaraj, A.; Gu, M.; Colby, R. Nature Communications, Vol. 6, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9014	journal	August 2015
Three-dimensional nanoscale characterisation of materials by atom probe tomography Devaraj, Arun; Perea, Daniel E.; Liu, Jia International Materials Reviews, Vol. 63, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1080/09506608.2016.1270728	journal	November 2016
Simulation of solute clusters in metallic systems Gwalani, Harsha; Gwalani, Bharat; O’Neill, Marty Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 27, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-651x/ab4b3d	journal	October 2019

Similar Records

Nanoscale phase separation in epitaxial Cr-Mo and Cr-V alloy thin films studied using atom probe tomography: Comparison of experiments and simulation

Journal Article · Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Journal of Applied Physics · OSTI ID:1166829

Devaraj, A.; Ramanan, S.; Walvekar, S.; +4 more

Enhancement of spin-lattice coupling in nanoengineered oxide films and heterostructures by laser MBE

Technical Report · Thu Jun 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · OSTI ID:1166829

Xi, Xiaoxing

Tandem Microwire Solar Cells for Flexible High Efficiency Low Cost Photovoltaics

Technical Report · Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · OSTI ID:1166829

Atwater, Harry A.

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Title: Nanoscale Phase Separation In Epitaxial Cr-Mo and Cr-V Alloy Thin Films Studied Using Atom Probe Tomography. Comparison Of Experiments And Simulation

Citation Formats

References (34)

Cited By (4)

Similar Records

Related Subjects