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In situ study of heavy ion irradiation response of immiscible Cu/Fe multilayers

Journal Article · · Journal of Nuclear Materials
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [3];  [5];  [6]
  1. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). MPA-CINT
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). MPA-CINT
  3. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  4. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
  5. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering and Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  6. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering and Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). School of Materials Engineering

By providing active defect sinks that capture and annihilate radiation induced defect clusters immiscible metallic multilayers with incoherent interfaces can effectively reduce defect density in ion irradiated metals. Although it is anticipated that defect density within the layers should vary as a function of distance to the layer interface, there is, to date, little in situ TEM evidence to validate this hypothesis. In our study monolithic Cu films and Cu/Fe multilayers with individual layer thickness, h, of 100 and 5 nm were subjected to in situ Cu ion irradiation at room temperature to nominally 1 displacement-per-atom inside a transmission electron microscope. Rapid formation and propagation of defect clusters were observed in monolithic Cu, whereas fewer defects with smaller dimensions were generated in Cu/Fe multilayers with smaller h. Moreover, in situ video shows that the cumulative defect density in Cu/Fe 100 nm multilayers indeed varies, as a function of distance to the layer interfaces, supporting a long postulated hypothesis.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1338392
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1409776
OSTI ID: 1341168
OSTI ID: 22592631
Report Number(s):
SAND2016-12630J; 649924
Journal Information:
Journal of Nuclear Materials, Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Materials Journal Issue: C Vol. 475; ISSN 0022-3115
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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