Self-organization of helium precipitates into elongated channels within metal nanolayers

Chen, Di; Li, Nan; Yuryev, Dina; Baldwin, Jon Kevin Scott; Wang, Yongqiang; Demkowicz, Michael J.

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aao2710

Title: Self-organization of helium precipitates into elongated channels within metal nanolayers

Journal Article · Fri Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Science Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aao2710· OSTI ID:1418768

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

Material degradation due to precipitation of implanted helium (He) is a key concern in nuclear energy. Decades of research have mapped out the fate of He precipitates in metals, from nucleation and growth of equiaxed bubbles and voids to formation and bursting of surface blisters. By contrast, we show that He precipitates confined within nanoscale metal layers depart from their classical growth trajectories: They self-organize into elongated channels. These channels form via templated nucleation of He precipitates along layer surfaces followed by their growth and spontaneous coalescence into stable precipitate lines. The total line length and connectivity increases with the amount of implanted He, indicating that these channels ultimately interconnect into percolating “vascular” networks. In conclusion, vascularized metal composites promise a transformative solution to He-induced damage by enabling in operando outgassing of He and other impurities while maintaining material integrity.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

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OSTI ID:: 1418768

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-25074

Journal Information:: Science Advances, Vol. 3, Issue 11; ISSN 2375-2548

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