Comparison of short-range order in irradiated dysprosium titanates
Abstract
The structural response of Dy2TiO5 oxide under swift heavy ion irradiation (2.2 GeV Au ions) was studied over a range of structural length scales utilizing neutron total scattering experiments. Refinement of diffraction data confirms that the long-range orthorhombic structure is susceptible to ion beam-induced amorphization with limited crystalline fraction remaining after irradiation to 8 × 1012 ions/cm2. In contrast, the local atomic arrangement, examined through pair distribution function analysis, shows only subtle changes after irradiation and is still described best by the original orthorhombic structural model. A comparison to Dy2Ti2O7 pyrochlore oxide under the same irradiation conditions reveals a different behavior: while the dysprosium titanate pyrochlore is more radiation resistant over the long-range with smaller degree of amorphization as compared to Dy2TiO5, the former involves more local atomic rearrangements, best described by a pyrochlore-to-weberite-type transformation. These results highlight the importance of short-range and medium-range order analysis for a comprehensive description of radiation behavior.
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS)
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- npj Materials Degradation
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- Journal Name: npj Materials Degradation Journal Volume: 5 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2397-2106
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- Nature Publishing Group
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- United Kingdom
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- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Materials for energy and catalysis; Materials science; Techniques and instrumentation
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Sherrod, Roman, O’Quinn, Eric C., Gussev, Igor M., Overstreet, Cale, Neuefeind, Joerg, and Lang, Maik K. Comparison of short-range order in irradiated dysprosium titanates. United Kingdom: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41529-021-00165-6.
Sherrod, Roman, O’Quinn, Eric C., Gussev, Igor M., Overstreet, Cale, Neuefeind, Joerg, & Lang, Maik K. Comparison of short-range order in irradiated dysprosium titanates. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41529-021-00165-6
Sherrod, Roman, O’Quinn, Eric C., Gussev, Igor M., Overstreet, Cale, Neuefeind, Joerg, and Lang, Maik K. Fri .
"Comparison of short-range order in irradiated dysprosium titanates". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41529-021-00165-6.
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title = {Comparison of short-range order in irradiated dysprosium titanates},
author = {Sherrod, Roman and O’Quinn, Eric C. and Gussev, Igor M. and Overstreet, Cale and Neuefeind, Joerg and Lang, Maik K.},
abstractNote = {The structural response of Dy2TiO5 oxide under swift heavy ion irradiation (2.2 GeV Au ions) was studied over a range of structural length scales utilizing neutron total scattering experiments. Refinement of diffraction data confirms that the long-range orthorhombic structure is susceptible to ion beam-induced amorphization with limited crystalline fraction remaining after irradiation to 8 × 1012 ions/cm2. In contrast, the local atomic arrangement, examined through pair distribution function analysis, shows only subtle changes after irradiation and is still described best by the original orthorhombic structural model. A comparison to Dy2Ti2O7 pyrochlore oxide under the same irradiation conditions reveals a different behavior: while the dysprosium titanate pyrochlore is more radiation resistant over the long-range with smaller degree of amorphization as compared to Dy2TiO5, the former involves more local atomic rearrangements, best described by a pyrochlore-to-weberite-type transformation. These results highlight the importance of short-range and medium-range order analysis for a comprehensive description of radiation behavior.},
doi = {10.1038/s41529-021-00165-6},
journal = {npj Materials Degradation},
number = 1,
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place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Fri Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41529-021-00165-6
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