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Title: Effects of electronic excitation in 150 keV Ni ion irradiation of metallic systems

Abstract

We use the two-temperature model in molecular dynamic simulations of 150 keV Ni ion cascades in nickel and nickel-based alloys to investigate the effect of the energy exchange between the atomic and the electronic systems during the primary stages of radiation damage. We find that the electron-phonon interactions result in a smaller amount of defects and affect the cluster formation, resulting in smaller clusters. These results indicate that ignoring the local heating due to the electrons results in the overestimation of the amount of damage and the size of the defect clusters. A comparison of the average defect production to the Norgett-Robinson-Torrens (NRT) prediction over a range of energies is provided.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science & Technology Division
  2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science & Technology Division
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Energy Dissipation to Defect Evolution (EDDE)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1422617
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1417422
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
AIP Advances
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2158-3226
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; transition; chemical kinetics; radiation damage; elementary particle interactions; materials analysis

Citation Formats

Zarkadoula, Eva, Samolyuk, German, and Weber, William J. Effects of electronic excitation in 150 keV Ni ion irradiation of metallic systems. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5016536.
Zarkadoula, Eva, Samolyuk, German, & Weber, William J. Effects of electronic excitation in 150 keV Ni ion irradiation of metallic systems. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5016536
Zarkadoula, Eva, Samolyuk, German, and Weber, William J. Thu . "Effects of electronic excitation in 150 keV Ni ion irradiation of metallic systems". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5016536. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1422617.
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title = {Effects of electronic excitation in 150 keV Ni ion irradiation of metallic systems},
author = {Zarkadoula, Eva and Samolyuk, German and Weber, William J.},
abstractNote = {We use the two-temperature model in molecular dynamic simulations of 150 keV Ni ion cascades in nickel and nickel-based alloys to investigate the effect of the energy exchange between the atomic and the electronic systems during the primary stages of radiation damage. We find that the electron-phonon interactions result in a smaller amount of defects and affect the cluster formation, resulting in smaller clusters. These results indicate that ignoring the local heating due to the electrons results in the overestimation of the amount of damage and the size of the defect clusters. A comparison of the average defect production to the Norgett-Robinson-Torrens (NRT) prediction over a range of energies is provided.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5016536},
journal = {AIP Advances},
number = 1,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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