Crossover from disordered to core-shell structures of nano-oxide Y2O3 dispersed particles in Fe
Abstract
Here, molecular dynamic simulations of Y2O3 in bcc Fe and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations were used to understand the structure of Y2O3 nano-clusters in an oxide dispersion strengthened steel matrix. The study showed that Y2O3 nano-clusters below 2 nm were completely disordered. Y2O3 nano-clusters above 2 nm, however, form a core-shell structure, with a shell thickness of 0.5–0.7 nm that is independent of nano-cluster size. Y2O3 nano-clusters were surrounded by off-lattice Fe atoms, further increasing the stability of these nano-clusters. TEM was used to corroborate our simulation results and showed a crossover from a disordered nano-cluster to a core-shell structure.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences; Northeastern Univ., Shenyang (China). Key Lab. for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials
- Northeastern Univ., Shenyang (China). Key Lab. for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials
- Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1467856
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1268443
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NE0008297
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Physics Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 109; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 42 ENGINEERING; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) alloy; molecular dynamics (MD); disordered oxides; crystalline oxides; nanoparticles; lattice constants; shell model; transmission electron microscopy; crystal structure; density functional theory; atom irradiation effects; molecular dynamics; nanostructures; particle distribution functions
Citation Formats
Higgins, M. P., Lu, C. Y., Lu, Z., Shao, L., Wang, L. M., and Gao, F. Crossover from disordered to core-shell structures of nano-oxide Y2O3 dispersed particles in Fe. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4959776.
Higgins, M. P., Lu, C. Y., Lu, Z., Shao, L., Wang, L. M., & Gao, F. Crossover from disordered to core-shell structures of nano-oxide Y2O3 dispersed particles in Fe. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4959776
Higgins, M. P., Lu, C. Y., Lu, Z., Shao, L., Wang, L. M., and Gao, F. Fri .
"Crossover from disordered to core-shell structures of nano-oxide Y2O3 dispersed particles in Fe". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4959776. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1467856.
@article{osti_1467856,
title = {Crossover from disordered to core-shell structures of nano-oxide Y2O3 dispersed particles in Fe},
author = {Higgins, M. P. and Lu, C. Y. and Lu, Z. and Shao, L. and Wang, L. M. and Gao, F.},
abstractNote = {Here, molecular dynamic simulations of Y2O3 in bcc Fe and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations were used to understand the structure of Y2O3 nano-clusters in an oxide dispersion strengthened steel matrix. The study showed that Y2O3 nano-clusters below 2 nm were completely disordered. Y2O3 nano-clusters above 2 nm, however, form a core-shell structure, with a shell thickness of 0.5–0.7 nm that is independent of nano-cluster size. Y2O3 nano-clusters were surrounded by off-lattice Fe atoms, further increasing the stability of these nano-clusters. TEM was used to corroborate our simulation results and showed a crossover from a disordered nano-cluster to a core-shell structure.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4959776},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 3,
volume = 109,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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