TY - JOUR
T1 - Defect annihilation in heavy ion irradiated polycrystalline gold
AU - Islam, Zahabul
AU - Barr, Christopher M.
AU - Hattar, Khalid
AU - Haque, Aman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - In this study, we explore the interaction of electron wind force (EWF) with defects originating from ion irradiation in-situ inside a transmission electron microscope. Nanocrystalline gold specimens were self-ion irradiated to a dose of 5 × 1015 ions/cm2 (45 displacement per atom) to generate a high density of displacement damage. We also developed a molecular dynamics simulation model to understand the associated atomic scale mechanisms. Both experiments and simulations show that the EWF can impart significant defect mobility even at low temperatures, resulting in the migration and elimination of defects in a few minutes. We propose that the EWF interacts with defects to create highly glissile Shockley partial dislocations, which makes the fast and low temperature defect annihilation possible.
AB - In this study, we explore the interaction of electron wind force (EWF) with defects originating from ion irradiation in-situ inside a transmission electron microscope. Nanocrystalline gold specimens were self-ion irradiated to a dose of 5 × 1015 ions/cm2 (45 displacement per atom) to generate a high density of displacement damage. We also developed a molecular dynamics simulation model to understand the associated atomic scale mechanisms. Both experiments and simulations show that the EWF can impart significant defect mobility even at low temperatures, resulting in the migration and elimination of defects in a few minutes. We propose that the EWF interacts with defects to create highly glissile Shockley partial dislocations, which makes the fast and low temperature defect annihilation possible.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.matlet.2020.128694
DO - 10.1016/j.matlet.2020.128694
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091994133
SN - 0167-577X
VL - 282
JO - Materials Letters
JF - Materials Letters
M1 - 128694
ER -