Atomistic and experimental study of microstructural evolution in nanocrystalline iron subjected to irradiation
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| author | Tolkachev, Ivan Mason, Daniel R. Boleininger, Max Ma, Pui-Wai Long, Daniel Connolly, Eamonn T. Thompson, Stephen P. Mizohata, Kenichiro Hofmann, Felix |
| author_facet | Tolkachev, Ivan Mason, Daniel R. Boleininger, Max Ma, Pui-Wai Long, Daniel Connolly, Eamonn T. Thompson, Stephen P. Mizohata, Kenichiro Hofmann, Felix |
| contents | Nanocrystalline materials have been proposed for use in future fusion reactors due to their high grain boundary density that may act as a sink for irradiation-induced defects. We use molecular dynamics to model collision cascades in nanocrystalline iron and compare the damage evolution to that observed in initially perfect, single crystalline iron. The nanocrystalline material is generated either by Voronoi tessellation or severe plastic shearing. Upon irradiation, the grains in nanocrystalline simulations coarsen, with all ultimately becoming single crystalline above 2 dpa. Above a damage dose of 1 dpa, nanocrystalline cells show a lower dislocation density and lower lattice swelling than their initially pristine counterparts. Experimental X-ray diffraction data is collected on nanocrystalline iron samples subjected to self-ion irradiation. Line profile analysis data agrees with the trends observed in the atomistic simulations, revealing the presence of an irradiation induced annealing process, with a clear reduction in micro-strain with increasing dose. We attempt to determine why some grains in our atomistic simulations grow, while others shrink, by creating a Toy Model that simulates volume exchange between grains based on different hypothesised exchange mechanisms. This suggests that irradiation-induced grain growth is consistent with random growth. |
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| spellingShingle | Atomistic and experimental study of microstructural evolution in nanocrystalline iron subjected to irradiation Tolkachev, Ivan Mason, Daniel R. Boleininger, Max Ma, Pui-Wai Long, Daniel Connolly, Eamonn T. Thompson, Stephen P. Mizohata, Kenichiro Hofmann, Felix Materials Science Nanocrystalline materials have been proposed for use in future fusion reactors due to their high grain boundary density that may act as a sink for irradiation-induced defects. We use molecular dynamics to model collision cascades in nanocrystalline iron and compare the damage evolution to that observed in initially perfect, single crystalline iron. The nanocrystalline material is generated either by Voronoi tessellation or severe plastic shearing. Upon irradiation, the grains in nanocrystalline simulations coarsen, with all ultimately becoming single crystalline above 2 dpa. Above a damage dose of 1 dpa, nanocrystalline cells show a lower dislocation density and lower lattice swelling than their initially pristine counterparts. Experimental X-ray diffraction data is collected on nanocrystalline iron samples subjected to self-ion irradiation. Line profile analysis data agrees with the trends observed in the atomistic simulations, revealing the presence of an irradiation induced annealing process, with a clear reduction in micro-strain with increasing dose. We attempt to determine why some grains in our atomistic simulations grow, while others shrink, by creating a Toy Model that simulates volume exchange between grains based on different hypothesised exchange mechanisms. This suggests that irradiation-induced grain growth is consistent with random growth. |
| title | Atomistic and experimental study of microstructural evolution in nanocrystalline iron subjected to irradiation |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21174 |