Thermal and Radiation Stability in Nanocrystalline Cu
Nanocrystalline metals have presented intriguing possibilities for use in radiation environments due to their high grain boundary volume, serving as enhanced irradiation-induced defect sinks. Their promise has been lessened due to the propensity for nanocrystalline metals to suffer deleterious grain...
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| description | Nanocrystalline metals have presented intriguing possibilities for use in radiation environments due to their high grain boundary volume, serving as enhanced irradiation-induced defect sinks. Their promise has been lessened due to the propensity for nanocrystalline metals to suffer deleterious grain growth from combinations of irradiation and/or elevated homologous temperature. While approaches for stabilizing such materials against grain growth are the subject of current research, there is still a lack of central knowledge on the irradiation–grain boundary interactions in pure metals despite many studies on the same. Due to the breadth of available reports, we have critically reviewed studies on irradiation and thermal stability in pure, nanocrystalline copper (Cu) as a model FCC material, and on a few dilute Cu-based alloys. Our study has shown that, viewed collectively, there are large differences in interpretation of irradiation–grain boundary interactions, primarily due to a wide range of irradiation environments and variability in materials processing. We discuss the sources of these differences and analyses herein. Then, with the goal of gaining a more overarching mechanistic understanding of grain size stability in pure materials under irradiation, we provide several key recommendations for making meaningful evaluations across materials with different processing and under variable irradiation conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-481dccdc005846a2b45fe08683d8b9032023-11-17T17:17:18ZengMDPI AGNanomaterials2079-49912023-03-01137121110.3390/nano13071211Thermal and Radiation Stability in Nanocrystalline CuMarie Thomas0Heather Salvador1Trevor Clark2Eric Lang3Khalid Hattar4Suveen Mathaudhu5Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USAMechanical Engineering Department, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USAMaterials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USACenter for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USACenter for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USAMetallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USANanocrystalline metals have presented intriguing possibilities for use in radiation environments due to their high grain boundary volume, serving as enhanced irradiation-induced defect sinks. Their promise has been lessened due to the propensity for nanocrystalline metals to suffer deleterious grain growth from combinations of irradiation and/or elevated homologous temperature. While approaches for stabilizing such materials against grain growth are the subject of current research, there is still a lack of central knowledge on the irradiation–grain boundary interactions in pure metals despite many studies on the same. Due to the breadth of available reports, we have critically reviewed studies on irradiation and thermal stability in pure, nanocrystalline copper (Cu) as a model FCC material, and on a few dilute Cu-based alloys. Our study has shown that, viewed collectively, there are large differences in interpretation of irradiation–grain boundary interactions, primarily due to a wide range of irradiation environments and variability in materials processing. We discuss the sources of these differences and analyses herein. Then, with the goal of gaining a more overarching mechanistic understanding of grain size stability in pure materials under irradiation, we provide several key recommendations for making meaningful evaluations across materials with different processing and under variable irradiation conditions.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/13/7/1211copperirradiationnanocrystallinestability |
| spellingShingle | Marie Thomas Heather Salvador Trevor Clark Eric Lang Khalid Hattar Suveen Mathaudhu Thermal and Radiation Stability in Nanocrystalline Cu Nanomaterials copper irradiation nanocrystalline stability |
| title | Thermal and Radiation Stability in Nanocrystalline Cu |
| title_full | Thermal and Radiation Stability in Nanocrystalline Cu |
| title_fullStr | Thermal and Radiation Stability in Nanocrystalline Cu |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thermal and Radiation Stability in Nanocrystalline Cu |
| title_short | Thermal and Radiation Stability in Nanocrystalline Cu |
| title_sort | thermal and radiation stability in nanocrystalline cu |
| topic | copper irradiation nanocrystalline stability |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/13/7/1211 |
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