Evaluating the radiation damage of nano crystalline materials with atomic scale precision

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Hendy
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Damage ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Nano Crystalline

Possible applications of fraunhofer holography in high resolution electron microscopy

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 222-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Bonnet ◽  
M. Troyon ◽  
P. Gallion
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Transfer Function ◽  
Radiation Damage ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Far Field ◽  
Field Region ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
The Ideal

Two main problems in high resolution electron microscopy are first, the existence of gaps in the transfer function, and then the difficulty to find complex amplitude of the diffracted wawe from registered intensity. The solution of this second problem is in most cases only intended by the realization of several micrographs in different conditions (defocusing distance, illuminating angle, complementary objective apertures…) which can lead to severe problems of contamination or radiation damage for certain specimens.Fraunhofer holography can in principle solve both problems stated above (1,2). The microscope objective is strongly defocused (far-field region) so that the two diffracted beams do not interfere. The ideal transfer function after reconstruction is then unity and the twin image do not overlap on the reconstructed one.We show some applications of the method and results of preliminary tests.Possible application to the study of cavitiesSmall voids (or gas-filled bubbles) created by irradiation in crystalline materials can be observed near the Scherzer focus, but it is then difficult to extract other informations than the approximated size.

scholarly journals Наноиндентирование и механические свойства материалов в субмикро- и наношкале. Недавние результаты и достижения (О б з о р)

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Ю.И. Головин
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Monitoring ◽  
Load Testing ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Nanomechanical Properties ◽  
Nano Crystalline ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Low Load ◽  
Rfbr Grant ◽  
Wide Family

The review discusses the details of various materials mechanical behavior in submicro- and nanoscale. Significant advances in this scope result from the development of wide family of load based precise nanotesting techniques called nanoindentation. But nowadays, nanomechanical properties are studied not only by nanoindentation techniques in narrow sense, i.e. local loading of macro, micro and nanoscale objects. Nanomechanical load testing is discussed here within a wider scope employing precise deformation measurement with nanometer scale resolution caused by various types of low load application to the object under study including uniaxial compression or extension, shearing, bending or twisting, optionally accompanied by in situ monitoring sample microstructure using scanning and transmission electron microscopy and Laue microdiffraction technique. The main courses of experimental techniques development in recent ten years along with the results obtained using them in single, poly and nano crystalline materials, composites, films and coatings, amorphous solids and such biomaterials as tissues, living cells and macromolecules are described. Special attention is paid to deformation size effects and atomic mechanisms in nanoscale. This review is a natural continuation and development of the review published at Fiz.Tverd.Tela vol.50, issue 12, 2008 of the same author that discusses details of nanomechanical properties of solids. Current review includes wider range of nanomechanical testing concepts and recent achievements in the scope. The work was supported by RFBR grant for project #19-12-50235.

scholarly journals Modelling and Experimental Validation of the Porosity Effect on the Behaviour of Nano-Crystalline Materials

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 821
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Bazios ◽  
Konstantinos Tserpes ◽  
Spiros Pantelakis
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Model ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Static Compression ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Nano Crystalline ◽  
Porosity Effect ◽  
Grain Diameter

Nano-crystalline metals have attracted considerable attention over the past two decades due to their increased mechanical properties as compared to their microcrystalline counterparts. However, the behaviour of nano-crystalline metals is influenced by imperfections introduced during synthesis or heat treatment. These imperfections include pores, which are mostly located in the area of grain boundaries. To study the behaviour of multiphase nano-crystalline materials, a novel fully parametric algorithm was developed. The data required for implementing the developed numerical model were the volume fraction of the alloying elements and their basic properties as well as the density and the size of randomly distributed pores. To validate the developed algorithm, the alloy composition 75 wt% tungsten and 25 wt% copper was examined experimentally under compression tests. For the investigation, two batches of specimens were used; a batch having a coarse-grained microstructure with an average grain diameter of 150 nm and a nanocrystalline batch having a grain diameter of 100 nm, respectively. The porosity of both batches was derived to range between 9% and 10% based on X-ray diffraction analyses. The results of quasi-static compression testing revealed that the nanocrystalline W-Cu material exhibited brittle behaviour which was characterised by an elastic deformation that led to fracture without remarkable plasticity. A compressive strength of about 1100 MPa was derived which was more than double compared to conventional W-Cu samples. Finite element simulations of the behaviour of porous nano-crystalline materials were performed and compared with the respective experimental compression tests. The numerical model and experimental observations were in good agreement.

SURFACE BONDING STATES OF NANO-CRYSTALLINE DIAMOND BALLS

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (31) ◽  
pp. 4071-4085 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. PENG ◽  
SHAUN BULCOCK ◽  
PETER I. BELOBROV ◽  
L. A. BURSILL
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Chemical Vapour ◽  
Structural Models ◽  
Electronic States ◽  
Surface Structures ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Nano Crystalline ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
Electron Energy Loss

The rough surface of nano-crystalline diamond spheres induces surface electronic states which appear as a broadened pre-peak over approx. 15 eV at the C K-edge energy threshold for carbon in the parallel electron energy loss spectrum (PEELS). This appears to be at least partially due to 1s-π* transitions, although typically the latter occupy a range of only 4 eV for the sp2 edge of highly-oriented pyrollytic graphite (HOPG). No π* electrons appear in the conduction band inside the diamond particles, where all electrons are sp3 hybridized. PEELS data were also obtained from a chemical vapour deposited diamond film (CVDF) and gem-quality diamond for comparison with the spectra of nano-diamonds. The density of sp2 and sp3 states on the surface of diamond nano-crystals is calculated for simple structural models of the diamond balls, including some conjecture about surface structures. The results are used to interpret the sp2/sp3 ratios measured from the PEELS spectra recorded as scans across the particles. Surface roughness at the atomic scale was also examined using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and electron nano-diffraction patterns were used to confirm the crystal structures.

FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF DAMPING CAPACITY IN NANO-CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS

2010 ◽  
Vol 01 (03) ◽  
pp. 421-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. YADOLLAHPOUR ◽  
S. ZIAEI-RAD ◽  
F. KARIMZADEH
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Composite Model ◽  
Grain Structure ◽  
External Loading ◽  
Damping Capacity ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Nano Crystalline ◽  
Local Plastic Strain

Plastic deformation of materials is a major source of energy dissipation during external loading. In nano-crystalline (NC) materials, local plastic strain may arise even if the overall external load is below the yield stress of the material because of the grain structure. In this paper, the damping capacity of nano-crystalline materials is modeled by considering the grain structure. First, the grains are modeled by using a composite model. The composite model takes each oriented crystal and its immediate boundary to form a pair. Next, the finite element method in conjunction with the composite model is employed to evaluate the energy dissipation of nano-crystalline material under cyclic loading. The influence of the grain size and the external loading on the energy dissipation is investigated numerically. Energy dissipation in each of the two parts (i.e. grain and grain boundary) is also calculated as an attempt to understand the effect of grain boundary on energy dissipation.

Atomic-scale modeling of radiation damage by SAS

JOM ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 48 (12) ◽  
pp. 38-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. L. Heinisch
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Damage ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Scale Modeling
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