Wen Chen, Qing Hou, Tun Chen, Jie-Chao Cui, Min Li, Bao-Qin Fu
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Influence of Cu/W semi-coherent interfacial structure on helium behavior: insights from atomistic simulations
Atomistic simulations are conducted to investigate helium (He) bubble nucleation and growth in copper (Cu)/ tungsten (W) nano-multilayers with Kurdjumov-Sachs orientation relationship. The results reveal that the preferential nucleation sites for He bubbles are low-Cu density regions near interfaces, specifically at misfit dislocation intersections (MDIs), rather than the conventionally assumed high-interface energy regions. Moreover, the “platelet to sphere” morphological transformation during the He bubble growth at MDIs is a dislocation-mediated process. Based on these observations, a mechanism is proposed to describe the He bubble nucleation and growth dynamics in Cu/W nano-multilayers. This work advances the understanding of the tolerance to He irradiation of nano-multilayer materials.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Nuclear Materials publishes high quality papers in materials research for nuclear applications, primarily fission reactors, fusion reactors, and similar environments including radiation areas of charged particle accelerators. Both original research and critical review papers covering experimental, theoretical, and computational aspects of either fundamental or applied nature are welcome.
The breadth of the field is such that a wide range of processes and properties in the field of materials science and engineering is of interest to the readership, spanning atom-scale processes, microstructures, thermodynamics, mechanical properties, physical properties, and corrosion, for example.
Topics covered by JNM
Fission reactor materials, including fuels, cladding, core structures, pressure vessels, coolant interactions with materials, moderator and control components, fission product behavior.
Materials aspects of the entire fuel cycle.
Materials aspects of the actinides and their compounds.
Performance of nuclear waste materials; materials aspects of the immobilization of wastes.
Fusion reactor materials, including first walls, blankets, insulators and magnets.
Neutron and charged particle radiation effects in materials, including defects, transmutations, microstructures, phase changes and macroscopic properties.
Interaction of plasmas, ion beams, electron beams and electromagnetic radiation with materials relevant to nuclear systems.