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Revealing nano-scale lattice distortions in implanted material with 3D Bragg ptychography

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  • Peng Li

    (Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel
    Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus)

  • Nicholas W. Phillips

    (University of Oxford
    Paul Scherrer Institut)

  • Steven Leake

    (ESRF – The European Synchrotron)

  • Marc Allain

    (Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel)

  • Felix Hofmann

    (University of Oxford)

  • Virginie Chamard

    (Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel)

Abstract

Small ion-irradiation-induced defects can dramatically alter material properties and speed up degradation. Unfortunately, most of the defects irradiation creates are below the visibility limit of state-of-the-art microscopy. As such, our understanding of their impact is largely based on simulations with major unknowns. Here we present an x-ray crystalline microscopy approach, able to image with high sensitivity, nano-scale 3D resolution and extended field of view, the lattice strains and tilts in crystalline materials. Using this enhanced Bragg ptychography tool, we study the damage helium-ion-irradiation produces in tungsten, revealing a series of crystalline details in the 3D sample. Our results lead to the conclusions that few-atom-large ‘invisible’ defects are likely isotropic in orientation and homogeneously distributed. A partially defect-denuded region is observed close to a grain boundary. These findings open up exciting perspectives for the modelling of irradiation damage and the detailed analysis of crystalline properties in complex materials.

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  • Peng Li & Nicholas W. Phillips & Steven Leake & Marc Allain & Felix Hofmann & Virginie Chamard, 2021. "Revealing nano-scale lattice distortions in implanted material with 3D Bragg ptychography," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-13, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-27224-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27224-5
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