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Non-random walk diffusion enhances the sink strength of semicoherent interfaces

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  • A. Vattré

    (CEA, DAM, DIF)

  • T. Jourdan

    (CEA, DEN, Service de Recherches de Métallurgie Physique, Université Paris-Saclay)

  • H. Ding

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • M.-C. Marinica

    (CEA, DEN, Service de Recherches de Métallurgie Physique, Université Paris-Saclay)

  • M. J. Demkowicz

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station)

Abstract

Clean, safe and economical nuclear energy requires new materials capable of withstanding severe radiation damage. One strategy of imparting radiation resistance to solids is to incorporate into them a high density of solid-phase interfaces capable of absorbing and annihilating radiation-induced defects. Here we show that elastic interactions between point defects and semicoherent interfaces lead to a marked enhancement in interface sink strength. Our conclusions stem from simulations that integrate first principles, object kinetic Monte Carlo and anisotropic elasticity calculations. Surprisingly, the enhancement in sink strength is not due primarily to increased thermodynamic driving forces, but rather to reduced defect migration barriers, which induce a preferential drift of defects towards interfaces. The sink strength enhancement is highly sensitive to the detailed character of interfacial stresses, suggesting that ‘super-sink’ interfaces may be designed by optimizing interface stress fields. Such interfaces may be used to create materials with unprecedented resistance to radiation-induced damage.

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  • A. Vattré & T. Jourdan & H. Ding & M.-C. Marinica & M. J. Demkowicz, 2016. "Non-random walk diffusion enhances the sink strength of semicoherent interfaces," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-10, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms10424
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10424
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    1. Jiake Wei & Bin Feng & Eita Tochigi & Naoya Shibata & Yuichi Ikuhara, 2022. "Direct imaging of the disconnection climb mediated point defects absorption by a grain boundary," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-7, December.

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