Research Progress on the Interface Design and Interface Response of Irradiation Resistant Metal-Based Nanostructured Materials
LIU Yue1(), TANG Pengzheng1, YANG Kunming1, SHEN Yiming2, WU Zhongguang2, FAN Tongxiang1()
1.State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China 2.Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, Shanghai 201109, China
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LIU Yue, TANG Pengzheng, YANG Kunming, SHEN Yiming, WU Zhongguang, FAN Tongxiang. Research Progress on the Interface Design and Interface Response of Irradiation Resistant Metal-Based Nanostructured Materials. Acta Metall Sin, 2021, 57(2): 150-170.
High-energy particle irradiation can often cause microstructure damage, resulting in different types of defects in metal-based structured materials. These irradiation-induced defects can accumulate and evolve, leading to the deformation and reduction of the structural integrity of the materials. Finally, this causes the degradation of the mechanical and physical properties of the aforementioned materials. These defects can be shielded, absorbed, and annihilated by introducing interfaces in materials, alleviating the radiation damage. In the previous two decades, metal-based nanostructured materials have attracted considerable attention in designing irradiation-resistant materials because of its high density of internal interfaces. This review aims to investigate the effect of the interface microstructure and energy on strengthening the irradiation resistance of metal-based nanostructured materials, with special emphasis on the interface responses of low- and high-energy interfaces. Furthermore, this review provides the theoretical and scientific foundation for optimizing the interface structure design and exhibits delicate balance between the interface microstructure, interface energy, interface stability, and irradiation resistance. In addition, the recent research progress on irradiation-resistant carbon-/metal-based nanostructured materials that consider such interface characteristics is reviewed in detail. Finally, the prospect of future irradiation-resistant metal-based nanostructured material development is discussed.
Fig.1 Design of coherent twin boundary (CTB) and its response to the irradiation damage
Fig.2 Design of coherent heterogeneous interfaces and their responses to the irradiation damage (a-f) the fully coherent fcc Cu/Fe nanolayers subjected to He ion irradiation[32] (a) the variation of peak He bubble density with layer thickness (h) (b) the variation of bubble size (d) with h (c) a cross-sectional TEM (XTEM) micrograph showing the layer interface retained and arrays of low-density He bubbles (with a diameter of ~1 nm or less) with an average separation distance of 1.5 nm were observed in the region close to the end of He concentration profile (d) XRD spectra of as-deposited (AD) and He ion irradiated Cu/Fe multilayers (e) prior to radiation of fully coherent immiscible Cu/Fe 0.75 nm multilayer, Cu is under compression and Fe is under tension (f) after radiation, He bubbles prefer to nucleate in Cu layers and are constricted to reside inside Cu layers (g, h) the fully coherent fcc Cu/Co nanolayers subjected to He ion irradiation[34] (g) XTEM showing clear alignment of He bubbles along layer interfaces. The embedded SAED pattern shows that the film retained epitaxial structure with fully coherent Cu/fcc Co stacking (h) inverse size-dependent radiation hardening in Cu/Co. The magnitude of radiation hardening is greater at smaller h (ΔHIT—indentation hardness) (i) comparison of the evolution of He bubble density along penetration depth in several Cu/Co multilayers[34]
Fig.3 Design of incoherent twin boundary (ITB) and its response to the irradiation damage
Fig.4 The density function theory (DFT) simulations results about the stability variation of the ITB after Fe addition[43]
Fig.5 Design of high angle grain boundary and its interaction with the defects
Fig.6 Correlative atom probe tomography (APT) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterization of nanocrystalline austenitic stainless steel (NC-SS)[58](a) combined and individual element atom maps of the analyzed volume
Fig.7 Interaction between the semi-coherent interfaces and the irradiation-induced defects
Fig.8 Design of interfacial misfit intersections (MDIs) at the semi-coherent interfaces
Fig.9 Irradiation responses of the carbon nanotube (CNT)/metal interfaces
Fig.10 Irradiation responses of the graphene (Gr)/metal interfaces
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