Radiation damage in nanostructured materials

X Zhang, K Hattar, Y Chen, L Shao, J Li, C Sun… - Progress in Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Materials subjected to high dose irradiation by energetic particles often experience severe
damage in the form of drastic increase of defect density, and significant degradation of their …

The role of electronic energy loss in ion beam modification of materials

WJ Weber, DM Duffy, L Thomé, Y Zhang - Current Opinion in Solid State …, 2015 - Elsevier
The interaction of energetic ions with solids results in energy loss to both atomic nuclei and
electrons in the solid. In this article, recent advances in understanding and modeling the …

Ion irradiation and modification: The role of coupled electronic and nuclear energy dissipation and subsequent nonequilibrium processes in materials

Y Zhang, WJ Weber - Applied Physics Reviews, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Understanding material responses to energy deposition from energetic charged particles is
important for defect engineering, ion-beam processing, ion-beam analysis and modification …

Photocatalytic Degradation of Methyl Orange by CeO2 and Fe–doped CeO2 Films under Visible Light Irradiation

D Channei, B Inceesungvorn, N Wetchakun… - Scientific Reports, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract Undoped CeO2 and 0.50–5.00 mol% Fe-doped CeO2 nanoparticles were prepared
by a homogeneous precipitation combined with homogeneous/impreganation method and …

Radiation tolerance of nanocrystalline ceramics: insights from yttria stabilized zirconia

S Dey, JW Drazin, Y Wang, JA Valdez, TG Holesinger… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Materials for applications in hostile environments, such as nuclear reactors or radioactive
waste immobilization, require extremely high resistance to radiation damage, such as …

Nanoscale engineering of radiation tolerant silicon carbide

Y Zhang, M Ishimaru, T Varga, T Oda… - Physical Chemistry …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Radiation tolerance is determined by how effectively the microstructure can remove point
defects produced by irradiation. Engineered nanocrystalline SiC with a high-density of …

Thermal stability and irradiation response of nanocrystalline CoCrCuFeNi high-entropy alloy

Y Zhang, MA Tunes, ML Crespillo, F Zhang… - …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Grain growth and phase stability of a nanocrystalline face-centered cubic (fcc) Ni 0.2 Fe 0.2
Co 0.2 Cr 0.2 Cu 0.2 high-entropy alloy (HEA), either thermally-or irradiation-induced, are …

Role of electronic energy loss on defect production and interface stability: Comparison between ceramic materials and high-entropy alloys

Y Zhang, C Silva, TG Lach, MA Tunes, Y Zhou… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) and some complex alloys exhibit desirable properties and
significant structural stability in harsh environments, including possible applications in …

Study of the mechanisms of the t-ZrO2→ c-ZrO2 type polymorphic transformations in ceramics as a result of irradiation with heavy Xe22+ ions

M Alin, AL Kozlovskiy, MV Zdorovets, VV Uglov - Solid State Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we present the results of a study of the t-ZrO 2→ c-ZrO 2 type polymorphic
transformations in ZrO 2 ceramics resulting from irradiation with heavy ions with different …

The effect of electronic energy loss on irradiation-induced grain growth in nanocrystalline oxides

Y Zhang, DS Aidhy, T Varga, S Moll… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Grain growth of nanocrystalline materials is generally thermally activated, but can also be
driven by irradiation at much lower temperature. In nanocrystalline ceria and zirconia …