Predicting damage production in monoatomic and multi-elemental targets using stopping and range of ions in matter code: Challenges and recommendations

WJ Weber, Y Zhang - Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
The computer code, Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter (SRIM), is widely used to describe
energetic processes of ion-solid interactions; its predictive power relies on the accuracy of …

Irradiation performance of high entropy ceramics: A comprehensive comparison with conventional ceramics and high entropy alloys

S Huang, J Zhang, H Fu, Y Xiong, S Ma, X Xiang… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
High entropy ceramics (HECs) are a novel class of ceramics that exhibit high melting point,
excellent high-temperature mechanical performance, and superb corrosion resistance …

Raman spectroscopy study of heavy-ion-irradiated α-SiC

S Sorieul, JM Costantini, L Gosmain… - Journal of Physics …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
Raman spectroscopy was used to investigate the structure of ion-irradiated α-SiC single
crystals at room temperature and 400 C. Irradiations induce a decrease of the Raman line …

Atomistic origin of Urbach tails in amorphous silicon

Y Pan, F Inam, M Zhang, DA Drabold - Physical review letters, 2008 - APS
Exponential band edges have been observed in a variety of materials, both crystalline and
amorphous. In this Letter, we infer the structural origins of these tails in amorphous and …

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 …

Coupled electronic and atomic effects on defect evolution in silicon carbide under ion irradiation

Y Zhang, H Xue, E Zarkadoula, R Sachan… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding energy dissipation processes in electronic/atomic subsystems and
subsequent non-equilibrium defect evolution is a long-standing challenge in materials …

Anisotropic defect distribution in He+-irradiated 4H-SiC: Effect of stress on defect distribution

S Yang, Y Nakagawa, M Kondo, T Shibayama - Acta materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Irradiation-induced anisotropic swelling in hexagonal α-SiC is known to degrade the
mechanical properties of SiC; however, the associated physical mechanism and …

Ion-induced damage accumulation and electron-beam-enhanced recrystallization in

Y Zhang, J Lian, CM Wang, W Jiang, RC Ewing… - Physical Review B …, 2005 - APS
Damage accumulation in strontium titanate (Sr Ti O 3) from 1.0 MeV Au irradiation has been
investigated at temperatures from 150 to 400 K. The relative disorder on the Sr and Ti …

Coupled effects of electronic and nuclear energy deposition on damage accumulation in ion-irradiated SiC

L Nuckols, ML Crespillo, C Xu, E Zarkadoula, Y Zhang… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Coupling between electronic and nuclear energy dissipation in ion-irradiated, single crystal
4H-SiC has been investigated using Si, Ti, and Ni ions over a range of energies at 300 K …

Characterization and modelling of the ion-irradiation induced disorder in 6H-SiC and 3C-SiC single crystals

A Debelle, L Thomé, D Dompoint… - Journal of Physics D …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract 6H-SiC and 3C-SiC single crystals were simultaneously irradiated at room
temperature with 100 keV Fe ions at fluences up to 4× 10 14 cm− 2 (∼ 0.7 dpa), ie up to …