Dr. William J. Weber is currently the Governor’s Chair Professor for Radiation Effects on Materials in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Tennessee, with a joint appointment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He also serves as Director of the Ion Beam Materials Laboratory. He received his BS (1971) in Physics from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and his MS (1972) and PhD (1977) in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1977, he joined the staff of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and was appointed Laboratory Fellow in 1997. In 2010, he joined the faculty at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Weber is internationally recognized for his work on radiation effects and ion beam modification of ceramics. Much of his current research is focused on the effects of energy dissipation processes on the production and evolution of defects and nanostructures in ceramics, as well as on the long-term performance of nuclear ceramics. He is a Member of the EU Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Materials Research Society, the American Physical Society and Ion Beam Society of India. He is a recipient of the Lee Hsun Lecture Award (IMR, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Outstanding Young Alumni Award and Distinguished Alumni Award (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh), the PNNL Laboratory Director’s Award for Individual Lifetime Achievement in Science & Technology; and the PNNL Chester L. Cooper Mentor of the Year Award. He has chaired over 30 international conferences, society symposia, and topical workshops, and he currently serves as a principal editor for the Journal of Materials Research.
Dr. Weber has published
over 545 journal articles, 113 peer-reviewed conference papers, 12 book
chapters, and 54 technical reports. His work has been widely cited, with more
than 23,700 citations and an h-index of 73. He has delivered over 220 invited
presentations at scientific conferences, workshops, research institutions and
universities.
"Swift heavy ion track formation in Gd2Zr2-xTixO7 pyrochlore: Effect of electronic energy loss"
Maik Lang, Marcel Toulemonde, Jiaming Zhang, Fuxiang Zhang, Cameron Tracy, Jie Lian, Zhongwu Wang, William Weber, Daniel Severin, Markus Bender, Christina Trautmann, Rodney Ewing,
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Vol. 336
2014
102-115
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The morphology of swift heavy ion tracks in the Gd2Zr2-xTixO7 pyrochlore system has been investigated as a function of the variation in chemical composition and electronic energy loss, dE/dx, over a range of energetic ions: 58Ni, 101Ru, 129Xe, 181Ta, 197Au, 208Pb, and 238U of 11.1 MeV/u specific energy. Bright-field transmission electron microscopy, synchrotron X-ray diffraction, and Raman spectroscopy reveal an increasing degree of amorphization with increasing Ti-content and dE/dx. The size and morphology of individual ion tracks in Gd2Ti2O7 were characterized by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy revealing a core–shell structure with an outer defect-fluorite dominated shell at low dE/dx to predominantly amorphous tracks at high dE/dx. Inelastic thermal-spike calculations have been used together with atomic-scale characterization of ion tracks in Gd2Ti2O7 by high resolution transmission electron microscopy to deduce critical energy densities for the complex core–shell morphologies induced by ions of different dE/dx. |
"Intrinsic property of defective β-Ga2O3 to self-heal under ionizing irradiation" E. Zarkadoula, V. Leca, A. Hotnog, Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, G. Velişa, D. Iancu, [2025] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116858 | |
"International round robin on ion irradiation of alloy T91 and comparison with neutron irradiation" C. Cabet, C. Kaden, M.H. Mayoral, C. Pareige, D. Bhattacharyya, C. David, C. Hardie, D. Terentyev, W. Weber, T. Wei, F. Naab, V. Pauly, I. Swainson, M.S. Veshchunov, G.S. Was, [2025] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.156065 | |
"Effect of Zr addition on the structure, nanomechanical properties, and helium irradiation behavior of the novel MoTaTiV body-centered cubic concentrated solid solution alloy" Katarzyna Mulewska, Iwona Jóźwik, Yanwen Zhang, Łukasz Kurpaska, Philip D. Rack, William J. Weber, Jacek Jagielski, Damian Kalita, [2025] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155994 | |
"Revealing a Pathway for Low‐Temperature Recrystallization in Germanium" [2025] Advanced Science · DOI: 10.1002/advs.202507630 | |
"High temperature He bubble evolution and thermal stability of the WTaCrV refractory concentrated solid solution alloy" Amin Esfandiarpour, Iwona Jóźwik, Yanwen Zhang, Jesper Byggmästar, Mikko J. Alava, Łukasz Kurpaska, William J. Weber, Philip D. Rack, Jacek Jagielski, Damian Kalita, [2025] Materials & Design · DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2025.113751 | |
"Dielectric anomalies in SrTiO3 at high electronic excitation rates and cryogenic temperatures" J.T. Graham, F. Agulló-López, W.J. Weber, M.L. Crespillo, [2025] Materials Today Chemistry · DOI: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2025.102599 | |
"Temperature dependence of irradiation-induced amorphization in a high-entropy titanate pyrochlore"
Candice Kinsler-Fedon, Veerle Keppens, Yanwen Zhang, Anamul H. Mir, William J. Weber,
[2024]
MRS Communications
· DOI: 10.1557/s43579-024-00648-y
The temperature dependence of amorphization in a high-entropy pyrochlore, (Yb0.2Tm0.2Lu0.2Ho0.2Er0.2)2Ti2O7, under irradiation with 600 keV Xe ions has been studied using in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The critical amorphization dose increases with temperature, and the critical temperature for amorphization is 800 K. At room temperature, the critical amorphization dose is larger than that previously determined for this pyrochlore under bulk-like 4 MeV Au ion irradiation but is similar to the critical doses determined in two other high-entropy titanate pyrochlores under 800 keV Kr ion irradiation using in situ TEM, which is consistent with reported behavior in simple rare-earth titanate pyrochlores. |
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"Effects of irradiation damage on the hardness and elastic properties of quaternary and high entropy transition metal diborides"
Amit Datye, Yan Zhang, Cody A. Dennett, Weiming Guo, Yang Liu, William J. Weber, Hua-Tay Lin, Yanwen Zhang, Amey Khanolkar,
[2024]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/5.0206224
Multi-principal component transition metal (TM) diborides represent a class of high-entropy ceramics (HECs) that have received considerable interest in recent years owing to their promising properties for extreme environment applications that include thermal/ environmental barriers, hypersonic vehicles, turbine engines, and next-generation nuclear reactors. While the addition of chemical disorder through the random distribution of TM elements on the cation sublattice has offered opportunities to tailor elastic stiffness and hardness, the effects of irradiation-induced structural damage on the physical properties of these complex materials have remained largely unexplored. To this end, changes in the hardness and elastic moduli of a high-entropy TM diboride (Hf0.2Nb0.2Ta0.2Ti0.2Zr0.2)B2 and three of its quaternary subsets following irradiation with 10 MeV gold (Au) ions to fluences of up to 6 × 1015 Au cm−2 are investigated at the micrometer and sub-micrometer length-scales via the dispersion of laser-generated surface acoustic waves (SAW) and nanoindentation, respectively. The nanoindentation measurements show that the TM diborides exhibit an initial increase in hardness following irradiation with energetic Au ions, with a subsequent decrease in hardness following further irradiation. One quaternary composition, (Hf1/3Ta1/3Ti1/3)B2, exhibits a notable exception to the trend and continues to exhibit an increase in hardness with ion irradiation fluence. Although differences in the absolute values of the effective elastic moduli obtained from the measured SAW dispersion and nanoindentation are observed (and attributed to microstructural variations at the measurement length-scale), both techniques yield similar trends in the form of an initial reduction and subsequent saturation in the elastic modulus with increasing ion irradiation fluence. The quaternary TM diboride (Hf1/3Ta1/3Ti1/3)B2 again exhibits a departure from this trend. The high-entropy TM diboride (Hf0.2Nb0.2Ta0.2Ti0.2Zr0.2)B2 exhibits the greatest recovery in hardness and modulus when irradiated to high ion fluences following initial changes at low fluence, indicating superior resistance to radiation-induced damage over its quaternary counterparts. Opportunities for designing HECs with superior hardness and modulus for enhanced radiation resistance (compared to their single constituent counterparts) by tailoring chemical disorder and bond character in the lattice are discussed. |
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"Ion velocity effect governs damage annealing process in defective KTaO3"
D Iancu, E Zarkadoula, Y Tong, Y Zhang, W J Weber, G Velişa,
[2024]
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ad53da
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"Nanoindentation study on early-stage radiation damage in single-phase concentrated solid solution alloys" Youxing Chen, Jimmie Miller, William J. Weber, Hongbin Bei, Yanwen Zhang, Liuqing Yang, [2024] Materials Science and Engineering: A · DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2024.146746 | |
"Synthesis and properties of rare-earth high-entropy perovskite"
Dylan Windsor, Sean Drewry, Katharine Page, Haixuan Xu, Veerle Keppens, William J. Weber, Rubayet Tanveer,
[2024]
Applied Physics Letters
· DOI: 10.1063/5.0206254
The high-entropy concept was applied to synthesize a set of rare-earth perovskites REBO3 (RE = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd) with the B-site occupied by Sc, Al, Cr, Ni, and Fe in equimolar ratios. All samples crystallize in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. Using an extended set of characterization measurements, the effects of multi-component material design and rare-earth selection on the electronic properties are explored. Transport measurements show semiconducting behavior. PrBO3, SmBO3, and LaBO3 show low-temperature magnetic ordering, with the ordering temperature shifting with the moment on the A-site. |
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"Physical Properties and Their Influence on Irradiation Damage in Metal Diborides and in High-Entropy Materials" Amey R. Khanolkar, Kaustubh K. Bawane, Cody A. Dennett, Zilong Hua, Krzysztof Gofryk, Boopathy Kombaiah, Weiming Guo, Yang Liu, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Hua-Tay Lin, Yan Zhang, [2024] JOM · DOI: 10.1007/s11837-024-06486-6 | |
"High entropy ceramics for applications in extreme environments"
R P Wilkerson, B L Musicó, A Foley, M Brahlek, W J Weber, K E Sickafus, A R Mazza, T Z Ward,
[2024]
Journal of Physics: Materials
· DOI: 10.1088/2515-7639/ad2ec5
Compositionally complex materials have demonstrated extraordinary promise for structural robustness in extreme environments. Of these, the most commonly thought of are high entropy alloys, where chemical complexity grants uncommon combinations of hardness, ductility, and thermal resilience. In contrast to these metal–metal bonded systems, the addition of ionic and covalent bonding has led to the discovery of high entropy ceramics (HECs). These materials also possess outstanding structural, thermal, and chemical robustness but with a far greater variety of functional properties which enable access to continuously controllable magnetic, electronic, and optical phenomena. In this experimentally focused perspective, we outline the potential for HECs in functional applications under extreme environments, where intrinsic stability may provide a new path toward inherently hardened device design. Current works on high entropy carbides, actinide bearing ceramics, and high entropy oxides are reviewed in the areas of radiation, high temperature, and corrosion tolerance where the role of local disorder is shown to create pathways toward self-healing and structural robustness. In this context, new strategies for creating future electronic, magnetic, and optical devices to be operated in harsh environments are outlined. |
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"Irradiation performance of high entropy ceramics: A comprehensive comparison with conventional ceramics and high entropy alloys" Jun Zhang, Haijun Fu, Yaoxu Xiong, Shihua Ma, Xuepeng Xiang, Biao Xu, Wenyu Lu, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Shijun Zhao, Shasha Huang, [2024] Progress in Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2024.101250 | |
"Nanoscale core–shell structure and recrystallization of swift heavy ion tracks in SrTiO3"
Eva Zarkadoula, Maxim Ziatdinov, Sergei V. Kalinin, Vikas Reddy Paduri, Jordan A. Hachtel, Yanwen Zhang, Christina Trautmann, William J. Weber, Ritesh Sachan, Ashish Kumar Gupta,
[2024]
Nanoscale
· DOI: 10.1039/d4nr01974a
It is widely accepted that the interaction of swift heavy ions with many complex oxides is predominantly governed by the electronic energy loss that gives rise to nanoscale amorphous ion tracks along the penetration direction. |
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"Athermal annealing of pre-existing defects in crystalline silicon" D. Iancu, E. Zarkadoula, R.A. Florin, Y. Tong, Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, G. Velişa, M.D. Mihai, [2023] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2023.119379 | |
"Defect generation mechanisms in silica under intense electronic excitation by ion beams below 100 K: Interplay between radiative emissions" J.T. Graham, W.J. Weber, F. Agulló-López, M.L. Crespillo, [2023] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2023.119097 · ISSN: 1359-6454 | |
"Recent progress on understanding the temperature-dependent irradiation resistance ranking among NiFe, NiCoCr, and NiCoFeCr alloys: A review" F. Granberg, E. Levo, Y. Zhou, Z. Fan, H. Bei, F. Tuomisto, K. Nordlund, F. Djurabekova, W. J. Weber, Y. Zhang, G. Velişa, [2023] Journal of Materials Research · DOI: 10.1557/s43578-023-00922-0 · ISSN: 0884-2914 | |
"Charged particles: Unique tools to study irradiation resistance of concentrated solid solution alloys" Lumin Wang, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2023] Journal of Materials Science & Technology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2022.08.034 · ISSN: 1005-0302 | |
"Revealing two-stage phase transition process in defective KTaO3 under inelastic interactions" E. Zarkadoula, M.D. Mihai, C. Burducea, I. Burducea, M. Straticiuc, Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, G. Velişa, D. Iancu, [2023] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2022.115032 · ISSN: 1359-6462 | |
"The microstructure and He+ ion irradiation behavior of novel low-activation W-Ta-Cr-V refractory high entropy alloy for nuclear applications" I. Jóźwik, Ł. Kurpaska, Y. Zhang, K. Mulewska, W. Chrominski, J. O'Connell, Y. Ge, W.L. Boldman, P.D. Rack, Y. Wang, W.J. Weber, J. Jagielski, D. Kalita, [2023] Nuclear Materials and Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2023.101513 | |
"Irradiation-Induced Degradation of Surface Acoustic Wave Devices Fabricated on Bulk AlN" P. Ramuhalli, F. K. Reed, P. C. Joshi, M. N. Ericson, T. Aytug, M. L. Crespillo, S. J. Zinkle, W. J. Weber, E. Zarkadoula, B. LaRiviere, [2022] IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability · DOI: 10.1109/tdmr.2022.3212050 | |
"Understanding effects of chemical complexity on helium bubble formation in Ni-based concentrated solid solution alloys based on elemental segregation measurements" Ke Jin, Chun Yin Wong, Di Chen, Hongbin Bei, Yongqiang Wang, Maxim Ziatdinov, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Jonathan Poplawsky, Karren L. More, Xing Wang, [2022] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.153902 | |
"Selective amorphization of SiGe in Si/SiGe nanostructures via high energy Si+ implant"
Quinn Campbell, Ibrahim Avci, William J. Weber, Ping Lu, George T. Wang, Kevin S. Jones, Emily M. Turner,
[2022]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/5.0094185
The selective amorphization of SiGe in Si/SiGe nanostructures via a 1 MeV Si+ implant was investigated, resulting in single-crystal Si nanowires (NWs) and quantum dots (QDs) encapsulated in amorphous SiGe fins and pillars, respectively. The Si NWs and QDs are formed during high-temperature dry oxidation of single-crystal Si/SiGe heterostructure fins and pillars, during which Ge diffuses along the nanostructure sidewalls and encapsulates the Si layers. The fins and pillars were then subjected to a 3 × 1015 ions/cm2 1 MeV Si+ implant, resulting in the amorphization of SiGe, while leaving the encapsulated Si crystalline for larger, 65-nm wide NWs and QDs. Interestingly, the 26-nm diameter Si QDs amorphize, while the 28-nm wide NWs remain crystalline during the same high energy ion implant. This result suggests that the Si/SiGe pillars have a lower threshold for Si-induced amorphization compared to their Si/SiGe fin counterparts. However, Monte Carlo simulations of ion implantation into the Si/SiGe nanostructures reveal similar predicted levels of displacements per cm3. Molecular dynamics simulations suggest that the total stress magnitude in Si QDs encapsulated in crystalline SiGe is higher than the total stress magnitude in Si NWs, which may lead to greater crystalline instability in the QDs during ion implant. The potential lower amorphization threshold of QDs compared to NWs is of special importance to applications that require robust QD devices in a variety of radiation environments. |
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"Dynamic substrate reactions during room temperature heavy ion irradiation of CoCrCuFeNi high entropy alloy thin films"
Chinthaka M. Silva, Yufan Zhou, Walker L. Boldman, Philip D. Rack, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Timothy G. Lach,
[2022]
npj Materials Degradation
· DOI: 10.1038/s41529-022-00260-2
High entropy alloys (HEAs) are promising materials for various applications including nuclear reactor environments. Thus, understanding their behavior under irradiation and exposure to different environments is important. Here, two sets of near-equiatomic CoCrCuFeNi thin films grown on either SiO2/Si or Si substrates were irradiated at room temperature with 11.5 MeV Au ions, providing similar behavior to exposure to inert versus corrosion environments. The film grown on SiO2 had relatively minimal change up to peak damage levels above 500 dpa, while the film grown on Si began intermixing at the substrate–film interface at peak doses of 0.1 dpa before transforming into a multi-silicide film at higher doses, all at room temperature with minimal thermal diffusion. The primary mechanism is radiation-enhanced diffusion via the inverse Kirkendall and solute drag effects. The results highlight how composition and environmental exposure affect the stability of HEAs under radiation and give insights into controlling these behaviors. |
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"Role of chemical disorder on radiation-induced defect production and damage evolution in NiFeCoCr" Gihan Velişa, Saro San, Miguel L. Crespillo, Zhe Fan, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Pengyuan Xiu, Lumin Wang, Filip Tuomisto, Wai-Yim Ching, Yanwen Zhang, Yufan Zhou, [2022] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.153689 | |
"Light emission of self-trapped excitons from ion tracks in silica glass: Interplay between Auger recombination, exciton formation, thermal dissociation, and hopping" Miguel L. Crespillo, Fernando Agulló-López, William J. Weber, Joseph T. Graham, [2022] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2022.117829 | |
"Electron diffraction radial distribution function analysis of amorphous boron carbide synthesized by ion beam irradiation and chemical vapor deposition" Ryusuke Nakamura, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, George G. Peterson, Natale J. Ianno, Michael Nastasi, Manabu Ishimaru, [2022] Journal of the European Ceramic Society · DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.10.020 | |
"Tunable Chemical Disorder in Concentrated Alloys: Defect Physics and Radiation Performance" Yuri N. Osetsky, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2022] Chemical Reviews · DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00387 | |
"Q-carbon as a new radiation-resistant material" P. Joshi, J. Smith, W. Gao, W.J. Weber, R.J. Narayan, J. Narayan, [2022] Carbon · DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.10.006 · ISSN: 0008-6223 | |
"Deformation mechanisms in single crystal Ni-based concentrated solid solution alloys by nanoindentation" Youxing Chen, Jimmie Miller, William J. Weber, Hongbin Bei, Yanwen Zhang, Liuqing Yang, [2022] Materials Science and Engineering: A · DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2022.143685 | |
"Effects of Au2+ irradiation induced damage in a high-entropy pyrochlore oxide single crystal" Lauren Nuckols, Christopher T. Nelson, Zehui Qi, Qing Huang, David Mandrus, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Veerle Keppens, Candice Kinsler-Fedon, [2022] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2022.114916 | |
"Effects of Fe atoms on hardening of a nickel matrix: Nanoindentation experiments and atom-scale numerical modeling" F.J. Dominguez-Gutierrez, Y. Zhang, K. Mulewska, H. Bei, W.J. Weber, A. Kosińska, W. Chrominski, I. Jozwik, R. Alvarez-Donado, S. Papanikolaou, J. Jagielski, M. Alava, L. Kurpaska, [2022] Materials & Design · DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2022.110639 | |
"Engineering defect energy landscape of CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys by the introduction of additional dopants" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Shijun Zhao, [2022] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.153573 | |
"Laser Doppler vibrometry for piezoelectric coefficient (d33) measurements in irradiated aluminum nitride" Eva Zarkadoula, Miguel L. Crespillo, William J. Weber, Vivek Rathod, Steven J. Zinkle, Pradeep Ramuhalli, Hongbin Sun, [2022] Sensors and Actuators A: Physical · DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2022.113886 | |
"Role of electronic energy loss on defect production and interface stability: Comparison between ceramic materials and high-entropy alloys" Chinthaka Silva, Timothy G. Lach, Matheus A. Tunes, Yufan Zhou, Lauren Nuckols, Walker L. Boldman, Philip D. Rack, Stephen E. Donnelly, Li Jiang, Lumin Wang, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2022] Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2022.101001 | |
"Effect of thermochemical treatments on laser-induced luminescence spectra from strontium titanate: comparison with swift ion-beam irradiation experiments"
J. T. Graham, F. Agulló-López, Y. Zhang, W. J. Weber, M. L. Crespillo,
[2021]
The European Physical Journal D
· DOI: 10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00316-z
· ISSN: 1434-6060
Results recently reported on the effect of thermochemical treatments on the (He-Cd) laser-excited emission spectra of strontium titanate (STO) are re-analyzed here and compared with results obtained under ion-beam irradiation. Contributing bands centered at 2.4 eV and 2.8 eV, which appear under laser excitation, present intensities dependent upon previous thermal treatments in oxidizing (O2) or reducing atmosphere (H2). As a key result, the emission band centered at 2.8 eV is clearly enhanced in samples exposed to a reducing atmosphere. From a comparison with the ionoluminescence data, it is concluded that the laser-excited experiments can be rationalized within a framework developed from ion-beam excitation studies. In particular, the band at 2.8 eV, sometimes attributed to oxygen vacancies, behaves as expected for optical transitions from conduction-band (CB) states to the ground state level of the self-trapped exciton center. The band at 2.0 eV reported in ion-beam irradiated STO, and attributed to oxygen vacancies, is not observed in laser-excited crystals. As a consequence of our analysis, a consistent scheme of electronic energy levels and optical transitions can now be reliably offered for strontium titanate. |
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"Near-surface modification of defective KTaO3 by ionizing ion irradiation" E Zarkadoula, D Iancu, M D Mihai, C Grygiel, I Monnet, B Kombaiah, Y Zhang, W J Weber, G Velişa, [2021] Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics · DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ac0b11 | |
"Ion irradiation induced strain and structural changes in LiTaO3 perovskite*"
G Velisa, H Xue, N Sellami, C Trautmann, Y Zhang, W J Weber, F X Zhang,
[2021]
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
· DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/abee3a
LiTaO3 crystals irradiated with 3 MeV and 1.162 GeV Au ions were studied by single crystal x-ray diffraction and Raman scattering measurements. The maximum lattice strains after 3 MeV Au ion irradiation to a fluence of 1.2 × 1013 cm−2 were 1.2% and 0.6% along the |
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"Real-Time Identification of Oxygen Vacancy Centers in LiNbO3 and SrTiO3 during Irradiation with High Energy Particles"
Joseph T. Graham, Fernando Agulló-López, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Miguel L. Crespillo,
[2021]
Crystals
· DOI: 10.3390/cryst11030315
Oxygen vacancies are known to play a central role in the optoelectronic properties of oxide perovskites. A detailed description of the exact mechanisms by which oxygen vacancies govern such properties, however, is still quite incomplete. The unambiguous identification of oxygen vacancies has been a subject of intense discussion. Interest in oxygen vacancies is not purely academic. Precise control of oxygen vacancies has potential technological benefits in optoelectronic devices. In this review paper, we focus our attention on the generation of oxygen vacancies by irradiation with high energy particles. Irradiation constitutes an efficient and reliable strategy to introduce, monitor, and characterize oxygen vacancies. Unfortunately, this technique has been underexploited despite its demonstrated advantages. This review revisits the main experimental results that have been obtained for oxygen vacancy centers (a) under high energy electron irradiation (100 keV–1 MeV) in LiNbO3, and (b) during irradiation with high-energy heavy (1–20 MeV) ions in SrTiO3. In both cases, the experiments have used real-time and in situ optical detection. Moreover, the present paper discusses the obtained results in relation to present knowledge from both the experimental and theoretical perspectives. Our view is that a consistent picture is now emerging on the structure and relevant optical features (absorption and emission spectra) of these centers. One key aspect of the topic pertains to the generation of self-trapped electrons as small polarons by irradiation of the crystal lattice and their stabilization by oxygen vacancies. What has been learned by observing the interplay between polarons and vacancies has inspired new models for color centers in dielectric crystals, models which represent an advancement from the early models of color centers in alkali halides and simple oxides. The topic discussed in this review is particularly useful to better understand the complex effects of different types of radiation on the defect structure of those materials, therefore providing relevant clues for nuclear engineering applications. |
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"Real-Time Identification of Oxygen Vacancy Centers in LiNbO3 and SrTiO3 during Irradiation with High Energy Particles"
Joseph T. Graham, Fernando Agulló-López, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Miguel L. Crespillo,
[2021]
Crystals
· DOI: 10.3390/cryst11030315
Oxygen vacancies are known to play a central role in the optoelectronic properties of oxide perovskites. A detailed description of the exact mechanisms by which oxygen vacancies govern such properties, however, is still quite incomplete. The unambiguous identification of oxygen vacancies has been a subject of intense discussion. Interest in oxygen vacancies is not purely academic. Precise control of oxygen vacancies has potential technological benefits in optoelectronic devices. In this review paper, we focus our attention on the generation of oxygen vacancies by irradiation with high energy particles. Irradiation constitutes an efficient and reliable strategy to introduce, monitor, and characterize oxygen vacancies. Unfortunately, this technique has been underexploited despite its demonstrated advantages. This review revisits the main experimental results that have been obtained for oxygen vacancy centers (a) under high energy electron irradiation (100 keV–1 MeV) in LiNbO3, and (b) during irradiation with high-energy heavy (1–20 MeV) ions in SrTiO3. In both cases, the experiments have used real-time and in situ optical detection. Moreover, the present paper discusses the obtained results in relation to present knowledge from both the experimental and theoretical perspectives. Our view is that a consistent picture is now emerging on the structure and relevant optical features (absorption and emission spectra) of these centers. One key aspect of the topic pertains to the generation of self-trapped electrons as small polarons by irradiation of the crystal lattice and their stabilization by oxygen vacancies. What has been learned by observing the interplay between polarons and vacancies has inspired new models for color centers in dielectric crystals, models which represent an advancement from the early models of color centers in alkali halides and simple oxides. The topic discussed in this review is particularly useful to better understand the complex effects of different types of radiation on the defect structure of those materials, therefore providing relevant clues for nuclear engineering applications. |
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"Effects of recoil spectra and electronic energy dissipation on defect survival in 3C-SiC" Miguel L. Crespillo, Yang Yang, Ju Li, Eva Zarkadoula, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Lauren Nuckols, [2021] Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2021.101023 | |
"Non-radiative luminescence decay with self-trapped hole migration in strontium titanate: Interplay between optical and transport properties" J.T. Graham, F. Agulló-López, Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, M.L. Crespillo, [2021] Applied Materials Today · DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2021.101041 | |
"Origin of increased helium density inside bubbles in Ni(1-x)Fex alloys" X. Wang, D. Chen, K. Jin, Y. Wang, H. Bei, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, K.L. More, K. Nordlund, F. Djurabekova, F. Granberg, [2021] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.08.051 | |
"Ion irradiation and modification: The role of coupled electronic and nuclear energy dissipation and subsequent nonequilibrium processes in materials" William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2020] Applied Physics Reviews · DOI: 10.1063/5.0027462 | |
"Segregation of Ni at early stages of radiation damage in NiCoFeCr solid solution alloys" I. Makkonen, J. Heikinheimo, F. Granberg, F. Djurabekova, K. Nordlund, G. Velisa, H. Bei, H. Xue, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, F. Tuomisto, [2020] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.06.024 | |
"Symmetry degeneration and room temperature ferroelectricity in ion-irradiated SrTiO3" Haizhou Xue, J K Keum, A Boulle, Yanwen Zhang, W J Weber, F X Zhang, [2020] Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab8ec7 | |
"Symmetry degeneration and room temperature ferroelectricity in ion-irradiated SrTiO3" Haizhou Xue, J K Keum, A Boulle, Yanwen Zhang, W J Weber, F X Zhang, [2020] Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab8ec7 | |
"Interpreting nanovoids in atom probe tomography data for accurate local compositional measurements"
Constantinos Hatzoglou, Brian Sneed, Zhe Fan, Wei Guo, Ke Jin, Di Chen, Hongbin Bei, Yongqiang Wang, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Baptiste Gault, Karren L. More, Francois Vurpillot, Jonathan D. Poplawsky, Xing Wang,
[2020]
Nature Communications
· DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14832-w
Quantifying chemical compositions around nanovoids is a fundamental task for research and development of various materials. Atom probe tomography (APT) and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) are currently the most suitable tools because of their ability to probe materials at the nanoscale. Both techniques have limitations, particularly APT, because of insufficient understanding of void imaging. Here, we employ a correlative APT and STEM approach to investigate the APT imaging process and reveal that voids can lead to either an increase or a decrease in local atomic densities in the APT reconstruction. Simulated APT experiments demonstrate the local density variations near voids are controlled by the unique ring structures as voids open and the different evaporation fields of the surrounding atoms. We provide a general approach for quantifying chemical segregations near voids within an APT dataset, in which the composition can be directly determined with a higher accuracy than STEM-based techniques. |
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"Local structure of Ni80X20 (X: Cr, Mn, Pd) solid-solution alloys and its response to ion irradiation" Y Tong, G Velisa, H Bei, W J Weber, Yanwen Zhang, F X Zhang, [2020] Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab5388 | |
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"Molecular dynamics simulations of the response of pre-damaged SrTiO3 and KTaO3 to fast heavy ions"
Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Eva Zarkadoula,
[2020]
AIP Advances
· DOI: 10.1063/1.5133061
We investigate the energy dissipation and track formation due to ion irradiation in SrTiO3 and KTaO3. We use molecular dynamics simulations combined with the inelastic thermal spike model to simulate 21 MeV Ni ion irradiation in pristine and predamaged samples. The results are validated against experimental findings, showing that the level of initial disorder affects the electron-phonon interactions and the energy dissipation and deposition to the atoms. It is predicted that the ion track size increases linearly for low disorder levels, while its size saturates for high levels of disorder. |
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"Molecular dynamics simulations of the response of pre-damaged SrTiO We investigate the energy dissipation and track formation due to ion irradiation in SrTiO3 and KTaO3. We use molecular dynamics simulations combined with the inelastic thermal spike model to simulate 21 MeV Ni ion irradiation in pristine and predamaged samples. The results are validated against experimental findings, showing that the level of initial disorder affects the electron-phonon interactions and the energy dissipation and deposition to the atoms. It is predicted that the ion track size increases linearly for low disorder levels, while its size saturates for high levels of disorder. |
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"Adsorption-controlled growth of MnTe(Bi2Te3)n by molecular beam epitaxy exhibiting stoichiometry-controlled magnetism" Lauren Nuckols, Alessandro R. Mazza, Yun-Yi Pai, Jie Zhang, Ben Lawrie, Rob G. Moore, Gyula Eres, Ho Nyung Lee, Mao-Hua Du, T. Zac Ward, Joon Sue Lee, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Matthew Brahlek, Jason Lapano, [2020] Physical Review Materials · DOI: 10.1103/physrevmaterials.4.111201 | |
"Alloying effects on low‒energy recoil events in concentrated solid‒solution alloys" Bin Liu, German D. Samolyuk, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Shijun Zhao, [2020] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151941 · EID: 2-s2.0-85076434645 | |
"Coupled effects of electronic and nuclear energy deposition on damage accumulation in ion-irradiated SiC" Miguel L. Crespillo, Chen Xu, Eva Zarkadoula, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Lauren Nuckols, [2020] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.08.014 | |
"Defect evolution in Ni and solid-solution alloys of NiFe and NiFeCoCr under ion irradiation at 16 and 300 K" R. Ratajczak, J. Jagielski, G. Velişa, H. Bei, B.C. Sales, E. Wendler, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, C. Mieszczynski, [2020] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152138 · EID: 2-s2.0-85083295018 | |
"Dislocation loop evolution and radiation hardening in nickel-based concentrated solid solution alloys" Yuri N. Osetsky, Li Jiang, Gihan Velisa, Yang Tong, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Lumin Wang, Pengyuan Xiu, [2020] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152247 | |
"Electron-phonon coupling induced defect recovery and strain relaxation in Ni and equiatomic NiFe alloy" Neila Sellami, Aleksi Leino, Hongbin Bei, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Mohammad W. Ullah, [2020] Computational Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2019.109394 · EID: 2-s2.0-85075332467 | |
"Electronic stopping in molecular dynamics simulations of cascades in 3C-SiC" German Samolyuk, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Eva Zarkadoula, [2020] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152371 | |
"From suppressed void growth to significant void swelling in NiCoFeCr complex concentrated solid-solution alloy" Tai-ni Yang, Boopathy Kombaiah, Xing Wang, Philip D. Edmondson, Yuri N. Osetsky, Ke Jin, Chenyang Lu, Hongbin Bei, Lumin Wang, Karren L. More, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Zhe Fan, [2020] Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2020.100603 · EID: 2-s2.0-85079425071 | |
"From suppressed void growth to significant void swelling in NiCoFeCr complex concentrated solid -solution alloy" Tai-ni Yang, Boopathy Kombaiah, Xing Wang, Philip D. Edmondson, Yuri N. Osetsky, Ke Jin, Chenyang Lu, Hongbin Bei, Lumin Wang, Karren L. More, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Zhe Fan, [2020] Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2020.100603 | |
"Irradiation-Induced Extremes Create Hierarchical Face-/Body-Centered-Cubic Phases in Nanostructured High Entropy Alloys"
Yong‐Jie Hu, Kai Sun, Pengyuan Xiu, Miao Song, Yanwen Zhang, Walker L. Boldman, Miguel L. Crespillo, Philip D. Rack, Liang Qi, William J. Weber, Lumin Wang, Li Jiang,
[2020]
Advanced Materials
· DOI: 10.1002/adma.202002652
A nanoscale hierarchical dual‐phase structure is reported to form in a nanocrystalline NiFeCoCrCu high‐entropy‐alloy (HEA) film via ion irradiation. Under the extreme energy deposition and consequent thermal energy dissipation induced by energetic particles, a fundamentally new phenomenon is revealed, in which the original single‐phase face‐centered‐cubic (FCC) structure partially transforms into alternating nanometer layers of a body‐centered‐cubic (BCC) structure. The orientation relationship follows the Nishiyama–Wasser‐man relationship, that is, (011)BCC || ( 1¯1¯1)FCC and [100]BCC || [ 11¯0]FCC. Simulation results indicate that Cr, as a BCC stabilizing element, exhibits a tendency to segregate to the stacking faults (SFs). Furthermore, the high densities of SFs and twin boundaries in each nanocrystalline grain serve to accelerate the nucleation and growth of the BCC phase during irradiation. By adjusting the irradiation parameters, desired thicknesses of the FCC and BCC phases in the laminates can be achieved. This work demonstrates the controlled formation of an attractive dual‐phase nanolaminate structure under ion irradiation and provides a strategy for designing new derivate structures of HEAs. |
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"Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Ion Beam Modification of Materials (IBMM 2018)" [2020] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2019.12.024 | |
"Structural disorder, phase stability and compressibility of refractory body-centered cubic solid-solution alloys" Y. Tong, M. Kirkham, A. Huq, H. Bei, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, F.X. Zhang, [2020] Journal of Alloys and Compounds · DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.155970 | |
"Temperature effects on damage evolution in ion -irradiated NiCoCr concentrated solid -solution alloy" [2020] Journal of Alloys and Compounds | |
"Temperature effects on damage evolution in ion-irradiated NiCoCr concentrated solid-solution alloy" Z. Fan, M.L. Crespillo, H. Bei, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, G. Velişa, [2020] Journal of Alloys and Compounds · DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.154918 · EID: 2-s2.0-85082768725 | |
"Effects of electron–phonon coupling on damage accumulation in molecular dynamics simulations of irradiated nickel" German Samolyuk, William J. Weber, Eva Zarkadoula, [2019] Materials Research Letters · DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2019.1659435 | |
"Irradiation effects of medium-entropy alloy NiCoCr with and without pre-indentation" Tai-Ni Yang, Ke Jin, Gihan Velisa, Pengyuan Xiu, Qing Peng, Fei Gao, Yanwen Zhang, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Lumin Wang, Chenyang Lu, [2019] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.06.020 | |
"Optical spectroscopy study of modifications induced in cerium dioxide by electron and ion irradiations" Gaëlle Gutierrez, Hideo Watanabe, Kazuhiro Yasuda, Seiya Takaki, Gérald Lelong, Maxime Guillaumet, William J. Weber, Jean-Marc Costantini, [2019] Philosophical Magazine · DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2019.1599145 | |
"The blue emission at 2.8 eV in strontium titanate: evidence for a radiative transition of self-trapped excitons from unbound states" J. T. Graham, F. Agulló-López, Y. Zhang, W. J. Weber, M. L. Crespillo, [2019] Materials Research Letters · DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2019.1604444 | |
"Strain engineering 4H-SiC with ion beams"
Y. Tong, Haizhou Xue, J. K. Keum, Yanwen Zhang, A. Boulle, A. Debelle, W. J. Weber, F. X. Zhang,
[2019]
Applied Physics Letters
· DOI: 10.1063/1.5109226
Single crystals of 4H-SiC irradiated with 900 keV Si and 21 MeV Ni ions separately and sequentially were studied by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry in channeling geometry, single crystal X-ray diffraction, and Raman scattering. SiC irradiated with 900 keV Si ions to a fluence of 6.3 × 1014 ions/cm2 experiences 7.3% strain over the depth of 650 nm. Strain relaxation from ionization-induced annealing was directly observed due to subsequent irradiation with 21 MeV Ni ions to a fluence of 2 × 1014 ions/cm2. These competitive processes suggest the use of ion irradiation to create a specific strain state in 4H-SiC, particularly in films. |
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"Temperature-dependent defect accumulation and evolution in Ni-irradiated NiFe concentrated solid-solution alloy" Gihan Velisa, Ke Jin, Miguel L. Crespillo, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Zhe Fan, [2019] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.03.031 | |
"Effects of electron-phonon coupling and electronic thermal conductivity in high energy molecular dynamics simulations of irradiation cascades in nickel" German Samolyuk, William J. Weber, Eva Zarkadoula, [2019] Computational Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2019.02.039 | |
"Amorphization kinetics in strontium titanate at 16 and 300 K under argon ion irradiation" Elke Wendler, Liang-Ling Wang, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Gihan Velişa, [2019] Journal of Materials Science · DOI: 10.1007/s10853-018-03313-7 | |
"Amorphization kinetics in strontium titanate at 16 and 300K under argon ion irradiation" Elke Wendler, Liang-Ling Wang, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Gihan Velişa, [2019] Journal of Materials Science · DOI: 10.1007/s10853-018-03313-7 | |
"Recent Advances on Carrier and Exciton Self-Trapping in Strontium Titanate: Understanding the Luminescence Emissions"
Joseph Graham, Fernando Agulló-López, Yanwen Zhang, William Weber, Miguel Crespillo,
[2019]
Crystals
· DOI: 10.3390/cryst9020095
An up-to-date review on recent results for self-trapping of free electrons and holes, as well as excitons, in strontium titanate (STO), which gives rise to small polarons and self-trapped excitons (STEs) is presented. Special attention is paid to the role of carrier and exciton self-trapping on the luminescence emissions under a variety of excitation sources with special emphasis on experiments with laser pulses and energetic ion-beams. In spite of the extensive research effort, a definitive identification of such localized states, as well as a suitable understanding of their operative light emission mechanisms, has remained lacking or controversial. However, promising advances have been recently achieved and are the objective of the present review. In particular, significant theoretical advances in the understanding of electron and hole self-trapping are discussed. Also, relevant experimental advances in the kinetics of light emission associated with electron-hole recombination have been obtained through time-resolved experiments using picosecond (ps) laser pulses. The luminescence emission mechanisms and the light decay processes from the self-trapped excitons are also reviewed. Recent results suggest that the blue emission at 2.8 eV, often associated with oxygen vacancies, is related to a transition from unbound conduction levels to the ground singlet state of the STE. The stabilization of small electron polarons by oxygen vacancies and its connection with luminescence emission are discussed in detail. Through ion-beam irradiation experiments, it has recently been established that the electrons associated with the vacancy constitute electron polaron states (Ti3+) trapped in the close vicinity of the empty oxygen sites. These experimental results have allowed for the optical identification of the oxygen vacancy center through a red luminescence emission centered at 2.0 eV. Ab-initio calculations have provided strong support for those experimental findings. Finally, the use of Cr-doped STO has offered a way to monitor the interplay between the chromium centers and oxygen vacancies as trapping sites for the electron and hole partners resulting from the electronic excitation. |
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"Ion mass dependence of irradiation-induced damage accumulation in KTaO3" Elke Wendler, Liang-Ling Wang, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Gihan Velişa, [2019] Journal of Materials Science · DOI: 10.1007/s10853-018-2864-5 | |
"Ion mass dependence of irradiation-induced damage accumulation in KTaO |
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"Channeling analysis in studying ion irradiation damage in materials containing various types of defects" Gihan Velisa, Haizhou Xue, Taini Yang, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Lumin Wang, Yanwen Zhang, Ke Jin, [2019] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.01.033 · EID: 2-s2.0-85060995026 | |
"Corrigendum to “Revealing ionization-induced dynamic recovery in ion-irradiated SrTiO |
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"Defect evolution in Ni and NiCoCr by in situ 2.8 MeV Au irradiation" Christopher M. Barr, Ke Jin, Hongbin Bei, Khalid Hattar, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Karren L. More, Xing Wang, [2019] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.05.026 · EID: 2-s2.0-85066298623 | |
"Defect evolution in Ni and NiCoCr by in situ 2.8 MeV Au irradiation" Christopher M. Barr, Ke Jin, Hongbin Bei, Khalid Hattar, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Karren L. More, Xing Wang, [2019] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.05.026 | |
"Dissipation of radiation energy in concentrated solid-solution alloys: Unique defect properties and microstructural evolution" Takeshi Egami, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2019] MRS Bulletin · DOI: 10.1557/mrs.2019.233 · EID: 2-s2.0-85073244854 | |
"Effect of electronic energy dissipation on strain relaxation in irradiated concentrated solid solution alloys" Aurélien Debelle, Mohammad W. Ullah, Hans M. Christen, Jong K. Keum, Hongbin Bei, Haizhou Xue, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Neila Sellami, [2019] Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2019.02.002 · EID: 2-s2.0-85062408208 | |
"Effects of 3d electron configurations on helium bubble formation and void swelling in concentrated solid-solution alloys" Xing Wang, Yuri N. Osetsky, Yang Tong, Robert Harrison, Stephen E. Donnelly, Di Chen, Yongqiang Wang, Hongbin Bei, Brian C. Sales, Karren L. More, Pengyuan Xiu, Lumin Wang, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2019] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2019.10.013 · EID: 2-s2.0-85073751466 | |
"Effects of 3d electron configurations on helium bubble formation and void swelling in concentrated solid-solution alloys" Xing Wang, Yuri N. Osetsky, Yang Tong, Robert Harrison, Stephen E. Donnelly, Di Chen, Yongqiang Wang, Hongbin Bei, Brian C. Sales, Karren L. More, Pengyuan Xiu, Lumin Wang, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2019] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2019.10.013 | |
"Effects of Fe concentration on helium bubble formation in NiFe |
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"Effects of Fe concentration on helium bubble formation in NiFex single-phase concentrated solid solution alloys" Ke Jin, Di Chen, Hongbin Bei, Yongqiang Wang, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Karren L. More, Xing Wang, [2019] Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2018.100183 | |
"Energetic Ion Irradiation-Induced Disordered Nanochannels for Fast Ion Conduction" Matthew F. Chisholm, Xin Ou, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Ritesh Sachan, [2019] JOM · DOI: 10.1007/s11837-018-3171-y · EID: 2-s2.0-85055083279 | |
"Ionization-induced thermally activated defect-annealing process in SiC" Lionel Thomé, Isabelle Monnet, Frédérico Garrido, Olli H. Pakarinen, William J. Weber, Aurélien Debelle, [2019] Physical Review Materials · DOI: 10.1103/physrevmaterials.3.063609 · EID: 2-s2.0-85068893982 | |
"Ionizing vs collisional radiation damage in materials: Separated, competing, and synergistic effects in Ti |
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"Ionizing vs collisional radiation damage in materials: Separated, competing, and synergistic effects in Ti3SiC2" Maulik K. Patel, Miguel L. Crespillo, Fuxiang Zhang, Steven J. Zinkle, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, William A. Hanson, [2019] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2019.05.015 | |
"Multi-axial and multi-energy channeling study of disorder evolution in ion-irradiated nickel" Ke Jin, Zhe Fan, Chenyang Lu, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Lumin Wang, Yanwen Zhang, Gihan Velişa, [2019] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.07.025 · EID: 2-s2.0-85069926798 | |
"Predicting damage production in monoatomic and multi-elemental targets using stopping and range of ions in matter code: Challenges and recommendations" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, [2019] Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2019.06.001 · EID: 2-s2.0-85068481221 | |
"Revealing irradiation damage along with the entire damage range in ion-irradiated SiC/SiC composites using Raman spectroscopy" Q. Chen, T. Koyanagi, Y. Zhao, S.J. Zinkle, W.J. Weber, S. Agarwal, [2019] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151778 · EID: 2-s2.0-85071925382 | |
"Thermal stability and irradiation response of nanocrystalline CoCrCuFeNi high-entropy alloy" Matheus A Tunes, Miguel L Crespillo, Fuxiang Zhang, Walker L Boldman, Philip D Rack, Li Jiang, Chen Xu, Graeme Greaves, Stephen E Donnelly, Lumin Wang, William J Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2019] Nanotechnology · DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab1605 · EID: 2-s2.0-85064325440 | |
"Two regimes of ionization-induced recovery in SrTiO |
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"Two regimes of ionization-induced recovery in SrTiO3 under irradiation" Haizhou Xue, Eva Zarkadoula, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, [2019] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2019.08.013 | |
"Influence of electronic vs nuclear energy loss in radiation damage of Ti3SiC2" Maulik K. Patel, Miguel L. Crespillo, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, William A. Hanson, [2018] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2018.09.027 | |
"Influence of electronic vs nuclear energy loss in radiation damage of Ti |
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"Multiscale characterization of irradiation behaviour of ion-irradiated SiC/SiC composites" G. Duscher, Y. Zhao, M.L. Crespillo, Y. Katoh, W.J. Weber, S. Agarwal, [2018] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2018.09.012 | |
"Primary radiation damage: A review of current understanding and models" Steven J. Zinkle, Andrea E. Sand, Fredric Granberg, Robert S. Averback, Roger E. Stoller, Tomoaki Suzudo, Lorenzo Malerba, Florian Banhart, William J. Weber, Francois Willaime, Sergei L. Dudarev, David Simeone, Kai Nordlund, [2018] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.10.027 | |
"Synergistic effects of nuclear and electronic energy deposition on damage production in KTaO3" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Ke Jin, [2018] Materials Research Letters · DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2018.1495131 | |
"Synergistic effects of nuclear and electronic energy deposition on damage production in KTaO |
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"Isolated oxygen vacancies in strontium titanate shine red: Optical identification of Ti3+ polarons" J.T. Graham, F. Agulló-López, Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, M.L. Crespillo, [2018] Applied Materials Today · DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2018.04.006 | |
"Isolated oxygen vacancies in strontium titanate shine red: Optical identification of Ti3+ polarons" J.T. Graham, F. Agulló-López, Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, M.L. Crespillo, [2018] Applied Materials Today · DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2018.04.006 · EID: 2-s2.0-85046085604 | |
"Chemical complexity induced local structural distortion in NiCoFeMnCr high-entropy alloy" Yang Tong, Ke Jin, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Ashfia Huq, Antonio Lanzirotti, Matt Newville, Darren C. Pagan, J. Y. P. Ko, Yanwen Zhang, Fuxiang Zhang, [2018] Materials Research Letters · DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2018.1478332 | |
"pysrim: Automation, Analysis, and Plotting of SRIM Calculations" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Christopher Ostrouchov, [2018] Journal of Open Source Software · DOI: 10.21105/joss.00829 | |
"Two-stage synergy of electronic energy loss with defects in LiTaO3 under ion irradiation" Miguel L. Crespillo, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Neila Sellami, [2018] Materials Research Letters · DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2018.1455753 | |
"Two-stage synergy of electronic energy loss with defects in LiTaO |
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"GeV ion irradiation of NiFe and NiCo: Insights from MD simulations and experiments" German D. Samolyuk, Ritesh Sachan, Fredric Granberg, William J. Weber, Hongbin Bei, Jie Liu, Pengfei Zhai, Yanwen Zhang, Aleksi A. Leino, [2018] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2018.03.058 | |
"Sculpting Nanoscale Functional Channels in Complex Oxides Using Energetic Ions and Electrons" Eva Zarkadoula, Xin Ou, Christina Trautmann, Yanwen Zhang, Matthew F. Chisholm, William J. Weber, Ritesh Sachan, [2018] ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b02326 | |
"Revealing ionization-induced dynamic recovery in ion-irradiated SrTiO3" Elke Wendler, Haizhou Xue, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Gihan Velişa, [2018] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2018.02.038 | |
"Revealing ionization-induced dynamic recovery in ion-irradiated SrTiO |
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"Synergistically-enhanced ion track formation in pre-damaged strontium titanate by energetic heavy ions" Eva Zarkadoula, Ritesh Sachan, Yanwen Zhang, Christina Trautmann, William J. Weber, Haizhou Xue, [2018] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2018.03.027 | |
"Improving atomic displacement and replacement calculations with physically realistic damage models"
Steven J. Zinkle, Andrea E. Sand, Fredric Granberg, Robert S. Averback, Roger Stoller, Tomoaki Suzudo, Lorenzo Malerba, Florian Banhart, William J. Weber, Francois Willaime, Sergei L. Dudarev, David Simeone, Kai Nordlund,
[2018]
Nature Communications
· DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03415-5
Atomic collision processes are fundamental to numerous advanced materials technologies such as electron microscopy, semiconductor processing and nuclear power generation. Extensive experimental and computer simulation studies over the past several decades provide the physical basis for understanding the atomic-scale processes occurring during primary displacement events. The current international standard for quantifying this energetic particle damage, the Norgett−Robinson−Torrens displacements per atom (NRT-dpa) model, has nowadays several well-known limitations. In particular, the number of radiation defects produced in energetic cascades in metals is only ~1/3 the NRT-dpa prediction, while the number of atoms involved in atomic mixing is about a factor of 30 larger than the dpa value. Here we propose two new complementary displacement production estimators (athermal recombination corrected dpa, arc-dpa) and atomic mixing (replacements per atom, rpa) functions that extend the NRT-dpa by providing more physically realistic descriptions of primary defect creation in materials and may become additional standard measures for radiation damage quantification. |
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"Delayed damage accumulation by athermal suppression of defect production in concentrated solid solution alloys" E. Wendler, S. Zhao, K. Jin, H. Bei, W. J. Weber, Y. Zhang, G. Velişa, [2018] Materials Research Letters · DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2017.1410863 | |
"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of AlN responding to low energy particle radiation"
Bin Liu, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Jianqi Xi,
[2018]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.5009750
Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of low energy recoil events in wurtzite AlN have been performed to determine threshold displacement energies, defect production and evolution mechanisms, role of partial charge transfer during the process, and the influence of irradiation-induced defects on the properties of AlN. The results show that the threshold displacement energies, Ed, along the direction parallel to the basal planes are smaller than those perpendicular to the basal planes. The minimum Ed values are determined to be 19 eV and 55 eV for N and Al atom, respectively, which occur along the [1¯1¯20] direction. In general, the threshold displacement energies for N are smaller than those for Al atom, indicating the N defects would be dominant under irradiation. The defect production mechanisms have been analyzed. It is found that charge transfer and redistribution for both the primary knock-on atom and the subsequent recoil atoms play a significant role in defect production and evolution. Similar to the trend in oxide materials, there is a nearly linear relationship between Ed and the total amount of charge transfer at the potential energy peak in AlN, which provides guidance on the development of charge-transfer interatomic potentials for classic molecular dynamics simulations. Finally, the response behavior of AlN to low energy irradiation is qualitatively investigated. The existence of irradiation-induced defects significantly modifies the electronic structure, and thus affects the magnetic, electronic and optical properties of AlN. These findings further enrich the understanding of defects in the wide bandgap semiconductor of AlN. |
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"Defects induced in cerium dioxide single crystals by electron irradiation"
Sandrine Miro, Nadia Touati, Laurent Binet, Gilles Wallez, Gérald Lelong, Maxime Guillaumet, William J. Weber, Jean-Marc Costantini,
[2018]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.5007823
Micro-Raman spectroscopy, X-band electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and UV-visible optical absorption spectroscopy were used to study the damage production in cerium dioxide (CeO2) single crystals by electron irradiation for three energies (1.0, 1.4, and 2.5 MeV). The Raman-active T2g peak was left unchanged after 2.5-MeV electron irradiation at a high fluence. This shows that no structural modifications occurred for the cubic fluorite structure. UV-visible optical absorption spectra exhibited a characteristic sub band-gap tail for 1.4-MeV and 2.5-MeV energies, but not for 1.0 MeV. Narrow EPR lines were recorded near liquid-helium temperature after 2.5-MeV electron irradiation; whereas no such signal was found for the virgin un-irradiated crystal or after 1.0-MeV irradiation for the same fluence. The angular variation of these lines in the {111} plane revealed a weak g-factor anisotropy assigned to Ce3+ ions (with the 4f1 configuration) in a high-symmetry local environment. It is concluded that Ce3+ ions may be produced by a reduction resulting from the displacement damage process. However, no evidence of F+ or F0 center or hole center formation due to irradiation was found from the present EPR and optical absorption spectra. |
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"Effects of electronic excitation in 150 keV Ni ion irradiation of metallic systems"
German Samolyuk, William J. Weber, Eva Zarkadoula,
[2018]
AIP Advances
· DOI: 10.1063/1.5016536
We use the two-temperature model in molecular dynamic simulations of 150 keV Ni ion cascades in nickel and nickel-based alloys to investigate the effect of the energy exchange between the atomic and the electronic systems during the primary stages of radiation damage. We find that the electron-phonon interactions result in a smaller amount of defects and affect the cluster formation, resulting in smaller clusters. These results indicate that ignoring the local heating due to the electrons results in the overestimation of the amount of damage and the size of the defect clusters. A comparison of the average defect production to the Norgett-Robinson-Torrens (NRT) prediction over a range of energies is provided. |
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"Determination of gaseous fission product behavior near the cerium dioxide Σ3 (111)/[11¯0] tilt grain boundary via first-principles study" Bin Liu, Haixuan Xu, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Jianqi Xi, [2018] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.11.046 · EID: 2-s2.0-85037348827 | |
"Determination of gaseous fission product behavior near the cerium dioxide Σ3 (111)/[1(1)over-bar0] tilt grain boundary via first-principles study" Bin Liu, Haixuan Xu, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Jianqi Xi, [2018] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.11.046 | |
"Effect of atomic order/disorder on vacancy clustering in concentrated NiFe alloys" A. Harms, Mohammad W. Ullah, W.J. Weber, D.S. Aidhy, D. Chakraborty, [2018] Computational Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.02.011 · EID: 2-s2.0-85042266045 | |
"Enhanced void swelling in NiCoFeCrPd high-entropy alloy by indentation-induced dislocations" Taini Yang, Ke Jin, Gihan Velisa, Pengyuan Xiu, Miao Song, Qing Peng, Fei Gao, Yanwen Zhang, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Lumin Wang, Chenyang Lu, [2018] Materials Research Letters · DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2018.1504136 · EID: 2-s2.0-85056765443 | |
"Interstitial migration behavior and defect evolution in ion irradiated pure nickel and Ni-xFe binary alloys" Taini Yang, Liangliang Niu, Qing Peng, Ke Jin, Miguel L. Crespillo, Gihan Velisa, Haizhou Xue, Feifei Zhang, Pengyuan Xiu, Yanwen Zhang, Fei Gao, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Lumin Wang, Chenyang Lu, [2018] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.07.006 · EID: 2-s2.0-85049419549 | |
"Irradiation-induced defect formation and damage accumulation in single crystal CeO |
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"Irradiation-induced defect formation and damage accumulation in single crystal CeO2" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Joseph T. Graham, [2018] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.09.046 | |
"Lattice distortion and phase stability of Pd-Doped NiCoFeCr solid-solution alloys"
Yang Tong, Ke Jin, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Fuxiang Zhang,
[2018]
Entropy
· DOI: 10.3390/e20120900
· EID: 2-s2.0-85058932995
In the present study, we have revealed that (NiCoFeCr)100−xPdx (x= 1, 3, 5, 20 atom%) high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have both local- and long-range lattice distortions by utilizing X-ray total scattering, X-ray diffraction, and extended X-ray absorption fine structure methods. The local lattice distortion determined by the lattice constant difference between the local and average structures was found to be proportional to the Pd content. A small amount of Pd-doping (1 atom%) yields long-range lattice distortion, which is demonstrated by a larger (200) lattice plane spacing than the expected value from an average structure, however, the degree of long-range lattice distortion is not sensitive to the Pd concentration. The structural stability of these distorted HEAs under high-pressure was also examined. The experimental results indicate that doping with a small amount of Pd significantly enhances the stability of the fcc phase by increasing the fcc-to-hcp transformation pressure from ~13.0 GPa in NiCoFeCr to 20–26 GPa in the Pd-doped HEAs and NiCoFeCrPd maintains its fcc lattice up to 74 GPa, the maximum pressure that the current experiments have reached. |
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"Local structure and defects in ion irradiated KTaO |
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"Local structure and defects in ion irradiated KTaO3" J Xi, Y Zhang, Yang Tong, H Xue, R Huang, C Trautmann, W J Weber, F X Zhang, [2018] Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aab1a2 | |
"Local structure of NiPd solid solution alloys and its response to ion irradiation" Mohammad W. Ullah, Shijun Zhao, Ke Jin, Y. Tong, G. Velisa, H. Xue, H. Bei, R. Huang, C. Park, W.J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, F.X. Zhang, [2018] Journal of Alloys and Compounds · DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.285 · EID: 2-s2.0-85046819104 | |
"Radiation effects in zircon" [2018] Zircon · EID: 2-s2.0-85061233040 | |
"Radiation-induced extreme elastic and inelastic interactions in concentrated solid solutions" Mohammad W. Ullah, Matthew F. Chisholm, Jie Liu, Pengfei Zhai, Daniel Schauries, Patrick Kluth, Christina Trautman, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Ritesh Sachan, [2018] Materials and Design · DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2018.04.011 · EID: 2-s2.0-85045549824 | |
"Stability of vacancy-type defect clusters in Ni based on first-principles and molecular dynamics simulations" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Shijun Zhao, [2018] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.10.003 · EID: 2-s2.0-85031767933 | |
"Waste forms for the nuclear fuel cycle" [2018] Plutonium Futures - The Science 2018 · EID: 2-s2.0-85067078804 | |
"Why natural monazite never becomes amorphous: Experimental evidence for alpha self-healing" Xavier Deschanels, Cédric Baumier, Stefan Neumeier, William John Weber, Sylvain Peuget, Anne-Magali Seydoux-Guillaume, [2018] American Mineralogist · DOI: 10.2138/am-2018-6447 · EID: 2-s2.0-85053644973 | |
"Ab Initio Study of Electronic Excitation Effects on SrTiO3" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Shijun Zhao, [2017] The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b08185 | |
"Ab Initio Study of Electronic Excitation Effects on SrTiO |
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"Unique Challenges for Modeling Defect Dynamics in Concentrated Solid-Solution Alloys" William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Shijun Zhao, [2017] JOM · DOI: 10.1007/s11837-017-2461-0 | |
"In-cascade ionization effects on defect production in 3C silicon carbide*" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Haizhou Xue, [2017] Materials Research Letters · DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2017.1334241 · EID: 2-s2.0-85020188061 | |
"Atomic-level heterogeneity and defect dynamics in concentrated solid-solution alloys" Shijun Zhao, William J. Weber, Kai Nordlund, Fredric Granberg, Flyura Djurabekova, Yanwen Zhang, [2017] Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2017.02.002 | |
"Effects of electronic excitation on cascade dynamics in nickel–iron and nickel–palladium systems" German Samolyuk, William J. Weber, Eva Zarkadoula, [2017] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.05.041 | |
"Effects of electronic excitation on cascade dynamics in nickel-iron and nickel-palladium systems" German Samolyuk, William J. Weber, Eva Zarkadoula, [2017] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.05.041 | |
"Effects of the electron-phonon coupling activation in collision cascades" German Samolyuk, William J. Weber, Eva Zarkadoula, [2017] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.04.020 | |
"Effects of chemical alternation on damage accumulation in concentrated solid-solution alloys"
Haizhou Xue, Gihan Velisa, Ke Jin, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Mohammad W. Ullah,
[2017]
Scientific Reports
· DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04541-8
Single-phase concentrated solid-solution alloys (SP-CSAs) have recently gained unprecedented attention due to their promising properties. To understand effects of alloying elements on irradiation-induced defect production, recombination and evolution, an integrated study of ion irradiation, ion beam analysis and atomistic simulations are carried out on a unique set of model crystals with increasing chemical complexity, from pure Ni to Ni80Fe20, Ni50Fe50, and Ni80Cr20 binaries, and to a more complex Ni40Fe40Cr20 alloy. Both experimental and simulation results suggest that the binary and ternary alloys exhibit higher radiation resistance than elemental Ni. The modeling work predicts that Ni40Fe40Cr20 has the best radiation tolerance, with the number of surviving Frenkel pairs being factors of 2.0 and 1.4 lower than pure Ni and the 80:20 binary alloys, respectively. While the reduced defect mobility in SP-CSAs is identified as a general mechanism leading to slower growth of large defect clusters, the effect of specific alloying elements on suppression of damage accumulation is clearly demonstrated. This work suggests that concentrated solid-solution provides an effective way to enhance radiation tolerance by creating elemental alternation at the atomic level. The demonstrated chemical effects on defect dynamics may inspire new design principles of radiation-tolerant structural alloys for advanced energy systems. |
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"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of low energy recoil events in MgO" B. Liu, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, B.A. Petersen, [2017] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.01.020 | |
"Amorphization due to electronic energy deposition in defective strontium titanate" Eva Zarkadoula, Peng Liu, Ke Jin, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Haizhou Xue, [2017] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2017.01.051 | |
"Two-temperature model in molecular dynamics simulations of cascades in Ni-based alloys" German Samolyuk, William J. Weber, Eva Zarkadoula, [2017] Journal of Alloys and Compounds · DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.12.441 | |
"Pressure-induced fcc to hcp phase transition in Ni-based high entropy solid solution alloys"
Shijun Zhao, Ke Jin, H. Bei, D. Popov, Changyong Park, J. C. Neuefeind, W. J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, F. X. Zhang,
[2017]
Applied Physics Letters
· DOI: 10.1063/1.4973627
A pressure-induced phase transition from the fcc to a hexagonal close-packed (hcp) structure was found in NiCoCrFe solid solution alloy starting at 13.5 GPa. The phase transition is very sluggish and the transition did not complete at ∼40 GPa. The hcp structure is quenchable to ambient pressure. Only a very small amount (<5%) of hcp phase was found in the isostructural NiCoCr ternary alloy up to the pressure of 45 GPa and no obvious hcp phase was found in NiCoCrFePd system till to 74 GPa. Ab initio Gibbs free energy calculations indicated the energy differences between the fcc and the hcp phases for the three alloys are very small, but they are sensitive to temperature. The critical transition pressure in NiCoCrFe varies from ∼1 GPa at room temperature to ∼6 GPa at 500 K. |
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"Synergistic effects of nuclear and electronic energy loss in KTaO3 under ion irradiation"
Ke Jin, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Eva Zarkadoula,
[2017]
AIP Advances
· DOI: 10.1063/1.4973938
We use the inelastic thermal spike model for insulators and molecular dynamic simulations to investigate the effects of pre-existing damage on the energy dissipation and structural alterations in KTaO3 under irradiation with 21 MeV Ni ions. Our results reveal a synergy between the pre-existing defects and the electronic energy loss, indicating that the defects play an important role on the energy deposition in the system. Our findings highlight the need for better understanding on the role of defects in electronic energy dissipation and the coupling of the electronic and atomic subsystems. |
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"Synergistic effects of nuclear and electronic energy loss in KTaO We use the inelastic thermal spike model for insulators and molecular dynamic simulations to investigate the effects of pre-existing damage on the energy dissipation and structural alterations in KTaO3 under irradiation with 21 MeV Ni ions. Our results reveal a synergy between the pre-existing defects and the electronic energy loss, indicating that the defects play an important role on the energy deposition in the system. Our findings highlight the need for better understanding on the role of defects in electronic energy dissipation and the coupling of the electronic and atomic subsystems. |
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"A Review of Radiation Effects in Solid Nuclear Waste Forms" Frank P. Roberts, William J. Weber, [2017] Nuclear Technology · DOI: 10.13182/nt83-a33073 | |
"Correlation between Cr3+ Luminescence and Oxygen Vacancy Disorder in Strontium Titanate under MeV Ion Irradiation" J. T. Graham, F. Agulló-López, Y. Zhang, W. J. Weber, M. L. Crespillo, [2017] Journal of Physical Chemistry C · DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b04352 · EID: 2-s2.0-85029502348 | |
"Correlation between Cr3+ Luminescence and Oxygen Vacancy Disorder in Strontium Titanate under MeV Ion Irradiation" J. T. Graham, F. Agulló-López, Y. Zhang, W. J. Weber, M. L. Crespillo, [2017] The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b04352 | |
"Coupled electronic and atomic effects on defect evolution in silicon carbide under ion irradiation" Haizhou Xue, Eva Zarkadoula, Ritesh Sachan, Christopher Ostrouchov, Peng Liu, Xue-lin Wang, Shuo Zhang, Tie Shan Wang, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2017] Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2017.09.003 · EID: 2-s2.0-85031503695 | |
"Forging fast ion conducting nanochannels with swift heavy ions: The correlated role of local electronic and atomic structure" Valentino R. Cooper, Bin Liu, Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, Brian K. Voas, Maik Lang, Xin Ou, Christina Trautmann, Yanwen Zhang, Matthew F. Chisholm, William J. Weber, Ritesh Sachan, [2017] Journal of Physical Chemistry C · DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12522 · EID: 2-s2.0-85021417535 | |
"In situ tem observation of radiation induced amorphization of crystals with apatite structure" Brent Constantz, Paul W. Brown, [2017] Hydroxyapatite and Related Materials · DOI: 10.1201/9780203751367 · EID: 2-s2.0-85052463503 | |
"Irradiation-induced damage evolution in concentrated Ni-based alloys" Mohammad W. Ullah, Haizhou Xue, Ke Jin, Miguel L. Crespillo, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Gihan Velişa, [2017] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2017.06.002 · EID: 2-s2.0-85020731875 | |
"Local Structure and Short-Range Order in a NiCoCr Solid Solution Alloy" Shijun Zhao, Ke Jin, H. Xue, G. Velisa, H. Bei, R. Huang, J. Y. P. Ko, D. C. Pagan, J. C. Neuefeind, W. J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, F. X. Zhang, [2017] Physical Review Letters · DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.205501 · EID: 2-s2.0-85019953987 | |
"New insights on ion track morphology in pyrochlores by aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy" Yanwen Zhang, Xin Ou, Christina Trautmann, Matthew F. Chisholm, William J. Weber, Ritesh Sachan, [2017] Journal of Materials Research · DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2016.418 · EID: 2-s2.0-85003827341 | |
"RADIATION EFFECTS IN VITREOUS AND DEVITRIFIED SIMULATED WASTE GLASS." [2017] Applications of Cryogenic Technology · EID: 2-s2.0-0018808366 | |
"Radiation-induced segregation on defect clusters in single-phase concentrated solid-solution alloys" Taini Yang, Ke Jin, Ning Gao, Pengyuan Xiu, Yanwen Zhang, Fei Gao, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Kai Sun, Yan Dong, Lumin Wang, Chenyang Lu, [2017] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2017.01.019 · EID: 2-s2.0-85009852018 | |
"Role of atomic-level defects and electronic energy loss on amorphization in LiNbO |
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"Role of atomic-level defects and electronic energy loss on amorphization in LiNbO3 single crystals" M L Crespillo, H Xue, Y Zhang, W J Weber, N Sellami, [2017] Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics · DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/aa7a9e | |
"Role of oxygen vacancies on light emission mechanisms in SrTiO |
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"Role of oxygen vacancies on light emission mechanisms in SrTiO3 induced by high-energy particles" J T Graham, F Agulló-López, Y Zhang, W J Weber, M L Crespillo, [2017] Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics · DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/aa627f | |
"Strain effects on oxygen vacancy energetics in KTaO3"
Haixuan Xu, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Jianqi Xi,
[2017]
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
· DOI: 10.1039/c6cp08315c
Site preferences occur under epitaxial strain, resulting in orders of magnitude differences in vacancy concentrations on different oxygen sites. |
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"Strain effects on oxygen vacancy energetics in KTaO Site preferences occur under epitaxial strain, resulting in orders of magnitude differences in vacancy concentrations on different oxygen sites. |
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"Strain effects on oxygen vacancy energetics in kTaO3"
Haixuan Xu, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Jianqi Xi,
[2017]
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
· DOI: 10.1039/c6cp08315c
Site preferences occur under epitaxial strain, resulting in orders of magnitude differences in vacancy concentrations on different oxygen sites. |
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"Suppression of vacancy cluster growth in concentrated solid solution alloys" Gihan Velisa, Haizhou Xue, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Shijun Zhao, [2017] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.11.050 · EID: 2-s2.0-85004007068 | |
"X-ray absorption investigation of local structural disorder in Ni Defect energetics in structural materials has long been recognized to be affected by specific alloy compositions. Local structural distortion greatly affects the physical properties and performance of alloys. To reveal the atomic-level lattice distortion, the local structures of Ni and Fe in Ni1-xFex (x = 0.10, 0.20, 0.35 and 0.50) solid solution alloys were measured with extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) technique. The EXAFS measurements have revealed that the bond length of Fe with surrounding atoms is 0.01–0.02 Å larger than that of Ni with its neighbors in the alloys. Both the lattice constant and the interatomic distance of the nearest neighbors increase with the addition of Fe content in the solid solutions. The local bonding environments in Ni1-xFex alloys were also calculated from ab initio and compared with the experimental results. |
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"X-ray absorption investigation of local structural disorder in Ni1-xFex (x=0.10, 0.20, 0.35, and 0.50) alloys"
K. Jin, Shijun Zhao, S. Mu, Hongbin Bei, J. C. Liu, H. Z. Xue, D. Popov, Changyong Park, G. M. Stocks, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, F. X. Zhang,
[2017]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.4982705
Defect energetics in structural materials has long been recognized to be affected by specific alloy compositions. Local structural distortion greatly affects the physical properties and performance of alloys. To reveal the atomic-level lattice distortion, the local structures of Ni and Fe in Ni1-xFex (x = 0.10, 0.20, 0.35 and 0.50) solid solution alloys were measured with extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) technique. The EXAFS measurements have revealed that the bond length of Fe with surrounding atoms is 0.01–0.02 Å larger than that of Ni with its neighbors in the alloys. Both the lattice constant and the interatomic distance of the nearest neighbors increase with the addition of Fe content in the solid solutions. The local bonding environments in Ni1-xFex alloys were also calculated from ab initio and compared with the experimental results. |
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"Effects of two-temperature model on cascade evolution in Ni and NiFe" German Samolyuk, Haizhou Xue, Hongbin Bei, William J. Weber, Eva Zarkadoula, [2016] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2016.06.028 | |
"Damage accumulation in ion-irradiated Ni-based concentrated solid-solution alloys" Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Mohammad W. Ullah, [2016] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.02.048 | |
"Temperature measurements during high flux ion beam irradiations"
J. T. Graham, Y. Zhang, W. J. Weber, M. L. Crespillo,
[2016]
Review of Scientific Instruments
· DOI: 10.1063/1.4941720
A systematic study of the ion beam heating effect was performed in a temperature range of −170 to 900 °C using a 10 MeV Au3+ ion beam and a Yttria stabilized Zirconia (YSZ) sample at a flux of 5.5 × 1012 cm−2 s−1. Different geometric configurations of beam, sample, thermocouple positioning, and sample holder were compared to understand the heat/charge transport mechanisms responsible for the observed temperature increase. The beam heating exhibited a strong dependence on the background (initial) sample temperature with the largest temperature increases occurring at cryogenic temperatures and decreasing with increasing temperature. Comparison with numerical calculations suggests that the observed heating effect is, in reality, a predominantly electronic effect and the true temperature rise is small. A simple model was developed to explain this electronic effect in terms of an electrostatic potential that forms during ion irradiation. Such an artificial beam heating effect is potentially problematic in thermostated ion irradiation and ion beam analysis apparatus, as the operation of temperature feedback systems can be significantly distorted by this effect. |
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"A coupled effect of nuclear and electronic energy loss on ion irradiation damage in lithium niobate" Y. Zhang, H. Xue, K. Jin, M.L. Crespillo, X. Wang, W.J. Weber, P. Liu, [2016] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2015.12.048 | |
"Ab initio study of point defects near stacking faults in 3C-SiC" Bin Liu, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Jianqi Xi, [2016] Computational Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2016.06.023 | |
"Amorphization resistance of nano-engineered SiC under heavy ion irradiation" Manabu Ishimaru, Haizhou Xue, Yanwen Zhang, Steven C. Shannon, William J. Weber, Kenta Imada, [2016] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.06.031 | |
"Bubble formation and lattice parameter changes resulting from He irradiation of defect-fluorite Gd2Zr2O7" Maulik K. Patel, Jeffery A. Aguiar, Yanwen Zhang, Miguel L. Crespillo, Juan Wen, Haizhou Xue, Yongqiang Wang, William J. Weber, Caitlin A. Taylor, [2016] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.05.045 | |
"Bubble formation and lattice parameter changes resulting from He irradiation of defect-fluorite Gd |
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"Bubble formation and lattice parameter changes resulting from He irradiation of defect-fluorite Gd2Zr2O7" Maulik K. Patel, Jeffery A. Aguiar, Yanwen Zhang, Miguel L. Crespillo, Juan Wen, Haizhou Xue, Yongqiang Wang, William J. Weber, Caitlin A. Taylor, [2016] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.05.045 | |
"Color-center production and recovery in electron-irradiated magnesium aluminate spinel and ceria" Gérald Lelong, Maxime Guillaumet, William J Weber, Seiya Takaki, Kazuhiro Yasuda, Jean-Marc Costantini, [2016] Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/32/325901 | |
"Combined effects of radiation damage and He accumulation on bubble nucleation in Gd2Ti2O7" Maulik K. Patel, Jeffery A. Aguiar, Yanwen Zhang, Miguel L. Crespillo, Juan Wen, Haizhou Xue, Yongqiang Wang, William J. Weber, Caitlin A. Taylor, [2016] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.07.043 | |
"Combined effects of radiation damage and He accumulation on bubble nucleation in Gd |
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"Combined effects of radiation damage and He accumulation on bubble nucleation in Gd2Ti2O7" Maulik K. Patel, Jeffery A. Aguiar, Yanwen Zhang, Miguel L. Crespillo, Juan Wen, Haizhou Xue, Yongqiang Wang, William J. Weber, Caitlin A. Taylor, [2016] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.07.043 | |
"Defect accumulation, amorphization and nanostructure modification of ceramics" William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2016] Springer Series in Surface Sciences · DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33561-2_7 · EID: 2-s2.0-84978900734 | |
"Dose dependence of helium bubble formation in nano-engineered SiC at 700 degrees C" Y. Zhang, Y. Wang, M.L. Crespillo, C.L. Fontana, J.T. Graham, G. Duscher, S.C. Shannon, W.J. Weber, C.-H. Chen, [2016] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.01.029 | |
"Dose dependence of helium bubble formation in nano-engineered SiC at 700 °C" Y. Zhang, Y. Wang, M.L. Crespillo, C.L. Fontana, J.T. Graham, G. Duscher, S.C. Shannon, W.J. Weber, C.-H. Chen, [2016] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.01.029 · EID: 2-s2.0-84978517740 | |
"Effects of Fe concentration on the ion-irradiation induced defect evolution and hardening in Ni-Fe solid solution alloys" Wei Guo, Chenyang Lu, Mohammad W. Ullah, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Lumin Wang, Jonathan D. Poplawsky, Hongbin Bei, Ke Jin, [2016] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.09.025 | |
"Effects of compositional complexity on the ion-irradiation induced swelling and hardening in Ni-containing equiatomic alloys" C. Lu, L.M. Wang, J. Qu, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, H. Bei, K. Jin, [2016] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2016.03.030 | |
"Enhancing radiation tolerance by controlling defect mobility and migration pathways in multicomponent single-phase alloys"
Liangliang Niu, Nanjun Chen, Ke Jin, Taini Yang, Pengyuan Xiu, Yanwen Zhang, Fei Gao, Hongbin Bei, Shi Shi, Mo-Rigen He, Ian M. Robertson, William J. Weber, Lumin Wang, Chenyang Lu,
[2016]
Nature Communications
· DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13564
A grand challenge in material science is to understand the correlation between intrinsic properties and defect dynamics. Radiation tolerant materials are in great demand for safe operation and advancement of nuclear and aerospace systems. Unlike traditional approaches that rely on microstructural and nanoscale features to mitigate radiation damage, this study demonstrates enhancement of radiation tolerance with the suppression of void formation by two orders magnitude at elevated temperatures in equiatomic single-phase concentrated solid solution alloys, and more importantly, reveals its controlling mechanism through a detailed analysis of the depth distribution of defect clusters and an atomistic computer simulation. The enhanced swelling resistance is attributed to the tailored interstitial defect cluster motion in the alloys from a long-range one-dimensional mode to a short-range three-dimensional mode, which leads to enhanced point defect recombination. The results suggest design criteria for next generation radiation tolerant structural alloys. |
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"Formation and growth of stacking fault tetrahedra in Ni via vacancy aggregation mechanism" Chenyang Lu, Ke Jin, Hongbin Bei, Yanwen Zhang, Lumin Wang, William J. Weber, Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, [2016] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.12.020 | |
"In-situ luminescence monitoring of ion-induced damage evolution in SiO2 and Al2O3" J.T. Graham, Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, M.L. Crespillo, [2016] Journal of Luminescence · DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2015.12.016 | |
"In-situ luminescence monitoring of ion-induced damage evolution in SiO |
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"Influence of chemical disorder on energy dissipation and defect evolution in advanced alloys" Ke Jin, Haizhou Xue, Chenyang Lu, Raina J. Olsen, Laurent K. Beland, Mohammad W. Ullah, Shijun Zhao, Hongbin Bei, Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, German D. Samolyuk, Lumin Wang, Magdalena Caro, Alfredo Caro, G. Malcolm Stocks, Ben C. Larson, Ian M. Robertson, Alfredo A. Correa, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2016] Journal of Materials Research · DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2016.269 | |
"Insights on dramatic radial fluctuations in track formation by energetic ions"
Eva Zarkadoula, Maik Lang, Christina Trautmann, Yanwen Zhang, Matthew F. Chisholm, William J. Weber, Ritesh Sachan,
[2016]
Scientific Reports
· DOI: 10.1038/srep27196
· EID: 2-s2.0-84973349092
We report on unexpected dramatic radial variations in ion tracks formed by irradiation with energetic ions (2.3 GeV 208Pb) at a constant electronic energy-loss (~42 keV/nm) in pyrochlore-structured Gd2TiZrO7. Though previous studies have shown track formation and average track diameter measurements in the Gd2TixZr(1−x)O7 system, the present work clearly reveals the importance of the recrystallization process in ion track formation in this system, which leads to more morphological complexities in tracks than currently accepted behavior. The ion track profile is usually considered to be diametrically uniform for a constant value of electronic energy-loss. This study reveals the diameter variations to be as large as ~40% within an extremely short incremental track length of ~20 nm. Our molecular dynamics simulations show that these fluctuations in diameter of amorphous core and overall track diameter are attributed to the partial substitution of Ti atoms by Zr atoms, which have a large difference in ionic radii, on the B-site in pyrochlore lattice. This random distribution of Ti and Zr atoms leads to a local competition between amorphous phase formation (favored by Ti atoms) and defect-fluorite phase formation (favored by Zr atoms) during the recrystallization process and finally introduces large radial variations in track morphology. |
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"Layered Structure Induced Anisotropic Low-Energy Recoils in Ti3SiC2"
Benjamin Petersen, Yanwen Zhang, Jingyang Wang, William J. Weber, Bin Liu,
[2016]
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
· DOI: 10.1111/jace.14277
Low‐energy recoil events in Ti3SiC2 are studied using |
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"Layered Structure Induced Anisotropic Low-Energy Recoils in Ti Low‐energy recoil events in Ti3SiC2 are studied using |
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"Layered Structure Induced Anisotropic Low-Energy Recoils in Ti3SiC2"
Benjamin Petersen, Yanwen Zhang, Jingyang Wang, William J. Weber, Bin Liu,
[2016]
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
· DOI: 10.1111/jace.14277
Low‐energy recoil events in Ti3SiC2 are studied using |
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"Mechanism of Radiation Damage Reduction in Equiatomic Multicomponent Single Phase Alloys" K. Nordlund, Mohammad W. Ullah, K. Jin, C. Lu, H. Bei, L. M. Wang, F. Djurabekova, W. J. Weber, Y. Zhang, F. Granberg, [2016] Physical Review Letters · DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.135504 | |
"Microstructure design for fast oxygen conduction" William J. Weber, Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, [2016] Journal of Materials Research · DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2015.327 | |
"Microstructure design for fast oxygen conduction (vol 31, pg 2, 2016)" [2016] Journal of Materials Research · DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2016.15 | |
"Modelling effects of radiation damage" Elke Wendler, William J. Weber, [2016] Springer Series in Surface Sciences · DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33561-2_3 · EID: 2-s2.0-84978640613 | |
"Segregation and Migration of the Oxygen Vacancies in the Sigma 3 (111) Tilt Grain Boundaries of Ceria" Bin Liu, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Fenglin Yuan, [2016] Journal of Physical Chemistry C · DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b00325 | |
"Segregation and Migration of the Oxygen Vacancies in the Σ3 (111) Tilt Grain Boundaries of Ceria" Bin Liu, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Fenglin Yuan, [2016] Journal of Physical Chemistry C · DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b00325 · EID: 2-s2.0-84963556574 | |
"Stopping power measurements with the Time-of-Flight (ToF) technique" Chien-Hung Chen, Miguel L. Crespillo, Joseph T. Graham, Haizhou Xue, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Cristiano L. Fontana, [2016] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2015.10.048 | |
"Synergy of inelastic and elastic energy loss: Temperature effects and electronic stopping power dependence" Haizhou Xue, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Eva Zarkadoula, [2016] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.05.044 | |
"Tailoring the physical properties of Ni-based single-phase equiatomic alloys by modifying the chemical complexity"
B. C. Sales, G. M. Stocks, G. D. Samolyuk, M. Daene, W. J. Weber, Y. Zhang, H. Bei, K. Jin,
[2016]
Scientific Reports
· DOI: 10.1038/srep20159
Equiatomic alloys (e.g. high entropy alloys) have recently attracted considerable interest due to their exceptional properties, which might be closely related to their extreme disorder induced by the chemical complexity. In order to understand the effects of chemical complexity on their fundamental physical properties, a family of (eight) Ni-based, face-center-cubic (FCC), equiatomic alloys, extending from elemental Ni to quinary high entropy alloys, has been synthesized and their electrical, thermal and magnetic properties are systematically investigated in the range of 4–300 K by combining experiments with |
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"Two-body potential model based on cosine series expansion for ionic materials" William J. Weber, Hisashi Tanigawa, Takuji Oda, [2016] Computational Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2015.08.055 | |
"Ab initio molecular dynamics investigations of low-energy recoil events in Ni and NiCo" Fenglin Yuan, Ke Jin, Yanwen Zhang, William J Weber, Bin Liu, [2015] Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/43/435006 | |
"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of ion-solid interactions in zirconate pyrochlores" W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, X.T. Zu, H.Y. Xiao, [2015] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2015.01.019 | |
"Additive effects of electronic and nuclear energy losses in irradiation-induced amorphization of zircon"
Marcel Toulemonde, William J. Weber, Eva Zarkadoula,
[2015]
Applied Physics Letters
· DOI: 10.1063/1.4939110
We used a combination of ion cascades and the unified thermal spike model to study the electronic effects from 800 keV Kr and Xe ion irradiation in zircon. We compared the damage production for four cases: (a) due to ion cascades alone, (b) due to ion cascades with the electronic energy loss activated as a friction term, (c) due to the thermal spike from the combined electronic and nuclear energy losses, and (d) due to ion cascades with electronic stopping and the electron-phonon interactions superimposed. We found that taking the electronic energy loss out as a friction term results in reduced damage, while the electronic electron-phonon interactions have additive impact on the final damage created per ion. |
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"Ag out-surface diffusion in crystalline SiC with an effective SiO2 diffusion barrier" H.Y. Xiao, Z. Zhu, V. Shutthanandan, L.L. Snead, L.A. Boatner, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, H. Xue, [2015] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.05.001 | |
"Ag out-surface diffusion in crystalline SiC with an effective SiO |
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"Atomistic structures of nano-engineered SiC and radiation-induced amorphization resistance" Manabu Ishimaru, Kazuhisa Sato, Haizhou Xue, Yanwen Zhang, Steven Shannon, William J. Weber, Kenta Imada, [2015] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.06.036 | |
"Chemical expansion affected oxygen vacancy stability in different oxide structures from first principles calculations" Bin Liu, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, [2015] · DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2014.12.030 · EID: 2-s2.0-84921514174 | |
"Damage processes in MgO irradiated with medium-energy heavy ions" Y. Zhang, A. Debelle, L. Thomé, J.P. Crocombette, Z. Zihua, J. Jagielski, W.J. Weber, S. Moll, [2015] · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2015.01.011 · EID: 2-s2.0-84922804332 | |
"Effects of He Irradiation on Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Ceramics"
Caitlin A. Taylor, Chenxu Wang, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Jingren Xiao, Jianming Xue, Sha Yan, Yugang Wang, Tengfei Yang,
[2015]
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
· DOI: 10.1111/jace.13423
Effects of He irradiation on polycrystalline yttria‐stabilized zirconia ( |
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"Electronic effects in high-energy radiation damage in tungsten" D M Duffy, K Nordlund, M A Seaton, I T Todorov, W J Weber, K Trachenko, E Zarkadoula, [2015] Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/13/135401 | |
"Electronic excitation induced amorphization in titanate pyrochlores: an ab initio molecular dynamics study"
W. J. Weber, Y. Zhang, X. T. Zu, S. Li, H. Y. Xiao,
[2015]
Scientific Reports
· DOI: 10.1038/srep08265
The response of titanate pyrochlores (A2Ti2O7, A = Y, Gd and Sm) to electronic excitation is investigated utilizing an |
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"Fast ion conductivity in strained defect-fluorite structure created by ion tracks in Gd2Ti2O7"
Ritesh Sachan, Eva Zarkadoula, Olli Pakarinen, Matthew F. Chisholm, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Dilpuneet S. Aidhy,
[2015]
Scientific Reports
· DOI: 10.1038/srep16297
The structure and ion-conducting properties of the defect-fluorite ring structure formed around amorphous ion-tracks by swift heavy ion irradiation of Gd2Ti2O7 pyrochlore are investigated. High angle annular dark field imaging complemented with ion-track molecular dynamics simulations show that the atoms in the ring structure are disordered and have relatively larger cation-cation interspacing than in the bulk pyrochlore, illustrating the presence of tensile strain in the ring region. Density functional theory calculations show that the non-equilibrium defect-fluorite structure can be stabilized by tensile strain. The pyrochlore to defect-fluorite structure transformation in the ring region is predicted to be induced by recrystallization during a melt-quench process and stabilized by tensile strain. Static pair-potential calculations show that planar tensile strain lowers oxygen vacancy migration barriers in pyrochlores, in agreement with recent studies on fluorite and perovskite materials. In view of these results, it is suggested that strain engineering could be simultaneously used to stabilize the defect-fluorite structure and gain control over its high ion-conducting properties. |
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"Fast ion conductivity in strained defect-fluorite structure created by ion tracks in Gd The structure and ion-conducting properties of the defect-fluorite ring structure formed around amorphous ion-tracks by swift heavy ion irradiation of Gd2Ti2O7 pyrochlore are investigated. High angle annular dark field imaging complemented with ion-track molecular dynamics simulations show that the atoms in the ring structure are disordered and have relatively larger cation-cation interspacing than in the bulk pyrochlore, illustrating the presence of tensile strain in the ring region. Density functional theory calculations show that the non-equilibrium defect-fluorite structure can be stabilized by tensile strain. The pyrochlore to defect-fluorite structure transformation in the ring region is predicted to be induced by recrystallization during a melt-quench process and stabilized by tensile strain. Static pair-potential calculations show that planar tensile strain lowers oxygen vacancy migration barriers in pyrochlores, in agreement with recent studies on fluorite and perovskite materials. In view of these results, it is suggested that strain engineering could be simultaneously used to stabilize the defect-fluorite structure and gain control over its high ion-conducting properties. |
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"Influence of chemical disorder on energy dissipation and defect evolution in concentrated solid solution alloys"
G. Malcolm Stocks, Ke Jin, Chenyang Lu, Hongbin Bei, Brian C. Sales, Lumin Wang, Laurent K. Béland, Roger E. Stoller, German D. Samolyuk, Magdalena Caro, Alfredo Caro, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang,
[2015]
Nature Communications
· DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9736
A grand challenge in materials research is to understand complex electronic correlation and non-equilibrium atomic interactions, and how such intrinsic properties and dynamic processes affect energy transfer and defect evolution in irradiated materials. Here we report that chemical disorder, with an increasing number of principal elements and/or altered concentrations of specific elements, in single-phase concentrated solid solution alloys can lead to substantial reduction in electron mean free path and orders of magnitude decrease in electrical and thermal conductivity. The subsequently slow energy dissipation affects defect dynamics at the early stages, and consequentially may result in less deleterious defects. Suppressed damage accumulation with increasing chemical disorder from pure nickel to binary and to more complex quaternary solid solutions is observed. Understanding and controlling energy dissipation and defect dynamics by altering alloy complexity may pave the way for new design principles of radiation-tolerant structural alloys for energy applications. |
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"Introduction" William J. Weber, Khalid Hattar, Joel Ribis, Djamel Kaoumi, [2015] Journal of Materials Research · DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2015.133 | |
"Ionization-induced annealing of pre-existing defects in silicon carbide"
Ritesh Sachan, Olli H. Pakarinen, Matthew F. Chisholm, Peng Liu, Haizhou Xue, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang,
[2015]
Nature Communications
· DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9049
A long-standing objective in materials research is to effectively heal fabrication defects or to remove pre-existing or environmentally induced damage in materials. Silicon carbide (SiC) is a fascinating wide-band gap semiconductor for high-temperature, high-power and high-frequency applications. Its high corrosion and radiation resistance makes it a key refractory/structural material with great potential for extremely harsh radiation environments. Here we show that the energy transferred to the electron system of SiC by energetic ions via inelastic ionization can effectively anneal pre-existing defects and restore the structural order. The threshold determined for this recovery process reveals that it can be activated by 750 and 850 keV Si and C self-ions, respectively. The results conveyed here can contribute to SiC-based device fabrication by providing a room-temperature approach to repair atomic lattice structures, and to SiC performance prediction as either a functional material for device applications or a structural material for high-radiation environments. |
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"Point defect evolution in Ni, NiFe and NiCr alloys from atomistic simulations and irradiation experiments" Chenyang Lu, Ke Jin, Hongbin Bei, Yanwen Zhang, Lumin Wang, William J. Weber, Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, [2015] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2015.08.007 | |
"Predictive modeling of synergistic effects in nanoscale ion track formation"
Olli H. Pakarinen, Haizhou Xue, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Eva Zarkadoula,
[2015]
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
· DOI: 10.1039/c5cp02382c
Cross sections of five pre-damaged systems with different initial defect concentration along the [001] direction, after irradiation with 21 MeV Ni ions. Sr is shown in blue, Ti in green, and O in purple. |
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"Radiation damage in cubic ZrO |
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"Radiation damage in cubic ZrO2 and yttria-stabilized zirconia from molecular dynamics simulations" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, [2015] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2014.10.036 | |
"Segregation and trapping of oxygen vacancies near the SrTiO3 Sigma 3 (112) 110 tilt grain boundary" Valentino R. Cooper, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Bin Liu, [2015] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2015.02.043 | |
"Segregation and trapping of oxygen vacancies near the SrTiO |
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"Segregation and trapping of oxygen vacancies near the SrTiO3 Sigma 3 (112) [110] tilt grain boundary" Valentino R. Cooper, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Bin Liu, [2015] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2015.02.043 | |
"Structure and band gap determination of irradiation-induced amorphous nano-channels in LiNbO3"
O. H. Pakarinen, P. Liu, M. K. Patel, M. F. Chisholm, Y. Zhang, X. L. Wang, W. J. Weber, R. Sachan,
[2015]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.4915932
The irradiation of lithium niobate with swift heavy ions results in the creation of amorphous nano-sized channels along the incident ion path. These nano-channels are on the order of a hundred microns in length and could be useful for photonic applications. However, there are two major challenges in these nano-channels characterization: (i) it is difficult to investigate the structural characteristics of these nano-channels due to their very long length and (ii) the analytical electron microscopic analysis of individual ion track is complicated due to electron beam sensitive nature of lithium niobate. Here, we report the first high resolution microscopic characterization of these amorphous nano-channels, widely known as ion-tracks, by direct imaging them at different depths in the material, and subsequently correlating the key characteristics with electronic energy loss of ions. Energetic Kr ions (84Kr22 with 1.98 GeV energy) are used to irradiate single crystal lithium niobate with a fluence of 2 × 1010 ions/cm2, which results in the formation of individual ion tracks with a penetration depth of ∼180 μm. Along the ion path, electron energy loss of the ions, which is responsible for creating the ion tracks, increases with depth under these conditions in LiNbO3, resulting in increases in track diameter of a factor of ∼2 with depth. This diameter increase with electronic energy loss is consistent with predictions of the inelastic thermal spike model. We also show a new method to measure the band gap in individual ion track by using electron energy-loss spectroscopy. |
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"Structure and band gap determination of irradiation-induced amorphous nano-channels in LiNbO The irradiation of lithium niobate with swift heavy ions results in the creation of amorphous nano-sized channels along the incident ion path. These nano-channels are on the order of a hundred microns in length and could be useful for photonic applications. However, there are two major challenges in these nano-channels characterization: (i) it is difficult to investigate the structural characteristics of these nano-channels due to their very long length and (ii) the analytical electron microscopic analysis of individual ion track is complicated due to electron beam sensitive nature of lithium niobate. Here, we report the first high resolution microscopic characterization of these amorphous nano-channels, widely known as ion-tracks, by direct imaging them at different depths in the material, and subsequently correlating the key characteristics with electronic energy loss of ions. Energetic Kr ions (84Kr22 with 1.98 GeV energy) are used to irradiate single crystal lithium niobate with a fluence of 2 × 1010 ions/cm2, which results in the formation of individual ion tracks with a penetration depth of ∼180 μm. Along the ion path, electron energy loss of the ions, which is responsible for creating the ion tracks, increases with depth under these conditions in LiNbO3, resulting in increases in track diameter of a factor of ∼2 with depth. This diameter increase with electronic energy loss is consistent with predictions of the inelastic thermal spike model. We also show a new method to measure the band gap in individual ion track by using electron energy-loss spectroscopy. |
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"Synergy of elastic and inelastic energy loss on ion track formation in SrTiO3" Eva Zarkadoula, Olli H. Pakarinen, Ritesh Sachan, Matthew F. Chisholm, Peng Liu, Haizhou Xue, Ke Jin, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, [2015] Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/srep07726 | |
"Synergy of elastic and inelastic energy loss on ion track formation in SrTiO |
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"The role of electronic energy loss in ion beam modification of materials" Dorothy M. Duffy, Lionel Thomé, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, [2015] · DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2014.09.003 · EID: 2-s2.0-84922964443 | |
"Vacancy-Vacancy Interaction Induced Oxygen Diffusivity Enhancement in Undoped Nonstoichiometric Ceria" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Fenglin Yuan, [2015] Journal of Physical Chemistry C · DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01317 | |
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"(001) SrTiO3 vertical bar (001) MgO Interface and Oxygen-Vacancy Stability from First-Principles Calculations" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, [2014] Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces · DOI: 10.1021/am504306t | |
"A fast grain-growth mechanism revealed in nanocrystalline ceramic oxides" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, [2014] · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2014.03.020 · EID: 2-s2.0-84901242882 | |
"Angular distribution and recoil effect for 1 MeV Au+ ions through a Si |
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"Angular distribution and recoil effect for 1 MeV Au+ ions through a Si3N4 thin foil" Zihua Zhu, Sandeep Manandhar, Jia Liu, Chien-Hung Chen, Vaithiyalingam Shutthanandan, Suntharampillai Thevuthasan, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Ke Jin, [2014] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2014.02.093 | |
"Annealing behaviour of ion tracks in olivine, apatite and britholite" M. Lang, T. Bierschenk, M.D. Rodriguez, W.J. Weber, C. Trautmann, R.C. Ewing, N. Kirby, P. Kluth, B. Afra, [2014] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2013.10.072 · EID: 2-s2.0-84899438936 | |
"Annealing of paramagnetic centres in electron-and ion-irradiated yttria-stabilized zirconia: Effect of yttria content" François Beuneu, William J. Weber, Jean-Marc Costantini, [2014] · DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2014.913107 · EID: 2-s2.0-84903272128 | |
"Coexistence of epitaxial lattice rotation and twinning tilt induced by surface symmetry mismatch"
H. Y. Xiao, W. J. Weber, M. D. Biegalski, L. Qiao,
[2014]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.4881612
· EID: 2-s2.0-84902532156
Combined x-ray diffraction and first-principles studies of various epitaxial rutile-type metal dioxide films on Al2O3(0001) substrates reveal an unexpected rectangle-on-parallelogram heteroepitaxy. Unique matching of particular lattice spacings and crystal angles between the oxygen sublattices of Al2O3(0001) and the film(100) result in coexisted crystal rotation and lattice twinning inside the film. We demonstrate that, besides symmetry and lattice mismatch, angular mismatch along a specific crystal direction is also an important factor determining epitaxy. A generalized theorem has been proposed to explain epitaxial behaviors for tetragonal metal dioxides on Al2O3(0001). |
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"Competing effects of electronic and nuclear energy loss on microstructural evolution in ionic-covalent materials" T. Varga, M. Ishimaru, P.D. Edmondson, H. Xue, P. Liu, S. Moll, F. Namavar, C. Hardiman, S. Shannon, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, [2014] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2013.10.095 · EID: 2-s2.0-84897484533 | |
"Composition dependent intrinsic defect structures in SrTiO Sr/Ti composition dependent intrinsic defect complexes are predicted; providing guidelines for optimizing the functionality of SrTiO3in experiments. |
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"Composition dependent intrinsic defect structures in SrTiO3"
Valentino R. Cooper, Haixuan Xu, Haiyan Xiao, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Bin Liu,
[2014]
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
· DOI: 10.1039/c4cp01510j
Sr/Ti composition dependent intrinsic defect complexes are predicted; providing guidelines for optimizing the functionality of SrTiO3in experiments. |
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"Composition dependent intrinsic defect structures in SrTiO3"
Valentino R. Cooper, Haixuan Xu, Haiyan Xiao, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Bin Liu,
[2014]
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
· DOI: 10.1039/c4cp01510j
Sr/Ti composition dependent intrinsic defect complexes are predicted; providing guidelines for optimizing the functionality of SrTiO3in experiments. |
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"EMRS 2013 syposium M" Christina Trautmann, William J. Weber, Thierry Wiss, Jean-Marc Costantini, [2014] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2014.03.006 · EID: 2-s2.0-84897481012 | |
"Effects of boron-nitride substrates on Stone-Wales defect formation in graphene: An ab initio molecular dynamics study"
H. Y. Xiao, Y. Zhang, W. J. Weber, K. Jin,
[2014]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.4879258
· EID: 2-s2.0-84901394956
Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations are performed to investigate the effects of a boron nitride (BN) substrate on Stone-Wales (SW) defect formation and recovery in graphene. It is found that SW defects can be created by an off-plane recoil atom that interacts with the BN substrate. A mechanism with complete bond breakage for formation of SW defects in suspended graphene is also revealed for recoils at large displacement angles. In addition, further irradiation can result in recovery of the SW defects through a bond rotation mechanism in both graphene and graphene/BN, and the substrate has little effect on the recovery process. This study indicates that the BN substrate enhances the irradiation resistance of graphene. |
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"Electronic stopping powers for heavy ions in SiC and SiO Accurate information on electronic stopping power is fundamental for broad advances in materials science, electronic industry, space exploration, and sustainable energy technologies. In the case of slow heavy ions in light targets, current codes and models provide significantly inconsistent predictions, among which the Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter (SRIM) code is the most commonly used one. Experimental evidence, however, has demonstrated considerable errors in the predicted ion and damage profiles based on SRIM stopping powers. In this work, electronic stopping powers for Cl, Br, I, and Au ions are experimentally determined in two important functional materials, SiC and SiO2, based on a single ion technique, and new electronic stopping power values are derived over the energy regime from 0 to 15 MeV, where large deviations from the SRIM predictions are observed. As an experimental validation, Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) are utilized to measure the depth profiles of implanted Au ions in SiC for energies from 700 keV to 15 MeV. The measured ion distributions by both RBS and SIMS are considerably deeper than the SRIM predictions, but agree well with predictions based on our derived stopping powers. |
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"Electronic stopping powers for heavy ions in SiC and SiO2"
Y. Zhang, Z. Zhu, D. A. Grove, H. Xue, J. Xue, W. J. Weber, K. Jin,
[2014]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.4861642
Accurate information on electronic stopping power is fundamental for broad advances in materials science, electronic industry, space exploration, and sustainable energy technologies. In the case of slow heavy ions in light targets, current codes and models provide significantly inconsistent predictions, among which the Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter (SRIM) code is the most commonly used one. Experimental evidence, however, has demonstrated considerable errors in the predicted ion and damage profiles based on SRIM stopping powers. In this work, electronic stopping powers for Cl, Br, I, and Au ions are experimentally determined in two important functional materials, SiC and SiO2, based on a single ion technique, and new electronic stopping power values are derived over the energy regime from 0 to 15 MeV, where large deviations from the SRIM predictions are observed. As an experimental validation, Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) are utilized to measure the depth profiles of implanted Au ions in SiC for energies from 700 keV to 15 MeV. The measured ion distributions by both RBS and SIMS are considerably deeper than the SRIM predictions, but agree well with predictions based on our derived stopping powers. |
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"Electronic structure and band alignment at an epitaxial spinel/perovskite heterojunction" Wei Li, Haiyan Xiao, Harry M. Meyer, Xuelei Liang, N. V. Nguyen, William J. Weber, Michael D. Biegalski, Liang Qiao, [2014] · DOI: 10.1021/am5036219 · EID: 2-s2.0-84906807325 | |
"Evolution of spent nuclear fuel in dry storage conditions for millennia and beyond" Jean-Pol Hiernaut, Danièle Roudil, Jean-Yves Colle, Emilio Maugeri, Zeynep Talip, Arne Janssen, Vincenzo Rondinella, Rudy J.M. Konings, Hans-Joachim Matzke, William J. Weber, Thierry Wiss, [2014] · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.03.055 · EID: 2-s2.0-84898928307 | |
"First-principles study of the stability and migration of Kr, i and Xe in ZrO |
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"First-principles study of the stability and migration of Kr, I and Xe in ZrO2" W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, H.Y. Xiao, [2014] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.11.044 | |
"High-energy radiation damage in zirconia: Modeling results"
R. Devanathan, W. J. Weber, M. A. Seaton, I. T. Todorov, K. Nordlund, M. T. Dove, K. Trachenko, E. Zarkadoula,
[2014]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.4866989
· EID: 2-s2.0-84896746715
Zirconia is viewed as a material of exceptional resistance to amorphization by radiation damage, and consequently proposed as a candidate to immobilize nuclear waste and serve as an inert nuclear fuel matrix. Here, we perform molecular dynamics simulations of radiation damage in zirconia in the range of 0.1–0.5 MeV energies with account of electronic energy losses. We find that the lack of amorphizability co-exists with a large number of point defects and their clusters. These, importantly, are largely isolated from each other and therefore represent a dilute damage that does not result in the loss of long-range structural coherence and amorphization. We document the nature of these defects in detail, including their sizes, distribution, and morphology, and discuss practical implications of using zirconia in intense radiation environments. |
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"Impact of segregation energetics on oxygen conductivity at ionic grain boundaries" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, [2014] · DOI: 10.1039/c3ta14128d · EID: 2-s2.0-84892528222 | |
"Interplay between atomic disorder, lattice swelling, and defect energy in ion-irradiation-induced amorphization of SiC" A. Boulle, A. Chartier, F. Gao, W. J. Weber, A. Debelle, [2014] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.90.174112 · EID: 2-s2.0-84915745105 | |
"Investigation of oxygen point defects in cubic ZrO |
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"Investigation of oxygen point defects in cubic ZrO2 by density functional theory" Haiyan Xiao, Yanwen Zhang, Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, William J. Weber, Bin Liu, [2014] Computational Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2014.05.017 | |
"Irradiation response of next generation high temperature superconductors for fusion energy applications" Tolga Aytug, Albert A. Gapud, Fredrick A. List III, Nathan T. Greenwood, Yanwen Zhang, Alejandro G. Perez-Bergquist, William J. Weber, Keith J. Leonard, [2014] · DOI: 10.13182/fst13-735 · EID: 2-s2.0-84906513279 | |
"Irradiation-induced microstructural change in helium-implanted single crystal and nano-engineered SiC" Y. Zhang, E. Fu, Y. Wang, M.L. Crespillo, C. Liu, S. Shannon, W.J. Weber, C.H. Chen, [2014] · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.07.020 · EID: 2-s2.0-84905441864 | |
"Material transformation: Interaction between nuclear and electronic energy losses" W. Assmann, Y. Zhang, M. Backman, W.J. Weber, C. Dufour, Z.G. Wang, M. Toulemonde, [2014] 2nd International Summer School on Nuclear Glass Wasteform: Structure, Properties and Long-Term Behavior · DOI: 10.1016/j.mspro.2014.10.035 | |
"New ion beam materials laboratory for materials modification and irradiation effects research" M.L. Crespillo, H. Xue, K. Jin, C.H. Chen, C.L. Fontana, J.T. Graham, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, [2014] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2014.07.028 · EID: 2-s2.0-84906571250 | |
"Nonlinear luminescence response of CaF Understanding scintillation physics and nonproportionality is essential to accelerate materials discovery that has been restricted due to the difficulties inherent to large crystal growth and complex nature of gamma-solid interaction. Taking advantage of less restrictive growth and deposition techniques for smaller crystal sizes or thin films and better fundamental understanding of ion-solid interactions, a unique ion approach is demonstrated to effectively screen candidate scintillators with relatively small size and evaluate their nonlinear scintillation response. Response of CaF2:Eu and YAlO3:Ce scintillators to single ions of H+, He+, and O3+ are measured by the corresponding pulse height over a continuous energy range using a time-of-flight–scintillator–photoelectric multiplier tube apparatus. Nonlinear response of the scintillators under ionizing ion irradiation is quantitatively evaluated by considering the energy partitioning process. In a differential energy deposition region with negligible displacement damage, the low, medium and high excitation energy deposition density (Dexci) can be produced by energetic H+, He+ and O3+ ions, respectively, and significantly different impacts on the response characteristics of these two benchmark scintillators are observed. For CaF2:Eu, the scintillation efficiency under ion irradiation monotonically decreases with increasing excitation-energy density. In contrast, the response efficiency of YAlO3:Ce scintillation initially increases with excitation-energy density at low excitation-energy densities, goes through a maximum, and then decreases with further increasing excitation-energy density. The fundamental mechanism causing these different response behaviours in the scintillators is based on the competition between the scintillation response and the nonradiative quenching process under different excitation densities, which is also the main origin of the nonlinear response of the scintillators to irradiation. |
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"Nonlinear luminescence response of CaF2:Eu and YAlO3:Ce to single-ion excitation"
Yanwen Zhang, Haiyan Xiao, Xia Xiang, Xuelin Wang, William J. Weber, Peng Liu,
[2014]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.4861152
Understanding scintillation physics and nonproportionality is essential to accelerate materials discovery that has been restricted due to the difficulties inherent to large crystal growth and complex nature of gamma-solid interaction. Taking advantage of less restrictive growth and deposition techniques for smaller crystal sizes or thin films and better fundamental understanding of ion-solid interactions, a unique ion approach is demonstrated to effectively screen candidate scintillators with relatively small size and evaluate their nonlinear scintillation response. Response of CaF2:Eu and YAlO3:Ce scintillators to single ions of H+, He+, and O3+ are measured by the corresponding pulse height over a continuous energy range using a time-of-flight–scintillator–photoelectric multiplier tube apparatus. Nonlinear response of the scintillators under ionizing ion irradiation is quantitatively evaluated by considering the energy partitioning process. In a differential energy deposition region with negligible displacement damage, the low, medium and high excitation energy deposition density (Dexci) can be produced by energetic H+, He+ and O3+ ions, respectively, and significantly different impacts on the response characteristics of these two benchmark scintillators are observed. For CaF2:Eu, the scintillation efficiency under ion irradiation monotonically decreases with increasing excitation-energy density. In contrast, the response efficiency of YAlO3:Ce scintillation initially increases with excitation-energy density at low excitation-energy densities, goes through a maximum, and then decreases with further increasing excitation-energy density. The fundamental mechanism causing these different response behaviours in the scintillators is based on the competition between the scintillation response and the nonradiative quenching process under different excitation densities, which is also the main origin of the nonlinear response of the scintillators to irradiation. |
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"Nonlinear luminescence response of CaF2:Eu and YAlO3:Ce to single-ion excitation"
Yanwen Zhang, Haiyan Xiao, Xia Xiang, Xuelin Wang, William J. Weber, Peng Liu,
[2014]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.4861152
Understanding scintillation physics and nonproportionality is essential to accelerate materials discovery that has been restricted due to the difficulties inherent to large crystal growth and complex nature of gamma-solid interaction. Taking advantage of less restrictive growth and deposition techniques for smaller crystal sizes or thin films and better fundamental understanding of ion-solid interactions, a unique ion approach is demonstrated to effectively screen candidate scintillators with relatively small size and evaluate their nonlinear scintillation response. Response of CaF2:Eu and YAlO3:Ce scintillators to single ions of H+, He+, and O3+ are measured by the corresponding pulse height over a continuous energy range using a time-of-flight–scintillator–photoelectric multiplier tube apparatus. Nonlinear response of the scintillators under ionizing ion irradiation is quantitatively evaluated by considering the energy partitioning process. In a differential energy deposition region with negligible displacement damage, the low, medium and high excitation energy deposition density (Dexci) can be produced by energetic H+, He+ and O3+ ions, respectively, and significantly different impacts on the response characteristics of these two benchmark scintillators are observed. For CaF2:Eu, the scintillation efficiency under ion irradiation monotonically decreases with increasing excitation-energy density. In contrast, the response efficiency of YAlO3:Ce scintillation initially increases with excitation-energy density at low excitation-energy densities, goes through a maximum, and then decreases with further increasing excitation-energy density. The fundamental mechanism causing these different response behaviours in the scintillators is based on the competition between the scintillation response and the nonradiative quenching process under different excitation densities, which is also the main origin of the nonlinear response of the scintillators to irradiation. |
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"Radiation and Thermal Ageing of Nuclear Waste Glass" William J. Weber, [2014] 2nd International Summer School on Nuclear Glass Wasteform: Structure, Properties and Long-Term Behavior (Sumglass 2013) · DOI: 10.1016/j.mspro.2014.10.031 | |
"Strain-induced phase and oxygen-vacancy stability in ionic interfaces from first-principles calculations" Bin Liu, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, [2014] · DOI: 10.1021/jp507876m · EID: 2-s2.0-84920034911 | |
"Strained ionic interfaces: Effect on oxygen diffusivity from atomistic simulations" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, [2014] · DOI: 10.1021/jp411277q · EID: 2-s2.0-84896832820 | |
"Swift heavy ion induced recrystallization in cubic silicon carbide: New insights from designed experiments and MD simulations" M. Backman, L. Thomé, K. Nordlund, F. Djurabekova, W.J. Weber, I. Monnet, O.H. Pakarinen, F. Garrido, F. Paumier, A. Debelle, [2014] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2013.10.080 · EID: 2-s2.0-84899466098 | |
"Swift heavy ion track formation in Gd |
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"Swift heavy ion track formation in Gd2Zr2-xTixO7 pyrochlore: Effect of electronic energy loss" Marcel Toulemonde, Jiaming Zhang, Fuxiang Zhang, Cameron L. Tracy, Jie Lian, Zhongwu Wang, William J. Weber, Daniel Severin, Markus Bender, Christina Trautmann, Rodney C. Ewing, Maik Lang, [2014] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2014.06.019 | |
"Temperature-dependent void formation and growth at ion-irradiated nanocrystalline CeO |
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"Temperature-dependent void formation and growth at ion-irradiated nanocrystalline CeO2-Si interfaces" Yanwen Zhang, Tamas Varga, Sandra Moll, Fereydoon Namavar, William J. Weber, Alejandro G. Perez-Bergquist, [2014] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2014.02.012 | |
"The effect of electronic energy loss on irradiation-induced grain growth in nanocrystalline oxides"
Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, Tamas Varga, Sandra Moll, Philip D. Edmondson, Fereydoon Namavar, Ke Jin, Christopher N. Ostrouchov, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang,
[2014]
· DOI: 10.1039/c4cp00392f
· EID: 2-s2.0-84898751427
The unraveling disorder-driven grain growth mechanism may be utilized to control grain sizes and tailor the functionality of nanocrystalline materials. |
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"Theoretical investigation of thermodynamic stability and mobility of the oxygen vacancy in ThO |
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"Theoretical investigation of thermodynamic stability and mobility of the oxygen vacancy in ThO2-UO2 solid solutions" D. S. Aidhy, Y. Zhang, W. J. Weber, B. Liu, [2014] Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · DOI: 10.1039/c4cp03660c | |
"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of ion-solid interactions in Gd2Zr2O7 and Gd2Ti2O7" H. Y. Xiao, X. T. Zu, Y. Zhang, W. J. Weber, X. J. Wang, [2013] Journal of Materials Chemistry C · DOI: 10.1039/c2tc00192f | |
"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of ion-solid interactions in Gd |
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"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of overlapping recoil events in ThO |
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"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of overlapping recoil events in ThO2" H Y Xiao, Y Zhang, W J Weber, B Liu, [2013] Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/39/395004 | |
"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of threshold displacement energies in SrTiO |
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"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of threshold displacement energies in SrTiO3" H Y Xiao, Y Zhang, D S Aidhy, W J Weber, B Liu, [2013] Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/48/485003 | |
"Atomistic simulations of MeV ion irradiation of silica" F. Djurabekova, O.H. Pakarinen, K. Nordlund, Y. Zhang, M. Toulemonde, W.J. Weber, M. Backman, [2013] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.10.020 | |
"Comparison between simulated and experimental Au-ion profiles implanted in nanocrystalline ceria" Yanwen Zhang, Zihua Zhu, Philip D. Edmondson, F. Namavar, William J. Weber, Sandra Moll, [2013] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.12.119 · EID: 2-s2.0-84885186291 | |
"Improved zircon fission-track annealing model based on reevaluation of annealing data" P. A. F. P. Moreira, R. Devanathan, W. J. Weber, J. C. Hadler, S. Guedes, [2013] Physics and Chemistry of Minerals · DOI: 10.1007/s00269-012-0550-8 | |
"Ion distribution and electronic stopping power for Au ions in silicon carbide" Y. Zhang, H. Xue, Z. Zhu, W.J. Weber, K. Jin, [2013] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2013.02.051 · EID: 2-s2.0-84885187320 | |
"Ion-Beam-Induced Chemical Mixing at a Nanocrystalline CeO2-Si Interface"
Neil P. Young, Chad M. Parish, Sandra Moll, Fereydoon Namavar, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Philip D. Edmondson,
[2013]
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
· DOI: 10.1111/jace.12214
Thin films of nanocrystalline ceria deposited onto a silicon substrate have been irradiated with 3 MeV Au+ ions to a total dose of 34 displacements per atom to examine the film/substrate interfacial response upon displacement damage. Under irradiation, a band of contrast is observed to form that grows under further irradiation. Scanning and high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy imaging and analysis suggest that this band of contrast is a cerium silicate phase with an approximate |
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"Ion-beam-induced chemical mixing at a nanocrystalline CeO Thin films of nanocrystalline ceria deposited onto a silicon substrate have been irradiated with 3 MeV Au+ ions to a total dose of 34 displacements per atom to examine the film/substrate interfacial response upon displacement damage. Under irradiation, a band of contrast is observed to form that grows under further irradiation. Scanning and high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy imaging and analysis suggest that this band of contrast is a cerium silicate phase with an approximate |
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"Ion-Beam-Induced Chemical Mixing at a Nanocrystalline CeO2-Si Interface"
Neil P. Young, Chad M. Parish, Sandra Moll, Fereydoon Namavar, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Philip D. Edmondson,
[2013]
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
· DOI: 10.1111/jace.12214
Thin films of nanocrystalline ceria deposited onto a silicon substrate have been irradiated with 3 MeV Au+ ions to a total dose of 34 displacements per atom to examine the film/substrate interfacial response upon displacement damage. Under irradiation, a band of contrast is observed to form that grows under further irradiation. Scanning and high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy imaging and analysis suggest that this band of contrast is a cerium silicate phase with an approximate |
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"Irradiation effects in materials for nuclear applications" William J. Weber, [2013] · DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20135102001 · EID: 2-s2.0-84879867733 | |
"Irradiation induced effects at interfaces in a nanocrystalline ceria thin film on a Si substrate"
Neil P Young, Chad M Parish, Fereydoon Namavar, William J Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Philip D Edmondson,
[2013]
· DOI: 10.1557/opl.2013.387
· EID: 2-s2.0-84888057230
Thin films of nanocrystalline ceria on a Si substrate have been irradiated with 3 MeV Au+ ions to fluences of up to 1x1016 ions cm-2, at temperatures ranging between 160 to 400 K. During the irradiation, a band of contrast is observed to form at the thin film/substrate interface. Analysis by scanning transmission electron microscopy in conjunction with energy dispersive and electron energy loss spectroscopy techniques revealed that this band of contrast was a cerium silicate amorphous phase, with an approximate Ce:Si:O ratio of 1:1:3. |
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"Molecular dynamics simulations of swift heavy ion induced defect recovery in SiC" M. Toulemonde, O.H. Pakarinen, N. Juslin, F. Djurabekova, K. Nordlund, A. Debelle, W.J. Weber, M. Backman, [2013] Computational Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.09.010 | |
"Nature of the band gap and origin of the electro-/photo-activity of Co3O4" H. Y. Xiao, H. M. Meyer, J. N. Sun, C. M. Rouleau, A. A. Puretzky, D. B. Geohegan, I. N. Ivanov, M. Yoon, W. J. Weber, M. D. Biegalski, L. Qiao, [2013] Journal of Materials Chemistry C · DOI: 10.1039/c3tc30861h | |
"Nature of the band gap and origin of the electro-/photo-activity of Co |
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"Nature of the band gap and origin of the electro-/photo-activity of Co3O4" H. Y. Xiao, H. M. Meyer, J. N. Sun, C. M. Rouleau, A. A. Puretzky, D. B. Geohegan, I. N. Ivanov, M. Yoon, W. J. Weber, M. D. Biegalski, L. Qiao, [2013] Journal of Materials Chemistry C · DOI: 10.1039/c3tc30861h | |
"Optimization of a hybrid exchange-correlation functional for silicon carbides" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Takuji Oda, [2013] · DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2013.06.030 · EID: 2-s2.0-84880332638 | |
"Origin of radiation tolerance in 3C-SiC with nanolayered planar defects"
Yanwen Zhang, Steven Shannon, William J. Weber, Manabu Ishimaru,
[2013]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.4813593
· EID: 2-s2.0-84881517888
We have recently found that the radiation tolerance of SiC is highly enhanced by introducing nanolayers of stacking faults and twins [Y. Zhang et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14, 13429 (2012)]. To reveal the origin of this radiation resistance, we used in situ transmission electron microscopy to examine structural changes induced by electron beam irradiation in 3C-SiC containing nanolayers of (111) planar defects. We found that preferential amorphization, when it does occur, takes place at grain boundaries and at (1¯11) and (11¯1) planar defects. Radiation-induced point defects, such as interstitials and vacancies, migrate two-dimensionally between the (111) planar defects, which probably enhances the damage recovery. |
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"Radiation damage in cubic-stabilized zirconia" François Beuneu, William J. Weber, Jean-Marc Costantini, [2013] · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.02.041 · EID: 2-s2.0-84885318596 | |
"Radiation damage in cubic-stabilized zirconia (Zr0 |
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"Radiation effects in nuclear materials: Role of nuclear and electronic energy losses and their synergy" A. Debelle, F. Garrido, S. Mylonas, B. Décamps, C. Bachelet, G. Sattonnay, S. Moll, S. Pellegrino, S. Miro, P. Trocellier, Y. Serruys, G. Velisa, C. Grygiel, I. Monnet, M. Toulemonde, P. Simon, J. Jagielski, I. Jozwik-Biala, L. Nowicki, M. Behar, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, M. Backman, K. Nordlund, F. Djurabekova, Lionel Thomé, [2013] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.11.077 · EID: 2-s2.0-84885178394 | |
"Response properties of YAlO |
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"Response properties of YAlO3:Ce scintillation crystal under ion irradiation" Yanwen Zhang, Xuelin Wang, Xia Xiang, William J. Weber, Peng Liu, [2013] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2013.01.018 | |
"Response properties of YAlO3:Ce scintillation crystal under ion irradiation" Yanwen Zhang, Xuelin Wang, Xia Xiang, William J. Weber, Peng Liu, [2013] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2013.01.018 | |
"Stability and migration of charged oxygen interstitials in ThO |
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"Stability and migration of charged oxygen interstitials in ThO2 and CeO2" Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, H.Y. Xiao, [2013] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2013.09.001 | |
"Stabilizing nanocrystalline grains in ceramic-oxides" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Dilpuneet S. Aidhy, [2013] · DOI: 10.1039/c3cp53052c · EID: 2-s2.0-84886905411 | |
"Structure and properties of rare earth silicates with the apatite structure at high pressure" H. Y. Xiao, M. Lang, J. M. Zhang, Yanwen Zhang, W. J. Weber, R. C. Ewing, F. X. Zhang, [2013] · DOI: 10.1007/s00269-013-0616-2 · EID: 2-s2.0-84886584380 | |
"Study of intrinsic defects in 3C-SiC using first-principles calculation with a hybrid functional"
Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Takuji Oda,
[2013]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.4821937
· EID: 2-s2.0-84903365352
Density functional theory (DFT) with a tailored Hartree-Fock hybrid functional, which can overcome the band gap problem arising in conventional DFT and gives a valence band width comparable with experiment, is applied to determine formation energies and electronic structures of intrinsic defects in cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC). Systematic comparison of defect formation energies obtained with the tailored hybrid functional and a conventional DFT functional clearly demonstrates that conventional DFT results are not satisfactory. The understanding on intrinsic defects, which were previously investigated mainly with conventional DFT functionals, is largely revised with regard to formation energies, electronic structures and transition levels. It is found that conventional DFT functionals basically lead to (i) underestimation of the formation energy when the defect charge is more negative and (ii) overestimation when the defect charge is more positive. The underestimation is mainly attributed to the well-known band gap problem. The overestimation is attributed to shrinkage of the valence bands, although in some cases such band shrinkage may lead to underestimation depending on how the defect alters the valence band structure. Both the band gap problem and the valence band shrinkage are often observed in semiconductors, including SiC, with conventional DFT functionals, and thus need to be carefully dealt with to achieve reliable computational results. |
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"The impact of crystal symmetry on the electronic structure and functional properties of complex lanthanum chromium oxides" H. Y. Xiao, S. M. Heald, M. E. Bowden, T. Varga, G. J. Exarhos, M. D. Biegalski, I. N. Ivanov, W. J. Weber, T. C. Droubay, S. A. Chambers, L. Qiao, [2013] · DOI: 10.1039/c3tc30883a · EID: 2-s2.0-84883210786 | |
"Thermodynamic properties of CexTh1-xO2 solid solution from first-principles calculations" Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, H.Y. Xiao, [2013] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2012.09.050 | |
"Thermodynamic properties of Ce |
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"A DFT plus U study of cerium solubility in La2Zr2O7" H.Y. Xiao, X.T. Zu, W.J. Weber, X.J. Wang, [2012] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2012.02.008 | |
"A DFT + U study of cerium solubility in La |
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"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of low-energy recoil events in ThO2, CeO2, and ZrO2" Y. Zhang, W. J. Weber, H. Y. Xiao, [2012] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.86.054109 | |
"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of low-energy recoil events in ThO |
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"Anomalous grain growth in the surface region of a nanocrystalline CeO |
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"Anomalous grain growth in the surface region of a nanocrystalline CeO2 film under low-temperature heavy ion irradiation" Y. Zhang, S. Moll, T. Varga, F. Namavar, W. J. Weber, P. D. Edmondson, [2012] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.85.214113 | |
"Anomalous grain growth in the surface region of a nanocrystalline CeO2 film under low-temperature heavy ion irradiation" Y. Zhang, S. Moll, T. Varga, F. Namavar, W. J. Weber, P. D. Edmondson, [2012] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.85.214113 | |
"Combined experimental and computational study of the recrystallization process induced by electronic interactions of swift heavy ions with silicon carbide crystals" M. Backman, L. Thomé, W. J. Weber, M. Toulemonde, S. Mylonas, A. Boulle, O. H. Pakarinen, N. Juslin, F. Djurabekova, K. Nordlund, F. Garrido, D. Chaussende, A. Debelle, [2012] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.86.100102 | |
"Cooperative effect of electronic and nuclear stopping on ion irradiation damage in silica"
F Djurabekova, O H Pakarinen, K Nordlund, Y Zhang, M Toulemonde, W J Weber, M Backman,
[2012]
Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/50/505305
Radiation damage by ions is conventionally believed to be produced either by displacement cascades or electronic energy deposition acting separately. There is, however, a range of ion energies where both processes are significant and can contribute to irradiation damage. The combination of two computational methods, namely binary collision approximation and molecular dynamics, the latter with input from the inelastic thermal spike model, makes it possible to examine the simultaneous contribution of both energy deposition mechanisms on the structural damage in the irradiated structure. We study the effect in amorphous SiO2 irradiated by Au ions with energies ranging between 0.6 and 76.5 MeV. We find that in the intermediate energy regime, the local heating due to electronic excitations gives a significant contribution to the displacement cascade damage. |
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"Damage profiles and ion distribution in Pt-irradiated SiC" Y. Zhang, Z. Zhu, W.M. Zhang, I.-T. Bae, W.J. Weber, H.Z. Xue, [2012] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.02.014 | |
"Determination of the displacement energies of O, Si and Zr under electron beam irradiation" W.J. Weber, F. Namavar, Y. Zhang, P.D. Edmondson, [2012] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.12.021 | |
"Dynamic recovery in silicate-apatite structures under irradiation and implications for long-term immobilization of actinides" Yanwen Zhang, Haiyan Xiao, Lumin Wang, William J. Weber, [2012] Rsc Advances · DOI: 10.1039/c1ra00870f | |
"Enhanced electronic conductivity by controlled self-doping in pyrochlores" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Haiyan Xiao, [2012] Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · DOI: 10.1039/c2cp40744b | |
"First-principles calculations of the electronic structure, phase transition and properties of ZrSiO4 polymorphs" Ram Devanathan, L. René Corrales, William J. Weber, Jincheng Du, [2012] Computational and Theoretical Chemistry · DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2011.03.033 | |
"First-principles calculations of the electronic structure, phase transition and properties of ZrSiO |
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"First-principles calculations of the electronic structure, phase transition and properties of ZrSiO4 polymorphs" Ram Devanathan, L. René Corrales, William J. Weber, Jincheng Du, [2012] Computational and Theoretical Chemistry · DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2011.03.033 | |
"Impact of point defects on electronic structure in Y2Ti2O7" Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Haiyan Xiao, [2012] Rsc Advances · DOI: 10.1039/c2ra21099a | |
"Impact of point defects on electronic structure in Y |
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"Investigation of irradiation effects induced by self-ion in 6H-SiC combining RBS/C, Raman and XRD" A. Debelle, G. Sattonnay, P. Trocellier, Y. Serruys, L. Thomé, Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, C. Meis, L. Gosmain, A. Boulle, N. Chaâbane, [2012] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2011.11.018 | |
"Irradiation effects in nanocrystalline ceria, zirconia and thoria" [2012] · EID: 2-s2.0-84876373663 | |
"Irradiation effects on microstructure change in nanocrystalline ceria - Phase, lattice stress, grain size and boundaries" Y. Zhang, S. Moll, F. Namavar, W.J. Weber, P.D. Edmondson, [2012] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2012.07.010 | |
"MeV Au ion irradiation in silicon and nanocrystalline zirconia film deposited on silicon substrate" Yanwen Zhang, Zihua Zhu, Philip D. Edmondson, William J. Weber, Yongqin Chang, [2012] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.01.017 | |
"Molecular dynamics simulations of ion range profiles for heavy ions in light targets" J.M. Xue, Y. Zhang, J.R. Morris, Z. Zhu, Y. Gao, Y.G. Wang, S. Yan, W.J. Weber, C. Lan, [2012] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.01.020 | |
"Nanoscale engineering of radiation tolerant silicon carbide" Manabu Ishimaru, Tamas Varga, Takuji Oda, Chris Hardiman, Haizhou Xue, Yutai Katoh, Steven Shannon, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2012] Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · DOI: 10.1039/c2cp42342a | |
"Near-surface and bulk behavior of Ag in SiC" Y. Zhang, L.L. Snead, V. Shutthanandan, H.Z. Xue, W.J. Weber, H.Y. Xiao, [2012] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.09.028 | |
"Radiation effects in SiC for nuclear structural applications" Lance L. Snead, Izabela Szlufarska, William J. Weber, Yutai Katoh, [2012] Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2012.03.005 | |
"Review of dynamic recovery effects on ion irradiation damage in ionic-covalent materials" Yanwen Zhang, Lumin Wang, William J. Weber, [2012] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2011.12.043 | |
"Superlattice-like stacking fault array in ion-irradiated GaN" Igor O. Usov, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Manabu Ishimaru, [2012] Philosophical Magazine Letters · DOI: 10.1080/09500839.2011.630686 | |
"Untitled" Yugang Wang, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2012] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.07.029 | |
"Editorial" Yugang Wang, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2012] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.07.029 · EID: 2-s2.0-84865453055 | |
"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation of pressure-induced phase transformation in BeO" G. Duan, X. T. Zu, W. J. Weber, H. Y. Xiao, [2011] Journal of Materials Science · DOI: 10.1007/s10853-011-5590-9 | |
"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of low energy recoil events in ceramics" H.Y. Xiao, W.J. Weber, F. Gao, [2011] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2011.01.131 | |
"Accumulation and Recovery of Irradiation Effects in Silicon Carbide"
W. Jiang, S. Thevuthasan, D.E. Mecready, W.J. Weber,
[2011]
MRS Proceedings
· DOI: 10.1557/proc-540-159
Single crystals of 6H-SiC have been irradiated with a variety of ions over a wide range of fluences and temperatures. The temperature and dose dependence of damage accumulation has been investigated using |
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"Accumulation of structural defects in ion-irradiated Ca2Nd8(SiO4)6O2"
R.K. Eby, R.C. Ewing, W.J. Weber,
[2011]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.1991.1334
Ion irradiations of the rare-earth orthosilicate, Ca2Nd8(SiO4)6O2, have been carried out using both alpha particles (emitted from a 238PuO2 source) and 3 MeV argon ions. The unit cell exhibits anisotropic expansion under irradiation, consistent with expectations based on the polyhedral connectivity within the structure. A least-squares analysis of the interatomic distances suggests that the unit-cell expansions are primarily due to changes in oxygen-oxygen distances and cation separations between neighboring polyhedra rather than to bonds within polyhedra. The irradiation-induced change in unit-cell volume is proportional to 1 – exp ( |
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"Atomic-scale simulations of cascade overlap and damage evolution in silicon carbide"
W. J. Weber, F. Gao,
[2011]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2003.0262
In a previous computer-simulation experiment, the accumulation of damage in silicon carbide (SiC) from the overlap of 10 keV Si displacement cascades at 200 K was investigated, and the damage states produced following each cascade were archived for further analysis. In the current study, interstitial clustering, system energy, and volume changes are investigated as the damage states evolve due to cascade overlap. An amorphous state is achieved at a damage energy density of 27.5 eV/atom (0.28 displacements per atom). At low-dose levels, most defects are produced as isolated Frenkel pairs, with a small number of defect clusters involving only four to six atoms; however, after the overlap of five cascades (0.0125 displacements per atom), the size and number of interstitial clusters increases with increasing dose. The average energy per atom increases linearly with increasing short-range (or chemical) disorder. The volume change exhibits two regimes of linear dependence on system energy and increases more rapidly with dose than either the energy or the disorder, which indicates a significant contribution to swelling of isolated interstitials and antisite defects. The saturation volume change for the cascade-amorphized state in these simulations is 8.2%, which is in reasonable agreement with the experimental value of 10.8% in neutron-irradiated SiC. |
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"Atomic-scale simulations of multiple ion–solid interactions and structural evolution in silicon carbide"
W. J. Weber, F. Gao,
[2011]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2002.0035
Molecular dynamics (MD) were employed in atomic-level simulations of fundamental damage production processes due to multiple ion–solid collision events in cubic SiC. Isolated collision cascades produce single interstitials, vacancies, antisite defects, and small defect clusters. As the number of cascades (or equivalent dose) increases, the concentration of defects increases, and the collision cascades begin to overlap. The coalescence of defects and clusters with increasing dose is an important mechanism leading to amorphization in SiC and is consistent with the homogeneous amorphization process observed experimentally in SiC. The driving force for the crystalline– amorphous (c–a) transition is the accumulation of both interstitials and antisite defects. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) images of the defect accumulation process and loss of long-range order in the MD simulation cell are consistent with experimental HRTEM images and disorder measurements. Thus, the MD simulations provide atomic-level insights into the interpretation of experimentally observed features associated with multiple ion–solid collision events in SiC. |
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"Computer Simulation of Displacement Damage in Silicon Carbide"
F. Gao, W. J. Weber, R. Devanathan,
[2011]
MRS Proceedings
· DOI: 10.1557/proc-851-nn7.7
We have performed molecular dynamics simulation of displacement events on silicon and carbon sublattices in silicon carbide for displacement doses ranging from 0.005 to 0.5 displacements per atom. Our results indicate that the displacement threshold energy is about 21 eV for C and 35 eV for Si, and amorphization can occur by accumulation of displacement damage regardless of whether Si or C is displaced. In addition, we have simulated defect production in high-energy cascades as a function of the primary knock-on atom energy and observed features that are different from the case of damage accumulation in Si. These systematic studies shed light on the phenomenon of non-ionizing energy loss that is relevant to understanding space radiation effects in semiconductor devices. |
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"Damage Response to Irradiation Temperature and Ion Fluence In C+-Irradiated 6H-SiC"
W.J. Weber, S. Thevuthasan, W. Jiang,
[2011]
MRS Proceedings
· DOI: 10.1557/proc-540-183
Irradiation experiments have been performed 60° off the surface normal for 6H-SiC single crystals at various temperatures (185-870 K) using 550 keV C+ ions over a fluence range from 1×1018 to 5×109 ions/m2. Atomic disorder on the Si sublattice, as determined by |
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"Defect- and strain-enhanced cavity formation and Au precipitation at nano-crystalline ZrO2/SiO2/Si interfaces" Y. Zhang, F. Namavar, C.M. Wang, Z. Zhu, W.J. Weber, P.D. Edmondson, [2011] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2010.10.014 | |
"Defect- and strain-enhanced cavity formation and Au precipitation at nano-crystalline ZrO |
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"Electron spin resonance study of Fe3+ and Mn2+ ions in 17-year-old nuclear-waste-glass simulants containing PuO2 with different degrees of Pu-238 substitution" William J. Weber, David L. Griscom, [2011] Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2010.11.017 | |
"Electron spin resonance study of Fe3+ and Mn2+ ions in 17-year-old nuclear-waste-glass simulants containing PuO |
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"Electron spin resonance study of Fe3+ and Mn2+ ions in 17-year-old nuclear-waste-glass simulants containing PuO2 with different degrees of 238Pu substitution" William J. Weber, David L. Griscom, [2011] Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2010.11.017 | |
"Experimental Determination of Dissolution Kinetics of Zr-Substituted Gd-Ti Pyrochlore Ceramics: Influence of Chemistry on Corrosion Resistance"
Weber W.J., Hess N.J., Thevuthasen S., Begg B.D., McGrail B.P., Rodriguez E.A., Steele J.L., Geiszler K.N., Icenhower J.P.,
[2011]
MRS Proceedings
· DOI: 10.1557/proc-757-ii6.1
The corrosion resistance of a series of zirconium-substituted gadolinium pyrochlore, Gd2(Ti1-x Zrx)2O7, where x = 0.0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.00, were evaluated using single-pass flow-through (SPFT) apparatus at 90°C and pH = 2. The zirconate end-member, Gd2Zr2O7, has a defect fluorite structure, which distinguishes it from the face-centered cubic structure of the true pyrochlore specimens. In addition to the chemical variation, the samples include annealed, un-annealed, and ion-bombarded monoliths. In the case of the titanate end-member, Gd2Ti2O7, the annealed specimen exhibited the least reactivity, followed by the un-annealed and ion-bombarded samples (2.39×10-3, 1.57×10-2, and 1.12×10-1 g m-2 d-1, respectively). With increasing zirconium content, the samples displayed less sensitivity to processing or surface modification with the zirconate end-member exhibiting no difference in reactivity between annealed, un-annealed, and ion-bombarded specimens (rate = 4.0×10-3 g m-2 d-1). In all cases, the dissolution rate decreased with increasing zirconium content to the Gd2(Ti0.25Zr0.75)2O7 composition (1.33x10-4 g m-2 d-1), but the zirconate end-member yielded rates nearly equal to that of the titanate end-member. These results demonstrate that to achieve the greatest radiation and corrosion resistance in this series, the Gd2(Ti0.25Zr0.75)2O7 composition should be considered. |
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"Experimental evidence of homonuclear bonds in amorphous GaN"
Yanwen Zhang, Xuemei Wang, Wei-Kan Chu, William J. Weber, Manabu Ishimaru,
[2011]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.3552987
· EID: 2-s2.0-79952140670
Although GaN is an important semiconductor material, its amorphous structures are not well understood. Currently, theoretical atomistic structural models which contradict each other, are proposed for the chemical short-range order of amorphous GaN: one characterizes amorphous GaN networks as highly chemically ordered, consisting of heteronuclear Ga-N atomic bonds; and the other predicts the existence of a large number of homonuclear bonds within the first coordination shell. In the present study, we examine amorphous structures of GaN via radial distribution functions obtained by electron diffraction techniques. The experimental results demonstrate that amorphous GaN networks consist of heterononuclear Ga-N bonds, as well as homonuclear Ga-Ga and N-N bonds. |
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"Irradiation damage in Gd |
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"Irradiation damage in Gd(2)Ti(2)O(7) single crystals: Ballistic versus ionization processes" G. Sattonnay, L. Thomé, J. Jagielski, C. Decorse, P. Simon, I. Monnet, W. J. Weber, S. Moll, [2011] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.84.064115 | |
"Irradiation damage in Gd2Ti2O7 single crystals: Ballistic versus ionization processes" G. Sattonnay, L. Thomé, J. Jagielski, C. Decorse, P. Simon, I. Monnet, W. J. Weber, S. Moll, [2011] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.84.064115 | |
"Lattice distortions and oxygen vacancies produced in Au(+)-irradiated nanocrystalline cubic zirconia" William J. Weber, Fereydoon Namavar, Yanwen Zhang, Philip D. Edmondson, [2011] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2011.07.010 | |
"Lattice distortions and oxygen vacancies produced in Au+- irradiated nanocrystalline cubic zirconia" William J. Weber, Fereydoon Namavar, Yanwen Zhang, Philip D. Edmondson, [2011] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2011.07.010 · EID: 2-s2.0-80052259076 | |
"Lattice distortions and oxygen vacancies produced in Au+-irradiated nanocrystalline cubic zirconia" William J. Weber, Fereydoon Namavar, Yanwen Zhang, Philip D. Edmondson, [2011] Scripta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2011.07.010 | |
"Materials Science of High-Level Nuclear Waste Immobilization"
Alexandra Navrotsky, Sergey Stefanovsky, Eric R. Vance, Etienne Vernaz, William J. Weber,
[2011]
MRS Bulletin
· DOI: 10.1557/mrs2009.12
With the increasing demand for the development of nuclear power comes the responsibility to address the issue of waste, including the technical challenges of immobilizing high-level nuclear wastes in stable solid forms for interim storage or disposition in geologic repositories. The immobilization of high-level nuclear wastes has been an active area of research and development for over 50 years. Borosilicate glasses and complex ceramic composites have been developed to meet many technical challenges and current needs, although regulatory issues, which vary widely from country to country, have yet to be resolved. Cooperative international programs to develop advanced proliferation-resistant nuclear technologies to close the nuclear fuel cycle and increase the efficiency of nuclear energy production might create new separation waste streams that could demand new concepts and materials for nuclear waste immobilization. This article reviews the current state-of-the-art understanding regarding the materials science of glasses and ceramics for the immobilization of highlevel nuclear waste and excess nuclear materials and discusses approaches to address new waste streams. |
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"Nuclear reaction analysis of helium migration in silicon carbide" J.M. Costantini, J. Haussy, L. Beck, S. Vaubaillon, S. Pellegrino, C. Meis, J.J. Grob, Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, S. Miro, [2011] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.05.009 | |
"Nuclear-waste management and disposal" William J. Weber, Rodney C. Ewing, [2011] Fundamentals of Materials for Energy and Environmental Sustainability · DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511718786.018 · EID: 2-s2.0-84861329938 | |
"Oxygen Vacancy Formation and Migration in CexTh1-xO2 Solid Solution" W. J. Weber, H. Y. Xiao, [2011] Journal of Physical Chemistry B · DOI: 10.1021/jp202016s | |
"Oxygen Vacancy Formation and Migration in Ce x Th 1– x O 2 Solid Solution" W. J. Weber, H. Y. Xiao, [2011] The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · DOI: 10.1021/jp202016s | |
"Oxygen vacancy formation and migration in CexTh1-xO2 (0R <= xR <= 1) solid solution" [2011] Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society | |
"Paramagnetic defects in electron-irradiated yttria-stabilized zirconia: Effect of yttria content"
François Beuneu, Sarah Morrison-Smith, Ram Devanathan, William J. Weber, Jean-Marc Costantini,
[2011]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.3666062
We have studied the effect of the yttria content on the paramagnetic centers in electron-irradiated yttria-stabilized zirconia (ZrO2: Y3+) or YSZ. Single crystals with 9.5 mol % or 18 mol % Y2O3 were irradiated with electrons of 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 MeV. The paramagnetic center production was studied by X-band electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. The same paramagnetic centers were identified for both chemical compositions, namely two electron centers, i.e., (i) F+-type centers (involving singly ionized oxygen vacancies), and (ii) so-called T centers (Zr3+ in a trigonal symmetry site), as well as hole-centers. A strong effect is observed on the production of hole-centers that is strongly enhanced when doubling the yttria content. However, no striking effect is found on the electron centers (except the enhancement of an extra line associated with the F+-type centers). It is concluded that hole-centers are produced by inelastic interactions, whereas F+-type centers are produced by elastic collisions with no effect of the yttria content on the defect production rate. In the latter case, the threshold displacement energy (Ed) of oxygen is estimated from the electron-energy dependence of the F+-type center production rate, with no significant effect of the yttria content on Ed. An Ed value larger than 120 eV is found. This is supported by classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with a Buckingham-type potential that show Ed values for Y and O are likely to be in excess of 200 eV. Due to the difficulty in displacing O or Y atoms, the radiation-induced defects may alternatively be a result of Zr atom displacements for Ed = 80 ± 1 eV with subsequent defect rearrangement. |
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"Performance Assessment of Zircon as a Waste Form for Excess Weapons Plutonium Under Deep Borehole Burial Conditions"
R. C. Ewing, W. Lutze, W. J. Weber,
[2011]
MRS Proceedings
· DOI: 10.1557/proc-412-25
Zircon (ZrSiO4) is proposed as a waste form for excess weapons-grade plutonium. Zircon is an extremely durable ceramic that is often found as an accessory mineral in Precambrian terranes with ages up to 4 billion years. The chemical durability of zircon in groundwater far exceeds that of other waste forms, as modeled leach rates may be as low as 10-11g/m2d. At least 10 wt% Pu can substitute for Zr in zircon. Self-radiation damage from alpha decay leads to a crystalline-to-amorphous transformation that is modeled as a function of time and temperature for deep borehole conditions. Based on the results of this assessment, zircon could meet all necessary durability and criticality criteria required for a Pu waste form. The types of data used in this analysis are generally not available for other crystalline ceramics or glasses. |
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"Plutonium in Crystalline Ceramics and Glasses"
William J. Weber, Isabelle Muller,
[2011]
MRS Bulletin
· DOI: 10.1557/mrs2001.180
The investigation of plutonium in glasses (amorphous ceramics lacking long-range order), in crystalline ceramics, and in composite materials composed of multiple crystalline or glass and crystalline phases, relieson multidisciplinary studies of physics, chemistry, and materials science. It involves the study of the plutonium atoms in materials with only short-range periodicity, as in glasses, to materials with long-range periodicity, as in crystals. The materials studied over the past 30 years include simple binary crystals, used to investigate the electronic structure of plutonium, to complex glasses and ceramics selected not only for the safety and durability that they provide for the immobilization of nuclear waste and plutonium, but also for the high flexibility they offer in composition. The lack of long-range order at the atomic level in glasses permits the inclusion of abroad range of waste elements, but it renders more difficult the interpretation of data from many commonly used experimental techniques. Regardless of the challenge, much of the research conducted in this field over the past few decades has been motivated by the use of plutonium as a surrogate for all nuclear-waste actinides or on its own in immobilization studies, in order to develop a durable glass or ceramic matrix that can resist leaching and mobilization of the plutonium on a geologic time scale. |
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"Pressure induced structural transformation in Gd |
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"Pressure induced structural transformation in Gd2Ti2O7 and Gd2Zr2O7" W J Weber, H Y Xiao, [2011] Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/3/035501 | |
"Pressure induced structural transformation in Gd 2 Ti 2 O 7 and Gd 2 Zr 2 O 7" W J Weber, H Y Xiao, [2011] Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/3/035501 | |
"Radiation Effects in Crystalline Oxide Host Phases for the Immobilization of Actinides"
Rodney C. Ewing, William J. Weber,
[2011]
MRS Proceedings
· DOI: 10.1557/proc-713-jj3.1
Radiation effects from alpha-decay events in crystalline oxides, which are proposed for the immobilization of actinides, often lead to amorphization, macroscopic swelling and order-of-magnitude increases in dissolution rates for all of the phases currently under consideration. However, the results of systematic experimental studies using short-lived actinides and ion-beam irradiations, studies of radiation effects in U- and Th-bearing minerals, and the development of new models of the damage process over the past 20 years have led to a substantial increase in the understanding of the processes of damage accumulation in apatite, zircon, perovskite, zirconolite, and pyrochlore/fluorite structures. This fundamental scientific understanding now provides a basis for predicting the performance of nuclear waste forms in a radiation field. One of the recent successes of these studies has been the discovery of a class of radiation-resistant pyrochlore/fluorite structures that can serve as highly durable, radiation-resistant host phases for the immobilization of actinides. |
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"Radiation Effects in Glass Waste Forms for High-Level Waste and Plutonium Disposal"
R. C. Ewing, W. J. Weber,
[2011]
MRS Proceedings
· DOI: 10.1557/proc-439-607
A key challenge in the permanent disposal of high-level waste (HLW), plutonium residues/scraps, and excess weapons plutonium in glass waste forms is the development of predictive models of long-term performance that are based on a sound scientific understanding of relevant phenomena. Radiation effects from β-decay and α-decay can impact the performance of glasses for HLW and Pu disposition through the interactions of the α-particles, β-particles, recoil nuclei, and γ-rays with the atoms in the glass. Recently, a scientific panel convened under the auspices of the DOE Council on Materials Science to assess the current state of understanding, identify important scientific issues, and recommend directions for research in the area of radiation effects in glasses for HLW and Pu disposition. The overall finding of the panel was that there is a critical lack of systematic understanding on radiation effects in glasses at the atomic, microscopic, and macroscopic levels. The current state of understanding on radiation effects in glass waste forms and critical scientific issues are presented. |
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"Radiation induced cavity formation and gold precipitation at the interfaces of a ZrO Thin films nano-crystalline zirconia of ~ 300 nm thick were deposited on Si substrate, and the samples were irradiated with 2 MeV Au+ ions at temperatures of 160 and 400 K, up to fluences of 35 displacements per atom. The films were then studied using glancing incidence x-ray diffraction, Rutherford backscattering, secondary ion mass spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy. During the irradiation, cavities were observed to form at the zirconia/silicon interface. The morphology of the cavities was found to be related to the damage state of the underlying Si substrate. Elongated cavities were observed when the substrate is heavily damaged but not amorphized; however, when the substrate is rendered amorphous, the cavities become spherical. As the ion dose increases, the cavities then act as efficient gettering sites for the Au. The concentration of oxygen within the cavities determines the order in which the cavities getter. Following complete filling of the cavities, the interface acts as the secondary gettering site for the Au. The Au precipitates are determined to be elemental in nature due to the high binding free energy for the formation of Au-silicides. |
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"Radiation-induced chemical disorder in covalent materials"
Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Manabu Ishimaru,
[2011]
· DOI: 10.1557/opl.2011.46
· EID: 2-s2.0-80053209364
Chemical disorder in ion-irradiated SiC and GaN has been examined by means of transmission electron microscopy. Radial distribution functions obtained by a quantitative analysis of electron diffraction intensities revealed that homonuclear bonds, which do not exist in the crystalline state, are formed in both ion-irradiated specimens. The origin of the homonuclear bonds is quite different between SiC and GaN. The constitute elements mix on the atomic-scale in amorphous SiC, while phase separation induced by irradiation is attributed to the formation of self-bonded Ga atomic pairs in amorphous/nanocrystalline GaN. |
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"Structural modification of nanocrystalline ceria by ion beams" Philip D. Edmondson, Tamas Varga, Sandra Moll, Fereydoon Namavar, Chune Lan, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2011] Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · DOI: 10.1039/c1cp21335k | |
"Study of cerium solubility in Gd(2)Zr(2)O(7) by DFT + U calculations" H.Y. Xiao, X.T. Zu, W.J. Weber, X.J. Wang, [2011] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.08.008 | |
"Study of cerium solubility in Gd |
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"Study of cerium solubility in Gd2Zr2O7 by DFT+U calculations" H.Y. Xiao, X.T. Zu, W.J. Weber, X.J. Wang, [2011] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.08.008 | |
"Study of the fragmentation of a displacement cascade into subcascades within the Binary Collision Approximation framework" D. Simeone, W.J. Weber, L. Luneville, [2011] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.05.039 | |
"Synergy of nuclear and electronic energy losses in ion-irradiation processes: The case of vitreous silicon dioxide" William J. Weber, Guosheng Li, Vaithiyalingam Shutthanandan, Patrick Kluth, Tengfei Yang, Yuguang Wang, Yanwen Zhang, Marcel Toulemonde, [2011] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.83.054106 | |
"Trapping and diffusion of fission products in ThO(2) and CeO(2)" Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, H.Y. Xiao, [2011] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.05.037 | |
"Trapping and diffusion of fission products in ThO |
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"Trapping and diffusion of fission products in ThO2 and CeO2" Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, H.Y. Xiao, [2011] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.05.037 | |
"Yield, variance and spatial distribution of electron-hole pairs in CsI" Y. Xie, S. Kerisit, L.W. Campbell, W.J. Weber, F. Gao, [2011] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section a-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment · DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.063 | |
"Yield, variance and spatial distribution of electronhole pairs in CsI" Y. Xie, S. Kerisit, L.W. Campbell, W.J. Weber, F. Gao, [2011] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.063 · EID: 2-s2.0-80052955541 | |
"Yield, variance and spatial distribution of electron–hole pairs in CsI" Y. Xie, S. Kerisit, L.W. Campbell, W.J. Weber, F. Gao, [2011] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment · DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.063 | |
"Zircon: A host-phase for the disposal of weapons plutonium"
Werner Lutze, William J. Weber, R.C. Ewing,
[2011]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.1995.0243
Zircon, ZrSiO4, is a well-characterized, naturally occurring phase that is extremely durable. Zircon has been synthesized with Pu-concentrations up to 10 wt. % and radiation-damage effects studied to saturation doses of nearly 0.8 displacements per atom. We propose that zircon be used as a waste form for the disposal of the more than 100 metric tons of plutonium that will result from the dismantling of nuclear weapons. There are already several demonstrated processing technologies, of which hot pressing offers the most potential. This highly durable material, even under hydrothermal conditions, with its high waste loading and smaller volume allows deep, permanent disposal of the weapons plutonium in geologic environments in which the borosilicate waste-form glass would not be stable. |
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"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation of structural transformation in zinc blende GaN under high pressure" Fei Gao, X.T. Zu, W.J. Weber, H.Y. Xiao, [2010] Journal of Alloys and Compounds · DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2009.10.076 | |
"Amorphization of nanocrystalline 3C-SiC irradiated with Si+ ions"
H. Wang, I. Kim, Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, W. Jiang,
[2010]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0311
Irradiation-induced amorphization in nanocrystalline and single-crystal 3C-SiC has been studied using 1 MeV Si+ ions under identical irradiation conditions at room temperature and 400 K. The disordering behavior has been characterized using in situ ion channeling and ex situ x-ray diffraction methods. The results show that, compared with single-crystal 3C-SiC, full amorphization of small 3C-SiC grains (˜3.8 nm in size) at room temperature occurs at a slightly lower dose. Grain size decreases with increasing dose until a fully amorphized state is attained. The amorphization dose increases at 400 K relative to room temperature. However, at 400 K, the amorphization dose for 2.0 nm grains is about a factor of 4 and 8 smaller than for 3.0 nm grains and bulk single-crystal 3C-SiC, respectively. The behavior is attributed to the preferential amorphization at the interface. |
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"Amorphization of nanocrystalline 3C-SiC irradiated with Si+ ions"
H. Wang, I. Kim, Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, W. Jiang,
[2010]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0311
· EID: 2-s2.0-78649510104
Irradiation-induced amorphization in nanocrystalline and single-crystal 3C-SiC has been studied using 1 MeV Si+ ions under identical irradiation conditions at room temperature and 400 K. The disordering behavior has been characterized using in situ ion channeling and ex situ x-ray diffraction methods. The results show that, compared with single-crystal 3C-SiC, full amorphization of small 3C-SiC grains (˜3.8 nm in size) at room temperature occurs at a slightly lower dose. Grain size decreases with increasing dose until a fully amorphized state is attained. The amorphization dose increases at 400 K relative to room temperature. However, at 400 K, the amorphization dose for 2.0 nm grains is about a factor of 4 and 8 smaller than for 3.0 nm grains and bulk single-crystal 3C-SiC, respectively. The behavior is attributed to the preferential amorphization at the interface. |
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"Atomistic simulation of track formation by energetic recoils in zircon" Ram Devanathan, William J Weber, Pedro A F P Moreira, [2010] Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/39/395008 | |
"Charge Separation in Wurtzite/Zinc-Blende Heterojunction GaN Nanowires"
Jingbo Li, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang,
[2010]
Chemphyschem
· DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201000244
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"Codoping of magnesium with oxygen in gallium nitride nanowires"
Jingbo Li, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang,
[2010]
Applied Physics Letters
· DOI: 10.1063/1.3318462
Codoping of p-type GaN nanowires with Mg and oxygen was investigated using first-principles calculations. The Mg becomes a deep acceptor in GaN nanowires with high ionization energy due to the quantum confinement. The ionization energy of Mg doped GaN nanowires containing passivated Mg–O complex decreases with increasing the diameter, and reduces to 300 meV as the diameter of the GaN nanowire is larger than 2.01 nm, which indicates that Mg–O codoping is suitable for achieving p-type GaN nanowires with larger diameters. The codoping method to reduce the ionization energy can be effectively used in other semiconductor nanostructures. |
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"Damage and microstructure evolution in GaN under Au ion irradiation"
Manabu Ishimaru, Jacek Jagielski, Weiming Zhang, Zihua Zhu, Laxmikant V Saraf, Weilin Jiang, Lionel Thome, William J Weber, Yanwen Zhang,
[2010]
Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/8/085303
Damage and microstructure evolution in gallium nitride (GaN) under Au+ ion irradiation has been investigated using complementary electron microscopy, secondary ion mass spectrometry and ion-beam analysis techniques. Epitaxially-grown GaN layers (2 µm thick) have been irradiated by 2.0 MeV Au ions to 1.0 × 1015 and 1.4 × 1015 cm−2 at 155 K and to 7.3 × 1015 cm−2 at 200 K. The irradiation-induced damage has been analysed by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy in a channelling direction (RBS/C). For a better determination of the ion-induced disorder profile, an iterative procedure and a Monte Carlo code (McChasy) are combined to analyse the ion channelling spectra. With increasing irradiation dose, separated amorphous layers develop from the sample surface and near the damage peak region. Formation of large nitrogen bubbles with sizes up to 70 nm is observed in the buried amorphous layer, while the surface layer contains small bubbles with a diameter of a few nanometres due to significant nitrogen loss from the surface. Volume expansion from 3% to 25% in the irradiated region is suggested by cross-sectional transmission electron microscope and RBS/C measurement. The anomalous shape of the Au distributions under three irradiations indicates out-diffusion of Au towards the sample surface. The results from the complementary techniques suggest that nitrogen is retained in the damaged GaN where the crystallinity is preserved. Once the amorphous state is reached in the surface region, GaN starts to decompose and nitrogen escapes from the surface. Furthermore, experimental results show considerable errors in both the disorder profile and the ion range predicted by the Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter code, indicating a significant overestimation of electronic stopping powers of Au ions in GaN. |
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"Damage evolution in Au-implanted Ho2Ti2O7 titanate pyrochlore" Jacek Jagielski, In-Tae Bae, Xia Xiang, Lionel Thomé, Geetha Balakrishnan, Don M. Paul, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2010] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2010.05.029 | |
"Damage evolution in Au-implanted Ho |
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"Damage evolution in Au-implanted Ho2Ti2O7 titanate pyrochlore" Jacek Jagielski, In-Tae Bae, Xia Xiang, Lionel Thomé, Geetha Balakrishnan, Don M. Paul, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2010] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2010.05.029 | |
"Defects in gallium nitride nanowires: First principles calculations"
Jingbo Li, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang,
[2010]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.3476280
Atomic configurations and formation energies of native defects in an unsaturated GaN nanowire grown along the [001] direction and with (100) lateral facets are studied using large-scale ab initio calculation. Cation and anion vacancies, antisites, and interstitials in the neutral charge state are all considered. The configurations of these defects in the core region and outermost surface region of the nanowire are different. The atomic configurations of the defects in the core region are same as those in the bulk GaN, and the formation energy is large. The defects at the surface show different atomic configurations with low formation energy. Starting from a Ga vacancy at the edge of the side plane of the nanowire, a N–N split interstitial is formed after relaxation. As a N site is replaced by a Ga atom in the suboutermost layer, the Ga atom will be expelled out of the outermost layers and leaves a vacancy at the original N site. The Ga interstitial at the outmost surface will diffuse out by interstitialcy mechanism. For all the tested cases N–N split interstitials are easily formed with low formation energy in the nanowires, indicating N2 molecular will appear in the GaN nanowire, which agrees well with experimental findings. |
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"Energy dissipation and defect generation in nanocrystalline silicon carbide" D. Chen, Wangyu Hu, W. J. Weber, F. Gao, [2010] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.81.184101 | |
"First principles study of electronic properties of gallium nitride nanowires grown along different crystal directions" Chunlai Zhang, Jingbo Li, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang, [2010] Computational Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2010.08.024 | |
"First-principles calculations of pressure-induced phase transformation in AlN and GaN" X.D. Jiang, G. Duan, Fei Gao, X.T. Zu, W.J. Weber, H.Y. Xiao, [2010] Computational Materials Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2010.03.028 | |
"Grain growth and phase stability of nanocrystalline cubic zirconia under ion irradiation" Weilin Jiang, Chongmin Wang, Fereydoon Namavar, Philip D. Edmondson, Zihua Zhu, Fei Gao, Jie Lian, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2010] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.82.184105 | |
"Irradiation-induced defect clustering and amorphization in silicon carbide"
Fei Gao, William J. Weber,
[2010]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0292
Previous computer simulations of multiple 10 keV Si cascades in 3C–SiC demonstrated that many damage-state properties exhibit relatively smooth, but noticeably different, dose dependencies. A more recent analysis of these damage-state properties, which includes additional data at low and intermediate doses, reveals more complex relationships between system energy, swelling, energy per defect, relative disorder, elastic modulus, and elastic constant, |
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"Mechanical behavior of twinned SiC nanowires under combined tension-torsion and compression-torsion strain"
Shenjie Wang, Zhiguo Wang, Xiaotao Zu, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhijie Li,
[2010]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.3456002
The mechanical behavior of twinned silicon carbide (SiC) nanowires under combined tension-torsion and compression-torsion is investigated using molecular dynamics simulations with an empirical potential. The simulation results show that both the tensile failure stress and buckling stress decrease under combined tension-torsional and combined compression-torsional strain, and they decrease with increasing torsional rate under combined loading. The torsion rate has no effect on the elastic properties of the twinned SiC nanowires. The collapse of the twinned nanowires takes place in a twin stacking fault of the nanowires. |
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"Nanoscale phase transitions under extreme conditions within an ion track"
Maik Lang, Rodney C. Ewing, Ram Devanathan, William J. Weber, Marcel Toulemonde, Jiaming Zhang,
[2010]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0180
The dynamics of track development due to the passage of relativistic heavy ions through solids is a long-standing issue relevant to nuclear materials, age dating of minerals, space exploration, and nanoscale fabrication of novel devices. We have integrated experimental and simulation approaches to investigate nanoscale phase transitions under the extreme conditions created within single tracks of relativistic ions in Gd2O3(TiO2) |
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"Radiation tolerance of ceramics-insights from atomistic simulation of damage accumulation in pyrochlores" William J. Weber, Julian D. Gale, Ram Devanathan, [2010] Energy & Environmental Science · DOI: 10.1039/c0ee00066c | |
"Radiation tolerance of ceramics - Insights from atomistic simulation of damage accumulation in pyrochlores" William J. Weber, Julian D. Gale, Ram Devanathan, [2010] · DOI: 10.1039/c0ee00066c · EID: 2-s2.0-78649366512 | |
"Review of A(2)B(2)O(7) pyrochlore response to irradiation and pressure" Fuxiang Zhang, Jiaming Zhang, Jianwei Wang, Jie Lian, William J. Weber, Beatrice Schuster, Christina Trautmann, R. Neumann, Rodney C. Ewing, Maik Lang, [2010] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2010.05.016 | |
"Review of A |
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"Review of A2B2O7 pyrochlore response to irradiation and pressure" Fuxiang Zhang, Jiaming Zhang, Jianwei Wang, Jie Lian, William J. Weber, Beatrice Schuster, Christina Trautmann, R. Neumann, Rodney C. Ewing, Maik Lang, [2010] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2010.05.016 | |
"Role of energy partitioning on electron-hole recombination, trapping, and detection in silicon detectors" William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2010] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.82.075202 | |
"Simulation of collision cascades and thermal spikes in ceramics" William J. Weber, Ram Devanathan, [2010] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2010.05.047 | |
"Tensile and compressive mechanical behavior of twinned silicon carbide nanowires" J.B. Li, F. Gao, W.J. Weber, Z.G. Wang, [2010] Acta Materialia · DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2009.11.039 | |
"Threshold displacement energies and defect formation energies in Y2Ti2O7" F Gao, W J Weber, H Y Xiao, [2010] Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/41/415801 | |
"Threshold displacement energies and defect formation energies in Y |
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"Threshold displacement energies and defect formation energies in Y 2 Ti 2 O 7" F Gao, W J Weber, H Y Xiao, [2010] Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/41/415801 | |
"Zirconate pyrochlores under high pressure" F. X. Zhang, Fei Gao, M. Lang, Rodney C. Ewing, W. J. Weber, H. Y. Xiao, [2010] Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · DOI: 10.1039/c0cp00278j | |
"Ab initio investigation of phase stability of Y |
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"Ab initio investigation of phase stability of Y2Ti2O7 and Y2Zr2O7 under high pressure" Fei Gao, W. J. Weber, H. Y. Xiao, [2009] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.80.212102 | |
"Ab initio investigation of phase stability of and under high pressure" Fei Gao, W. J. Weber, H. Y. Xiao, [2009] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.80.212102 | |
"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation of a pressure induced zinc blende to rocksalt phase transition in SiC" Fei Gao, X T Zu, W J Weber, H Y Xiao, [2009] Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/24/245801 | |
"Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation of a pressure induced zinc blende to rocksalt phase transition in SiC" Fei Gao, X T Zu, W J Weber, H Y Xiao, [2009] Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/24/245801 | |
"Anisotropy of disorder accumulation and recovery in 6H-SiC irradiated with Au2+ ions at 140 K" W.J. Weber, W. Jiang, [2009] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2009.02.023 | |
"Anisotropy of disorder accumulation and recovery in 6H-SiC irradiated with Au2+ ions at 140 K" W.J. Weber, W. Jiang, [2009] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2009.02.023 · EID: 2-s2.0-64749111248 | |
"Anisotropy of disorder accumulation and recovery in 6H–SiC irradiated with Au2+ ions at 140K" W.J. Weber, W. Jiang, [2009] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2009.02.023 | |
"Box 1: Stopping of Ions in Nanomaterials" William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2009] Ion Beams in Nanoscience and Technology · DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00623-4_5 | |
"Controlling electronic structures by irradiation in single-walled SiC nanotubes: a first-principles molecular dynamics study" Fei Gao, Jingbo Li, Xiaotao Zu, William J Weber, Zhiguo Wang, [2009] Nanotechnology · DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/7/075708 | |
"Damage profile and ion distribution of slow heavy ions in compounds"
In-Tae Bae, Kai Sun, Chongmin Wang, Manabu Ishimaru, Zihua Zhu, Weilin Jiang, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang,
[2009]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.3118582
· EID: 2-s2.0-66549120684
Slow heavy ions inevitably produce a significant concentration of defects and lattice disorder in solids during their slowing-down process via ion-solid interactions. For irradiation effects research and many industrial applications, atomic defect production, ion range, and doping concentration are commonly estimated by the stopping and range of ions in matter (SRIM) code. In this study, ion-induced damage and projectile ranges of low energy Au ions in SiC are determined using complementary ion beam and microscopy techniques. Considerable errors in both disorder profile and ion range predicted by the SRIM code indicate an overestimation of the electronic stopping power, by a factor of 2 in most cases, in the energy region up to 25 keV/nucleon. Such large discrepancies are also observed for slow heavy ions, including Pt, Au, and Pb ions, in other compound materials, such as GaN, AlN, and SrTiO3. Due to the importance of these materials for advanced device and nuclear applications, better electronic stopping cross section predictions, based on a reciprocity principle developed by Sigmund, is suggested with fitting parameters for possible improvement. |
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"Defect-enhanced charge transfer by ion-solid interactions in sic using large-scale abinitio molecular dynamics simulations" Haiyan Xiao, Xiaotao Zu, Matthias Posselt, William J. Weber, Fei Gao, [2009] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.027405 · EID: 2-s2.0-68849095945 | |
"Defect-Enhanced Charge Transfer by Ion-Solid Interactions in SiC using Large-Scale Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations" Haiyan Xiao, Xiaotao Zu, Matthias Posselt, William J. Weber, Fei Gao, [2009] Physical Review Letters · DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.027405 | |
"Direct measurement of local volume change in ion-irradiated and annealed SiC"
William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, In-Tae Bae,
[2009]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.3272808
· EID: 2-s2.0-73849122161
Depth profiles of local volume expansions are precisely measured in 6H-SiC after irradiation at 150 K with 2 MeV Pt ions and following annealing at 770 K using transmission electron microscopy equipped with electron energy loss spectroscopy. It is found that the depth profile of local volume expansion from the as-implanted sample matches well with the depth profile of irradiation-induced local disorder measured by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry. Further, the local volume expansion increases linearly with local dose up to ∼10%. By systematically comparing the depth profiles of local volume expansion and local relative disorder, it is revealed that the atomic volume of amorphous SiC continues to increase until it saturates at ∼14% due to the increased chemical short-range disorder. This is believed to be one of the reasons for significant scatter in values of volume expansion previously reported for the irradiation-induced amorphous state of SiC. |
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"Disorder accumulation and recovery in gold-ion irradiated 3C-SiC"
W. J. Weber, J. Lian, N. M. Kalkhoran, W. Jiang,
[2009]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.3055797
· EID: 2-s2.0-67649875686
A single-crystal 3C-SiC film on a Si/SiO2/Si (separation by implantation of oxygen ) substrate was irradiated in different areas at 156 K with Au2+ ions to low fluences. The disorder profiles as a function of dose on both the Si and C sublattices have been determined in situ using a combination of 0.94 MeV D+ Rutherford backscattering spectrometry and nuclear reaction analysis in channeling geometry along the ⟨100⟩, ⟨110⟩, and ⟨111⟩ axes. The results indicate that for the same damage state, the level of disorder on the Si sublattice in 3C-SiC follows a decreasing order along the ⟨111⟩, ⟨100⟩, and ⟨110⟩ axes, while that on the C sublattice shows comparable values. Similar levels of Si and C disorder are observed along the ⟨111⟩ axis over the applied dose range. However, the level of C disorder is higher than that of Si disorder along all axes at low doses. The amount of disorder recovery during thermal annealing depends on the sublattice (Si or C) and crystallographic orientation. Room-temperature recovery occurs for both sublattices in 3C-SiC irradiated to a dose of 0.047 dpa or lower. Significant recovery is observed along all directions during thermal annealing at 600 K. The results are discussed and compared to those for 6H-SiC and 4H-SiC under similar irradiation conditions. |
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"Energetic recoils in UO This report presents the results of classical molecular dynamics simulations of the diffuse premelting transition, melting, and defect production by 1 keV U recoils in UO2 using five different rigid ion potentials. The experimentally observed premelting transition occurred for all five cases. For all the potentials studied, dynamic defect annealing is highly effective and is accompanied by replacement events on the anion sublattice. The primary damage state after ∼15 ps consists of isolated Frenkel pairs and interstitial and vacancy clusters of various sizes. The average displacement energy varies from ∼28 to ∼83 eV and the number of Frenkel pairs is different by a factor of 3 depending on the choice of potential. The size and spatial distribution of vacancy and interstitial clusters is drastically different for the potentials studied. The results provide statistics of defect production. They point to a pressing need to determine defect formation, migration, and binding energies in UO2 from first principles and to develop reliable potentials based on this data for simulating microstructural evolution in nuclear fuel under operating conditions. |
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"Energetic recoils in UO2 simulated using five different potentials"
Jianguo Yu, William J. Weber, Ram Devanathan,
[2009]
Journal of Chemical Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.3125967
This report presents the results of classical molecular dynamics simulations of the diffuse premelting transition, melting, and defect production by 1 keV U recoils in UO2 using five different rigid ion potentials. The experimentally observed premelting transition occurred for all five cases. For all the potentials studied, dynamic defect annealing is highly effective and is accompanied by replacement events on the anion sublattice. The primary damage state after ∼15 ps consists of isolated Frenkel pairs and interstitial and vacancy clusters of various sizes. The average displacement energy varies from ∼28 to ∼83 eV and the number of Frenkel pairs is different by a factor of 3 depending on the choice of potential. The size and spatial distribution of vacancy and interstitial clusters is drastically different for the potentials studied. The results provide statistics of defect production. They point to a pressing need to determine defect formation, migration, and binding energies in UO2 from first principles and to develop reliable potentials based on this data for simulating microstructural evolution in nuclear fuel under operating conditions. |
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"First-principles calculation of structural and energetic properties for A(2)Ti(2)O(7) (A = Lu, Er, Y, Gd, Sm, Nd, La)"
H.Y. Xiao, X.T. Zu, Fei Gao, W.J. Weber, Z.L. Zhang,
[2009]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0152
A first-principles method was used to investigate the structural and energetic properties for A2Ti2O7 (A = Lu, Er, Y, Gd, Sm, Nd, La), including the formation energies of the cation antisite-pair, the anion Frenkel pair that defines anion-disorder, and the coupled cation antisite-pair/anion-Frenkel. It is proposed that the 〈A–O48 |
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"First-principles calculation of structural and energetic properties for a A first-principles method was used to investigate the structural and energetic properties for A2Ti2O7 (A = Lu, Er, Y, Gd, Sm, Nd, La), including the formation energies of the cation antisite-pair, the anion Frenkel pair that defines anion-disorder, and the coupled cation antisite-pair/anion-Frenkel. It is proposed that the 〈A–O48 |
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"First-principles calculation of structural and energetic properties for A2Ti2O7 (A = Lu, Er, Y, Gd, Sm, Nd, La)"
H.Y. Xiao, X.T. Zu, Fei Gao, W.J. Weber, Z.L. Zhang,
[2011]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0152
A first-principles method was used to investigate the structural and energetic properties for A2Ti2O7 (A = Lu, Er, Y, Gd, Sm, Nd, La), including the formation energies of the cation antisite-pair, the anion Frenkel pair that defines anion-disorder, and the coupled cation antisite-pair/anion-Frenkel. It is proposed that the 〈A–O48 |
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"First-principles study of defects and phase transition in UO |
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"First-principles study of defects and phase transition in UO2" Ram Devanathan, William J Weber, Jianguo Yu, [2009] Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/43/435401 | |
"First-principles study of defects and phase transition in UO 2" Ram Devanathan, William J Weber, Jianguo Yu, [2009] Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/43/435401 | |
"Formation and properties of defects and small vacancy clusters in SiC: Ab initio calculations" W.J. Weber, H.Y. Xiao, X.T. Zu, F. Gao, [2009] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.06.018 | |
"Ion Technique for Identifying Gamma Detector Candidates" Xia Xiang, Julie L. Rausch, Xiaotao Zu, W. J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2009] Ieee Transactions on Nuclear Science · DOI: 10.1109/tns.2008.2011640 | |
"Ion beam-induced amorphous-to-tetragonal phase transformation and grain growth of nanocrystalline zirconia" Jiaming Zhang, Fereydoon Namavar, Yanwen Zhang, Fengyuan Lu, Hani Haider, Kevin Garvin, W J Weber, Rodney C Ewing, Jie Lian, [2009] · DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/24/245303 · EID: 2-s2.0-67649191900 | |
"Ion-beam-induced chemical disorder in GaN"
Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Manabu Ishimaru,
[2009]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.3212555
· EID: 2-s2.0-70349323584
Atomistic structures of high-energy ion irradiated GaN were examined using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Single crystalline GaN substrates were irradiated at cryogenic temperatures with 2 MeV Au2+ ions to a fluence of 7.35×1015 Au/cm2. Cross-sectional TEM observations revealed that damaged layers consisting of amorphous and nanocrystalline phases are formed at the surface and buried depth of the as-irradiated GaN substrate. Atomic radial distribution functions of the amorphous/polynanocrystalline regions showed that not only heteronuclear Ga–N bonds but also homonuclear Ga–Ga bonds exist within the first coordination shell. It was found that the ratio of heteronuclear-to-homonuclear bonds, i.e., the degree of chemical disorder, is different between the surface and buried damaged layers. The alternation of chemical disorder was attributed to the difference in the defect formation processes between these layers. |
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"Microstructure of ion-irradiated GaN and its thermal evolution"
W Jiang, Y Zhang, W Weber, C Wang, I-T Bae,
[2009]
· DOI: 10.1017/s1431927609092046
· EID: 2-s2.0-69949163576
Extended abstract of a paper presented at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2009 in Richmond, Virginia, USA, July 26 – July 30, 2009 |
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"Molecular-dynamics simulation of threshold displacement energies in zircon" Ram Devanathan, Jianguo Yu, William J. Weber, Pedro A.F.P. Moreira, [2009] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.07.023 | |
"Pb+ irradiation of synthetic zircon (ZrSiO4): Infrared spectroscopic investigation-Reply" R. C. Ewing, L. A. Boatner, E. K.H. Salje, W. J. Weber, P. Daniel, Y. Zhang, I. Farnan, M. Zhang, [2009] American Mineralogist · DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.542 | |
"Pb+ irradiation of synthetic zircon (ZrSi0 |
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"Response of materials to single ion events" William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2009] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.01.104 | |
"Response of nanocrystalline 3C silicon carbide to heavy-ion irradiation" H. Wang, I. Kim, I.-T. Bae, G. Li, P. Nachimuthu, Z. Zhu, Y. Zhang, W. J. Weber, W. Jiang, [2009] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.80.161301 · EID: 2-s2.0-72649091347 | |
"Response of strontium titanate to ion and electron irradiation" J. Lian, Z. Zhu, W.D. Bennett, L.V. Saraf, J.L. Rausch, C.A. Hendricks, R.C. Ewing, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, [2009] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2009.02.014 | |
"Single-ion tracks in Gd2 Zr2-x Tix O7 pyrochlores irradiated with swift heavy ions" Jie Lian, Jiaming Zhang, Fuxiang Zhang, William J. Weber, Christina Trautmann, Rodney C. Ewing, Maik Lang, [2009] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.79.224105 · EID: 2-s2.0-67649948803 | |
"Single-ion tracks in Gd2Zr2-xTixO7 pyrochlores irradiated with swift heavy ions" Jie Lian, Jiaming Zhang, Fuxiang Zhang, William J. Weber, Christina Trautmann, Rodney C. Ewing, Maik Lang, [2009] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.79.224105 | |
"Stone-Wales defects created by low energy recoils in single-walled silicon carbide nanotubes"
Fei Gao, Jingbo Li, Xiaotao Zu, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang,
[2009]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.3238307
· EID: 2-s2.0-70350711901
The defect creation at low energy events was studied using density functional theory molecular dynamics simulations in silicon carbide nanotubes, and the displacement threshold energies determined exhibit a dependence on sizes, which decrease with decreasing diameter of the nanotubes. The Stone–Wales (SW) defect, which is a common defect configurations induced through irradiation in nanotubes, has also been investigated, and the formation energies of the SW defects increase with increasing diameter of the nanotubes. The mean threshold energies were found to be 23 and 18 eV for Si and C in armchair (5,5) nanotubes. |
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"Structure and Electronic Properties of Saturated and Unsaturated Gallium Nitride Nanotubes" Shengjie Wang, Jingbo Li, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang, [2009] Journal of Physical Chemistry C · DOI: 10.1021/jp907657z | |
"Thermal evolution of microstructure in ion-irradiated GaN"
Weilin Jiang, Chongmin Wang, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, In-Tae Bae,
[2009]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.3106606
· EID: 2-s2.0-65449116793
The thermal evolution of the microstructure created by irradiation of a GaN single crystal with 2 MeV Au2+ ions at 150 K is characterized following annealing at 973 K using transmission electron microscopy. In the as-irradiated sample characterized at 300 K, Ga nanocrystals with the diamond structure, which is an unstable configuration for Ga, are directly observed together with nitrogen bubbles in the irradiation-induced amorphous layer. A simple model is proposed to explain Ga nanocrystal formation. Upon thermal annealing, the thickness of the amorphous layer decreases by ∼13.1% and nanobeam electron diffraction analysis indicates no evidence for residual Ga nanocrystals, but instead reveals a mixture of hexagonal and cubic GaN phases in the annealed sample. Nitrogen molecules, captured in the as-irradiated bubbles, appear to disassociate and react with Ga nanocrystals during the thermal annealing to form crystalline GaN. In addition, electron energy loss spectroscopy measurements reveal an volume change of 18.9% for the as-irradiated amorphous layer relative to the virgin single crystal GaN. This relative swelling of the damaged layer reduces to 7.7% after thermal annealing. Partial recrystallization and structural relaxation of the GaN amorphous state are believed responsible for the volume change. |
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"Threshold displacement energy in GaN: Ab initio molecular dynamics study"
Fei Gao, X. T. Zu, W. J. Weber, H. Y. Xiao,
[2009]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.3153277
· EID: 2-s2.0-67650257594
Large-scale ab initio molecular dynamics method has been used to determine the threshold displacement energies Ed along five specific directions and to determine the defect configurations created during low energy events. The Ed shows a significant dependence on direction. The minimum Ed is determined to be 39 eV along the ⟨1¯010⟩ direction for a gallium atom and 17.0 eV along the ⟨1¯010⟩ direction for a nitrogen atom, which are in reasonable agreement with the experimental measurements. The average Ed values determined are 73.2 and 32.4 eV for gallium and nitrogen atoms, respectively. The N defects created at low energy events along different crystallographic directions have a similar configuration (a N–N dumbbell configuration), but various configurations for Ga defects are formed in GaN. |
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"Threshold displacement energy in GaN: Ab initio molecular dynamics study"
Fei Gao, X. T. Zu, W. J. Weber, H. Y. Xiao,
[2009]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.3153277
Large-scale ab initio molecular dynamics method has been used to determine the threshold displacement energies Ed along five specific directions and to determine the defect configurations created during low energy events. The Ed shows a significant dependence on direction. The minimum Ed is determined to be 39 eV along the ⟨1¯010⟩ direction for a gallium atom and 17.0 eV along the ⟨1¯010⟩ direction for a nitrogen atom, which are in reasonable agreement with the experimental measurements. The average Ed values determined are 73.2 and 32.4 eV for gallium and nitrogen atoms, respectively. The N defects created at low energy events along different crystallographic directions have a similar configuration (a N–N dumbbell configuration), but various configurations for Ga defects are formed in GaN. |
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"Unified interatomic potential for zircon, zirconia and silica systems" Ram Devanathan, William J. Weber, Jianguo Yu, [2009] Journal of Materials Chemistry · DOI: 10.1039/b902767j | |
"Ab initio calculations of structural and energetic properties of defects in gallium nitride"
X. T. Zu, Fei Gao, W. J. Weber, H. Y. Xiao,
[2008]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2947604
· EID: 2-s2.0-46649097051
Ab initio total energy calculations have been performed to investigate the properties of intrinsic defects in GaN. It is found that the nitrogen defects are more stable than the Ga defects under nitrogen-rich conditions, and the results are generally consistent with those obtained by recent first-principles calculations. For the four types of nitrogen interstitials investigated, relaxation of all configurations leads to a N–N⟨112¯0⟩ split configuration. The most stable configuration for Ga interstitials is the Ga octahedral interstitial, but the energy difference between the octahedral and tetrahedral configurations is small (<0.35 eV) and depends on the basis set employed. While the ⟨N–N⟩ bond distance in the N–N split interstitial is very close to that of a free N2 molecule, the Mulliken charge analysis indicates that the N atoms are partially charged, which is in contrast with previous theoretical suggestions. Based on the calculated results, the relative stabilities of various defects in GaN are determined. |
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"Ab initio calculations of structural and energetic properties of defects in gallium nitride"
X. T. Zu, Fei Gao, W. J. Weber, H. Y. Xiao,
[2008]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2947604
Ab initio total energy calculations have been performed to investigate the properties of intrinsic defects in GaN. It is found that the nitrogen defects are more stable than the Ga defects under nitrogen-rich conditions, and the results are generally consistent with those obtained by recent first-principles calculations. For the four types of nitrogen interstitials investigated, relaxation of all configurations leads to a N–N⟨112¯0⟩ split configuration. The most stable configuration for Ga interstitials is the Ga octahedral interstitial, but the energy difference between the octahedral and tetrahedral configurations is small (<0.35 eV) and depends on the basis set employed. While the ⟨N–N⟩ bond distance in the N–N split interstitial is very close to that of a free N2 molecule, the Mulliken charge analysis indicates that the N atoms are partially charged, which is in contrast with previous theoretical suggestions. Based on the calculated results, the relative stabilities of various defects in GaN are determined. |
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"Atomic collision and ionization effects in oxides" In-Tae Bae, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, [2008] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.03.197 | |
"Atomistic level studies on the tensile behavior of GaN nanotubes under uniaxial tension" X. T. Zu, F. Gao, W. J. Weber, Z. G. Wang, [2008] European Physical Journal B · DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2008-00091-3 | |
"Atomistic simulations of the mechanical properties of silicon carbide nanowires" Xiaotao Zu, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang, [2008] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.77.224113 · EID: 2-s2.0-46049113261 | |
"Buckling of GaN nanotubes under uniaxial compression" Xiaotao Zu, Li Yang, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang, [2008] Solid State Communications · DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2008.03.004 | |
"Computational study of anisotropic epitaxial recrystallization in 4H-SiC" Y Zhang, M Posselt, W J Weber, F Gao, [2008] · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/12/125203 · EID: 2-s2.0-40549135973 | |
"Direct observations of thermally induced structural changes in amorphous silicon carbide"
Akihiko Hirata, Muneyuki Naito, In-Tae Bae, Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Manabu Ishimaru,
[2008]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2960342
· EID: 2-s2.0-49749114039
Thermally induced structural relaxation in amorphous silicon carbide (SiC) has been examined by means of in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The amorphous SiC was prepared by high-energy ion beam irradiation into a single crystalline 4H-SiC substrate. Cross-sectional TEM observations and electron energy-loss spectroscopy measurements revealed that thermal annealing induces a remarkable volume reduction, so-called densification, of amorphous SiC. From radial distribution function analyses using electron diffraction, notable changes associated with structural relaxation were observed in chemical short-range order. It was confirmed that the structural changes observed by the in situ TEM study agree qualitatively with those of the bulk material. On the basis of the alteration of chemical short-range order, we discuss the origin of thermally induced densification in amorphous SiC. |
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"Dynamic annealing of defects in irradiated zirconia-based ceramics"
William J. Weber, Ram Devanathan,
[2008]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0104
We have observed efficient damage recovery in large-scale molecular dynamics simulations of 30 keV Zr recoils in pure zirconia and yttria-stabilized zirconia, which is in stark contrast to radiation damage accumulation in zircon. Dynamic annealing is highly effective in zirconia during the first 5 ps of damage evolution, especially in the presence of oxygen structural vacancies. This results in near-complete recovery of damage. Damage recovery on the cation sublattice is assisted by the anion sublattice recovery, which explains the remarkable radiation tolerance of stabilized zirconia. Ceramics engineered to heal themselves in this fashion hold great promise for use in high-radiation environments or for safely encapsulating high-level radioactive waste over geological time scales. |
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"Effects of dynamic recovery on amorphization kinetics in 6H-SiC" Lumin Wang, Yanwen Zhang, Weilin Jiang, In-Tae Bae, William J. Weber, [2008] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.03.119 | |
"Electron-hole pairs created by photons and intrinsic properties in detector materials" Luke W. Campbell, Yulong Xie, Ram Devanathan, Anthony J. Peurrung, William J. Weber, Fei Gao, [2008] Ieee Transactions on Nuclear Science · DOI: 10.1109/tns.2007.908917 | |
"Erratum: Short- and medium-range structure of amorphous zircon from molecular dynamics simulations (Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (2006) 74, (214204))" Ram Devanathan, L. René Corrales, William J. Weber, Alastair N. Cormack, Jincheng Du, [2008] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.77.109902 · EID: 2-s2.0-41549089624 | |
"Erratum: Short- and medium-range structure of amorphous zircon from molecular dynamics simulations [Phys. Rev. B 74 , 214204 (2006)]" Ram Devanathan, L. René Corrales, William J. Weber, Alastair N. Cormack, Jincheng Du, [2008] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.77.109902 | |
"Evaluate scintillation response over a continuous energy region" Mikael Elfman, Brian D. Milbrath, William J. Weber, Yanwen. Zhang, [2008] Ieee Transactions on Nuclear Science · DOI: 10.1109/tns.2008.922821 | |
"Factors affecting the stability of matrix materials for actinides transmutation and conditioning" [2008] · EID: 2-s2.0-55249110800 | |
"First-principles study of energetic and electronic properties of A First-principles calculations have been carried out to study the electronic properties of A2Ti2O7 (A=Sm, Gd, Er) pyrochlores. It was found that f electrons have negligible effect on the structural and energetic properties, but have significant effect on the electronic properties. Density of state analysis shows that A-site 4f electrons do take part in the chemical bonding. Also, we found that ⟨Gd-O48f⟩ bond is less covalent than ⟨Sm-O48f⟩ and ⟨Er-O48f⟩ bonds, while ⟨Ti-O48f⟩ bond in Gd2Ti2O7 is more covalent. It was proposed that for A2Ti2O7 (A=Sm, Gd, Er) pyrochlores, ⟨Ti-O48f⟩ bonds may play more significant role in determining their radiation resistance to amorphization. |
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"First-principles study of energetic and electronic properties of A(2)Ti(2)O(7) (A=Sm, Gd, Er) pyrochlore"
X. T. Zu, Fei Gao, W. J. Weber, H. Y. Xiao,
[2008]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2986156
First-principles calculations have been carried out to study the electronic properties of A2Ti2O7 (A=Sm, Gd, Er) pyrochlores. It was found that f electrons have negligible effect on the structural and energetic properties, but have significant effect on the electronic properties. Density of state analysis shows that A-site 4f electrons do take part in the chemical bonding. Also, we found that ⟨Gd-O48f⟩ bond is less covalent than ⟨Sm-O48f⟩ and ⟨Er-O48f⟩ bonds, while ⟨Ti-O48f⟩ bond in Gd2Ti2O7 is more covalent. It was proposed that for A2Ti2O7 (A=Sm, Gd, Er) pyrochlores, ⟨Ti-O48f⟩ bonds may play more significant role in determining their radiation resistance to amorphization. |
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"First-principles study of energetic and electronic properties of A[sub 2]Ti[sub 2]O[sub 7] (A=Sm, Gd, Er) pyrochlore"
X. T. Zu, Fei Gao, W. J. Weber, H. Y. Xiao,
[2008]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2986156
First-principles calculations have been carried out to study the electronic properties of A2Ti2O7 (A=Sm, Gd, Er) pyrochlores. It was found that f electrons have negligible effect on the structural and energetic properties, but have significant effect on the electronic properties. Density of state analysis shows that A-site 4f electrons do take part in the chemical bonding. Also, we found that ⟨Gd-O48f⟩ bond is less covalent than ⟨Sm-O48f⟩ and ⟨Er-O48f⟩ bonds, while ⟨Ti-O48f⟩ bond in Gd2Ti2O7 is more covalent. It was proposed that for A2Ti2O7 (A=Sm, Gd, Er) pyrochlores, ⟨Ti-O48f⟩ bonds may play more significant role in determining their radiation resistance to amorphization. |
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"Insights into radiation tolerance of ceramics from large scale molecular dynamics simulations" [2008] · EID: 2-s2.0-78649399372 | |
"Ionization-induced effects in amorphous apatite at elevated temperatures"
Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Manabu Ishimaru, Yoshihiko Hirotsu, Mikio Higuchi, In-Tae Bae,
[2008]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0114
Electron-beam-induced effects in preamorphized Sr2Nd8(SiO4)6O2 were investigated in situ using transmission electron microscopy with 200-keV electrons at temperatures ranging from 380 to 780 K. Within the electron-irradiated area, epitaxial recrystallization was observed from the amorphous/crystalline interface toward the surface, with the rate of recrystallization increasing as temperature increased from 380 to 580 K. Structural contrast features (i.e., O deficient amorphous material), as well as recrystallization, were observed outside of the irradiation area at temperatures from 680 to 780 K. Ionization-induced processes and local nonstoichiometry induced by oxygen migration and desorption are possible mechanisms for the electron-beam- induced recrystallization and for the formation of the structural contrast features, respectively. |
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"Mechanical behavior of gallium nitride nanotubes under combined tension-torsion: An atomistic simulation"
Xiaotao Zu, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang,
[2008]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2828169
· EID: 2-s2.0-38149071714
The tensile mechanical behavior of single crystalline gallium nitride (GaN) nanotubes under combined tension-torsion is investigated using molecular dynamics simulations with an empirical potential. The simulation results show that a small torsion rate (<0.010degps−1) does not affect the tensile behavior of GaN nanotube, i.e., the nanotubes show brittle properties at low temperatures; whereas at high temperatures, they behave as ductile materials. However, the failure stress decreases with increasing rate of torsion above 0.010degps−1, and the nanotube fails in a different manner. The torsion rate has no effect on the elastic properties of GaN nanotubes. |
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"Micro-Raman and micro-infrared spectroscopic studies of Pb- and Au-irradiated ZrSi O4: Optical properties, structural damage, and amorphization" Lynn A. Boatner, Ekhard K. H. Salje, Rodney C. Ewing, Philippe Daniel, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Ian Farnan, Ming Zhang, [2008] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.77.144110 · EID: 2-s2.0-42549168371 | |
"Micro-Raman and micro-infrared spectroscopic studies of Pb- and Au-irradiated ZrSiO4: Optical properties, structural damage, and amorphization" Lynn A. Boatner, Ekhard K. H. Salje, Rodney C. Ewing, Philippe Daniel, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Ian Farnan, Ming Zhang, [2008] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.77.144110 | |
"Molecular dynamics simulation on the buckling behavior of GaN nanowires under uniaxial compression" Xiaotao Zu, Li Yang, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang, [2008] Physica E-Low-Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures · DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2007.08.040 | |
"Nanomechanical behavior of single crystalline SiC nanotubes revealed by molecular dynamics simulations"
Xiaotao Zu, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang,
[2008]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.3005979
· EID: 2-s2.0-56349127013
Molecular dynamics simulations with Tersoff potentials were used to study the response of single crystalline SiC nanotubes under tensile, compressive, torsional, combined tension-torsional, and combined compression-torsional strains. The simulation results reveal that the nanotubes deform through bond-stretching and breaking and exhibit brittle properties under uniaxial tensile strain, except for the thinnest nanotube at high temperatures, which fails in a ductile manner. Under uniaxial compressive strain, the SiC nanotubes buckle with two modes, i.e., shell buckling and column buckling, depending on the length of the nanotubes. Under torsional strain, the nanotubes buckle either collapse in the middle region into a dumbbell-like structure for thinner wall thicknesses or fail by bond breakage for the largest wall thickness. Both the tensile failure stress and buckling stress decrease under combined tension-torsional and combined compression-torsional strain, and they decrease with increasing torsional rate under combined loading. |
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"On modeling the evolution of radiation damage in silicon carbide" [2008] · EID: 2-s2.0-78649413014 | |
"Orientation and temperature dependence of the tensile behavior of GaN nanowires: an atomistic study" Xiaotao Zu, Li Yang, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang, [2008] Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics · DOI: 10.1007/s10854-007-9526-8 | |
"Physical Properties of GaN Nanotubes as Revealed by Computer Simulation" Fei Gao, Xiaotao Zu, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang, [2008] One-Dimensional Nanostructures · DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-74132-1_5 | |
"Radiation detector materials: An overview"
A.J. Peurrung, M. Bliss, W.J. Weber, B.D. Milbrath,
[2008]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0319
Due to events of the past two decades, there has been new and increased usage of radiation-detection technologies for applications in homeland security, nonproliferation, and national defense. As a result, there has been renewed realization of the materials limitations of these technologies and greater demand for the development of next-generation radiation-detection materials. This review describes the current state of radiation-detection material science, with particular emphasis on national security needs and the goal of identifying the challenges and opportunities that this area represents for the materials-science community. Radiation-detector materials physics is reviewed, which sets the stage for performance metrics that determine the relative merit of existing and new materials. Semiconductors and scintillators represent the two primary classes of radiation detector materials that are of interest. The state-of-the-art and limitations for each of these materials classes are presented, along with possible avenues of research. Novel materials that could overcome the need for single crystals will also be discussed. Finally, new methods of material discovery and development are put forward, the goal being to provide more predictive guidance and faster screening of candidate materials and thus, ultimately, the faster development of superior radiation-detection materials. |
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"Radiation effects in zircon and apatite" [2008] Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | |
"Scintillation response of CaF2 to H and He over a continuous energy range" Xia Xiang, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2008] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.03.110 | |
"Scintillation response of CaF |
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"Scintillation response of CaF2 to H and He over a continuous energy range" Xia Xiang, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2008] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.03.110 | |
"Self-assembly of well-aligned 3C-SiC ripples by focused ion beam"
Qiangmin Wei, Jie Lian, Weilin Jiang, William J. Weber, Rodney C. Ewing, Jiaming Zhang,
[2008]
Applied Physics Letters
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2927473
Well-aligned ripple structures on the surface of a single crystal of 3C-SiC were created by focused ion beam bombardment, and the resulting morphology and topography were characterized using in situ focused ion beam/scanning electron microscopy, as well as ex situ atomic force microscopy. The ripple structure formed as a result of ion sputtering beyond a critical incident angle (∼50°), and its characteristic wavelength varied from 158to296nm with changes in the incident angle and ion beam flux. The geometry, ordering, and homogeneity of the ripples can be well controlled by varying the ion beam incident angle and beam current, as required for the fabrication of nanostructures that use SiC for optical and electronic applications. |
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"Structural phase transitions in high-pressure wurtzite to rocksalt phase in GaN and SiC"
F. Gao, L. M. Wang, X. T. Zu, Y. Zhang, W. J. Weber, H. Y. Xiao,
[2008]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2938724
· EID: 2-s2.0-45749136772
Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations are employed to study the atomistic mechanisms and pathways of high-pressure phase transformation in GaN and SiC. Our simulations bring a fundamental level of understanding of the wurtzite to rocksalt phase transformation that undergoes inhomogeneous displacements via a tetragonal atomic configuration, and suggest that the transition path may be independent of the presence of d electrons on the cation in GaN. The discrepancies between experimental and theoretical studies of transition paths are discussed. |
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"Temperature dependence of electron-beam induced effects in amorphous apatite" Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, M. Ishimaru, Y. Hirotsu, M. Higuchi, I.-T. Bae, [2008] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.03.160 | |
"Tuning the band structures of single walled silicon carbide nanotubes with uniaxial strain: A first principles study"
Xiaotao Zu, Haiyan Xiao, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang,
[2008]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2924307
· EID: 2-s2.0-43349091768
Electronic band structures of single-walled silicon carbide nanotubes are studied under uniaxial strain using first principles calculations. The band structure can be tuned by mechanical strain in a wide energy range. The band gap decreases with uniaxial tensile strain, but initially increases with uniaxial compressive strain and then decreases with further increases in compressive strain. These results may provide a way to tune the electronic structures of silicon carbide nanotubes, which may have promising applications in building nanodevices. |
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"A fast screening technique to evaluate detector response" F. Gao, R. Devanathan, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, [2007] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section a-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment · DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.04.019 | |
"Ab Initio atomic simulations of antisite pair recovery in cubic silicon carbide"
J. Du, E. J. Bylaska, M. Posselt, W. J. Weber, F. Gao,
[2007]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2743751
· EID: 2-s2.0-34249894158
The thermal stability of an antisite pair in cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) is studied using ab initio molecular dynamics within the framework of density functional theory. The lifetime of the antisite pair configuration is calculated for temperatures between 1800 and 2250K, and the effective activation energy for antisite pair recombination is determined to be 2.52eV. The recombination energy path and static energy barrier are also calculated using the nudged elastic band method along with the dimer method to accurately locate the transition states. The consistency of the results suggests that the antisite pair cannot be correlated with the DI photoluminescence center, as proposed previously by theoretical interpretations. An extended exchange mechanism is found for the antisite pair recombination. |
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"Ab Initio atomic simulations of antisite pair recovery in cubic silicon carbide"
J. Du, E. J. Bylaska, M. Posselt, W. J. Weber, F. Gao,
[2007]
Applied Physics Letters
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2743751
The thermal stability of an antisite pair in cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) is studied using ab initio molecular dynamics within the framework of density functional theory. The lifetime of the antisite pair configuration is calculated for temperatures between 1800 and 2250K, and the effective activation energy for antisite pair recombination is determined to be 2.52eV. The recombination energy path and static energy barrier are also calculated using the nudged elastic band method along with the dimer method to accurately locate the transition states. The consistency of the results suggests that the antisite pair cannot be correlated with the DI photoluminescence center, as proposed previously by theoretical interpretations. An extended exchange mechanism is found for the antisite pair recombination. |
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"Atomistic modeling of amorphous silicon carbide using a bond-order potential" F. Gao, W.J. Weber, R. Devanathan, [2007] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.11.045 | |
"Atomistic simulation of the size and orientation dependences of thermal conductivity in GaN nanowires"
Xiaotao Zu, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Jean-Paul Crocombette, Zhiguo Wang,
[2007]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2730747
· EID: 2-s2.0-34247333439
The thermal conductivity of GaN nanowires has been determined computationally by applying nonequilibrium atomistic simulation methods using the Stillinger-Weber [Phys. Rev. B 31, 5262 (1985)] potentials. The simulation results show that the thermal conductivity of the GaN nanowires is smaller than that of a bulk crystal and increases with increasing diameter. Surface scattering of phonons and the high surface to volume ratios of the nanowires are primarily responsible for the reduced thermal conductivity and its size dependence behavior. The thermal conductivity is also found to decrease with increasing temperature and exhibits a dependence on axial orientation of the nanowires. |
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"Atomistic simulations of epitaxial recrystallization in 4H-SiC along the 0001 direction" Y. Zhang, R. Devanathan, M. Posselt, W.J. Weber, F. Gao, [2007] Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.11.016 | |
"Atomistic simulations of epitaxial recrystallization in 4H-SiC along the [0 0 0 1] direction" Y. Zhang, R. Devanathan, M. Posselt, W.J. Weber, F. Gao, [2007] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.11.016 · EID: 2-s2.0-33846925501 | |
"Atomistic simulations of epitaxial recrystallization in 4H-SiC along the [0001] direction" Y. Zhang, R. Devanathan, M. Posselt, W.J. Weber, F. Gao, [2007] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.11.016 | |
"Atomistic simulations of the size, orientation, and temperature dependence of tensile behavior in GaN nanowires" Xiaotao Zu, Li Yang, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang, [2007] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.76.045310 · EID: 2-s2.0-34447330689 | |
"Atomistic study of the melting behavior of single crystalline wurtzite gallium nitride nanowires"
Xiaotao Zu, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang,
[2007]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0095
Molecular dynamic simulation was used to study the melting behavior of gallium nitride (GaN) nanowires with the Stillinger-Weber potential. Our results reveal that the melting of the nanowires starts from the surface and rapidly extends to the inner regions of nanowires as temperature increases. The melting temperatures increase to saturation values ∼3100 and ∼2900 K when the diameters of nanowires are larger than 3.14 and 4.14 nm for the nanowires with [100]- and [110]-oriented lateral facets, respectively. The saturated values are close to the melting temperature of bulk GaN. The low melting temperature of GaN nanowires with small diameter may be associated with the large surfaces of nanowires. |
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"Behavior of Si and C atoms in ion amorphized SiC"
Y. Zhang, M. H. Engelhard, W. J. Weber, G. J. Exarhos, J. Lian, R. C. Ewing, W. Jiang,
[2007]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2431941
· EID: 2-s2.0-33847742165
Single crystal 6H-SiC wafers were fully amorphized at room temperature or 200K using 1.0 or 2.0MeV Au+ ion irradiation. The thickness of the amorphized layers has been determined using Rutherford backscattering spectrometry under ion channeling conditions. Microstructures of the irradiated SiC have been examined using cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy. The depth profiles of both the Si and C atoms have been studied using both x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and time-of-flight energy elastic recoil detection analysis. Neither Si nor C in the amorphized SiC exhibits a significant mass transport by diffusion during the irradiation and subsequent storage at room temperature. There is no observable phase segregation of either Si or C in the amorphized SiC. Ar+ ion sputtering leads to modifications of the composition, structure, and chemical bonding at the 6H-SiC surface. The Si–Si bonds at the sputtered surface (amorphized) do not appear, as suggested by the XPS; however, Raman backscattering data reveal the existence of the Si–Si bonds in the bulk amorphized SiC, in addition to the C–C and Si–C bonds that the XPS also identified. |
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"Disordering and dopant behaviour in Au+-ion- irradiated AlN" I-T Bae, W J Weber, W Jiang, [2007] Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/35/356207 | |
"Disordering and dopant behaviour in Au+-ion-irradiated AlN" I-T Bae, W J Weber, W Jiang, [2007] Journal of Physics Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/35/356207 · EID: 2-s2.0-66549110244 | |
"Disordering and dopant behaviour in Au + -ion-irradiated AlN" I-T Bae, W J Weber, W Jiang, [2007] Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/35/356207 | |
"Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Computer Simulation of Radiation Effects in Solids (COSIRES 2006)" L. René Corrales, Ram Devanathan, Fei Gao, Howard L. Heinisch, William J. Weber, [2007] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.11.001 | |
"Effect of ionization rates on dynamic recovery processes during electron-beam irradiation of 6H-SiC"
William J. Weber, Manabu Ishimaru, Yoshihiko Hirotsu, In-Tae Bae,
[2007]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2715135
· EID: 2-s2.0-33947579769
The authors have investigated the effects of 200 and 300keV electron-beam irradiations on amorphization in 6H-SiC at 100 and 295K. Amorphization is induced by the accumulation of defects produced by direct atomic displacements. Dynamic recovery of these defects during irradiation, due to temperature increases and ionization effects, results in increases in the amorphization dose. By comparing with previous data for 2MeV electrons and 1.5MeV Xe ions, the results demonstrate that ionization-enhanced recovery in 6H-SiC dramatically increases above an ionization rate threshold. |
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"Electron-beam induced recrystallization in amorphous apatite"
Yanwen Zhang, William J. Weber, Mikio Higuchi, Lucille A. Giannuzzi, In-Tae Bae,
[2007]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2430779
· EID: 2-s2.0-33846206841
Electron-beam induced recrystallization of irradiation-induced amorphous Sr2Nd8(SiO4)6O2 is investigated in situ using transmission electron microscopy with 200keV electrons at room temperature. Epitaxial recrystallization is observed from both the amorphous/crystalline interface and the surface, and the recrystallization is more pronounced with increasing electron-beam flux. Since the temperature increase induced by electron-beam irradiation is estimated to be less than 7K and maximum energies transferred to target atoms are below the displacement energies, ionization-induced processes are considered to be the primary mechanisms for the solid-phase epitaxial recrystallization observed in the present study. |
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"Gamma-ray interaction in Ge: A Monte Carlo simulation" L.W. Campbell, R. Devanathan, Y.L. Xie, Y. Zhang, A.J. Peurrung, W.J. Weber, F. Gao, [2007] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.11.031 · EID: 2-s2.0-33846908477 | |
"Identifying and quantifying actinide radiation damage in ceramics with radiological magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance" [2007] · EID: 2-s2.0-34250868921 | |
"Model of plasmon decay for electron cascade simulation" Fei Gao, Ram Devanathan, William J. Weber, Luke Campbell, [2007] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.04.095 · EID: 2-s2.0-34547656291 | |
"Molecular dynamics modeling of the thermal conductivity of irradiated SiC as a function of cascade overlap"
Guillaume Dumazer, Nguyen Quoc Hoang, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Jean-Paul Crocombette,
[2007]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2431397
· EID: 2-s2.0-33847760302
SiC thermal conductivity is known to decrease under irradiation. To understand this effect, we study the variation of the thermal conductivity of cubic SiC with defect accumulation induced by displacement cascades. We use an empirical potential of the Tersoff type in the framework of nonequilibrium molecular dynamics. The conductivity of SiC is found to decrease with dose, in very good quantitative agreement with low temperature irradiation experiments. The results are analyzed in view of the amorphization states that are created by the cascade accumulation simulations. The calculated conductivity values at lower doses are close to the smallest measured values after high temperature irradiation, indicating that the decrease of the conductivity observed at lower doses is related to the creation of point defects. A subsequent decrease takes place upon further cascade accumulation. It is characteristic of the amorphization of the material and is experimentally observed for low temperature irradiation only. |
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"Monte Carlo method for simulating γ-ray interaction with materials: A case study on Si" Luke W. Campbell, Ram Devanathan, Yulong Xie, L. Rene Corrales, Anthony J. Peurrung, William J. Weber, Fei Gao, [2007] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.04.063 · EID: 2-s2.0-34547682209 | |
"Monte Carlo simulations of defect recovery within a 10 keV collision cascade in 3C-SiC"
Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Gerhard Hobler, Zhouwen Rong,
[2007]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2812701
· EID: 2-s2.0-36749045237
A kinetic lattice Monte Carlo (KLMC) model is developed to investigate the recovery and clustering of defects during annealing of a single 10 keV cascade in cubic silicon carbide. The 10 keV Si cascade is produced by molecular dynamics (MD), and a method of transferring the defects created by MD simulations to the KLMC model is developed. The KLMC model parameters are obtained from MD simulations and ab initio calculations of defect migration, recombination, and annihilation. The defects are annealed isothermally from 100 K to 1000 K in the KLMC model. Two distinct recovery stages for close Frenkel pairs are observed at about 200 and 550 K, and the growth of complex clusters is observed above 400 K. These simulation results are in good agreement with available experimental results. |
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"Monte Carlo simulations of defect recovery within a 10 keV collision cascade in 3C–SiC"
Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Gerhard Hobler, Zhouwen Rong,
[2007]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2812701
A kinetic lattice Monte Carlo (KLMC) model is developed to investigate the recovery and clustering of defects during annealing of a single 10 keV cascade in cubic silicon carbide. The 10 keV Si cascade is produced by molecular dynamics (MD), and a method of transferring the defects created by MD simulations to the KLMC model is developed. The KLMC model parameters are obtained from MD simulations and ab initio calculations of defect migration, recombination, and annihilation. The defects are annealed isothermally from 100 K to 1000 K in the KLMC model. Two distinct recovery stages for close Frenkel pairs are observed at about 200 and 550 K, and the growth of complex clusters is observed above 400 K. These simulation results are in good agreement with available experimental results. |
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"Quantification of actinide α-radiation damage in minerals and ceramics" Herman Cho, William J. Weber, Ian Farnan, [2007] · DOI: 10.1038/nature05425 · EID: 2-s2.0-33846251827 | |
"Radiation detector resolution over a continuous energy range"
Brian D. Milbrath, William J. Weber, Mikael Elfman, Harry J. Whitlow, Yanwen Zhang,
[2007]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2776978
· EID: 2-s2.0-34548398496
An ion approach is demonstrated to determine energy resolution in both semiconductor detectors and scintillators over a continuous energy range. For semiconductors, the energy resolution of a silicon detector was measured as a function of helium ion energy, and the values from extrapolation to high energies are in good agreement with the literature data from alpha measurements. For scintillators, benchmark crystals subject to He+ irradiation were investigated, and the agreement of energy resolution between the ion and gamma measurements indicates that the ion approach can be used to predict the energy resolution of the candidate materials in thin-film form or small crystals when large crystals necessary for gamma-ray measurements are unavailable. |
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"Radiation effects in a model ceramic for nuclear waste disposal" William J. Weber, Ram Devanathan, [2007] · DOI: 10.1007/s11837-007-0051-2 · EID: 2-s2.0-34548178265 | |
"Size dependence of melting of GaN nanowires with triangular cross sections"
Xiaotao Zu, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang,
[2007]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2512140
· EID: 2-s2.0-33847642107
Molecular dynamics simulations have been used to study the melting of GaN nanowires with triangular cross sections. The variation in potential energy as a function of the cross-sectional area of GaN nanowires, along with the atomic configuration, is used to monitor the phase transition. The thermal stability of GaN nanowires is strongly size dependent. The melting temperature of the GaN nanowires increases with increasing cross-sectional area to a saturation value. Melting of the nanowires is initiated at the surface edges formed by the triangular shape and then spreads across the nanowire surface. As temperature increases, the melting expands into the inner regions of the nanowires. |
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"Stopping power measurements of He ions in Si and SiC by time-of-flight spectrometry" J. Jensen, G. Possnert, D.A. Grove, In-Tae Bae, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, [2007] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.04.276 · EID: 2-s2.0-34447265533 | |
"Thermal conductivity of GaN nanotubes simulated by nonequilibrium molecular dynamics" Fei Gao, Jean-Paul Crocombette, X. T. Zu, L. Yang, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang, [2007] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.75.153303 · EID: 2-s2.0-34247163577 | |
"Validation of potential models for Li |
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"Validation of potential models for Li2O in classical molecular dynamics simulation" Yasuhisa Oya, Satoru Tanaka, William J. Weber, Takuji Oda, [2007] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2007.03.139 | |
"Variation in lattice parameters of 6H-SiC irradiated to extremely low doses"
P. Nachimuthu, W. J. Weber, L. Ginzbursky, W. Jiang,
[2007]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2778630
· EID: 2-s2.0-34548438080
Irradiation of 6H-SiC single crystals was performed using 4MeV H+ ions at 340 and 210K. The changes in lattice parameters in the basal plane and along the c axes were measured as a function of dose using high-resolution x-ray diffraction. The c-axis lattice parameter increases monotonically with the increasing dose, while a-axis lattice parameter decreases at extremely low doses. An initial volumetric contraction of the unit cell is observed. The decrease in the a parameter may originate from the irradiation-induced vacancies and the possible formation of antisite defects that cause the lattice structure on the basal plane to shrink. |
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"Applications of Monte Carlo Methods to Simulate Gamma Ray Interactions in Si and Ge" Fei Gao, Ram Devanathan, Yulong Xie, Anthony J. Peurrung, William J. Webber, Luke Campbell, [2006] IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record · DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2006.353821 | |
"Atomic level imaging of Au nanocluster dispersed in TiO |
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"Atomic level imaging of Au nanocluster dispersed in TiO2 and SrTiO3" V. Shutthanandan, Y. Zhang, S. Thevuthasan, L.E. Thomas, W.J. Weber, G. Duscher, C.M. Wang, [2006] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.08.144 | |
"Atomic-level simulation of epitaxial recrystallization and phase transformation in SiC"
R. Devanathan, Y. Zhang, M. Posselt, W.J. Weber, F. Gao,
[2006]
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0176
· EID: 2-s2.0-33745986711
A nano-sized amorphous layer embedded in an atomic simulation cell was used to study the amorphous-to-crystalline (a-c) transition and subsequent phase transformation by molecular-dynamics computer simulations in 3C–SiC. The recovery of bond defects at the interfaces is an important process driving the initial epitaxial recrystallization of the amorphous layer, which is hindered by the nucleation of a polycrystalline 2H–SiC phase. The kink sites and triple junctions formed at the interfaces between 2H– and 3C–SiC provide low-energy paths for 2H–SiC atoms to transform to 3C–SiC atoms. The spectrum of activation energies associated with these processes ranges from below 0.8 eV to about 1.9 eV. |
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"Atomic-level simulations of epitaxial recrystallization and amorphous-to-crystalline transition in 4H-SiC" Y. Zhang, M. Posselt, W. J. Weber, F. Gao, [2006] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.74.104108 · EID: 2-s2.0-33748686180 | |
"Atomic-level study of melting behavior of GaN nanotubes"
Xiaotao Zu, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang,
[2006]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2345616
· EID: 2-s2.0-33749316967
Molecular dynamics simulations with a Stillinger-Weber potential have been used to investigate the melting behavior of wurtzite-type single-crystalline GaN nanotubes. The simulations show that the melting temperature of the GaN nanotubes increases with the thickness of the nanotubes to a saturation value, which is close to the melting temperature of a GaN slab. The results reveal that the nanotubes begin to melt at the surface, and then the melting rapidly extends to the interior of the nanotubes as the temperature increases. The melting temperature of a single-crystalline GaN nanotube with [100]-oriented lateral facets is higher than that with [110]-oriented lateral facets for the same thickness. |
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"Atomistic simulation of amorphization thermokinetics in lanthanum pyrozirconate"
Alain Chartier, William J. Weber, Jean-Paul Crocombette,
[2006]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2171651
· EID: 2-s2.0-31944431691
The kinetics of amorphization in La2Zr2O7 pyrochlore is investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. Irradiation damage is simulated by continuous accumulation of cation Frenkel pairs at various temperatures. As observed experimentally, La2Zr2O7 first transitions to the fluorite structure, independent of the temperature, and amorphization occurs at low temperatures. A model fit of the simulated dose-temperature curve reproduces experimental results in the literature, with a low temperature amorphization dose D0=1.1 displacement per cation and an activation energy Eact=0.036eV. Present simulations indicate that point defect recombination can control the temperature dependence of amorphization driven by point defect accumulation. |
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"Atomistic simulation of brittle to ductile transition in GaN nanotubes"
Xiaotao Zu, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, Zhiguo Wang,
[2006]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2405879
· EID: 2-s2.0-33845726563
Molecular dynamics methods with a Stillinger-Weber [Phys. Rev. B 31, 5262 (1985)] potential have been used to investigate the mechanical properties of wurtzite-type single-crystalline GaN nanotubes under applied tensile strains. At low temperatures, the nanotubes show brittle properties, whereas at high temperatures, they behave as ductile materials. The brittle to ductile transition (BDT) is systematically investigated and the corresponding transition temperatures have been determined in GaN nanotubes. The BDT temperature generally increases with increasing thickness of nanotubes and strain rate. |
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"Atomistic simulation of collision cascades in zircon" L.R. Corrales, W.J. Weber, A. Chartier, C. Meis, R. Devanathan, [2006] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.04.109 · EID: 2-s2.0-33746279637 | |
"Atomistic simulations on the thermal stability of the antisite pair in 3C- and 4H-SiC" F. Gao, W. J. Weber, M. Posselt, [2006] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.73.125206 · EID: 2-s2.0-33645472131 | |
"Computational and experimental studies of the radiation response of Gd |
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"Computer simulation of defects and oxygen transport in yttria-stabilized zirconia" W WEBER, S SINGHAL, J GALE, R DEVANATHAN, [2006] · DOI: 10.1016/j.ssi.2006.06.030 · EID: 2-s2.0-33747783895 | |
"Development of partial-charge potential for GaN" Ram Devanathan, Takuji Oda, William J. Weber, Fei Gao, [2006] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.04.082 · EID: 2-s2.0-33746292128 | |
"Direct evidence of N aggregation and diffusion in Au + irradiated GaN"
Y. Zhang, W. J. Weber, J. Lian, R. C. Ewing, W. Jiang,
[2006]
Applied Physics Letters
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2219418
· EID: 2-s2.0-33746238071
A surface amorphized layer and a buried disordered structure were created in gallium nitride (GaN) irradiated using 1.0MeV Au+ ions to fluences of 25 and 70Au+∕nm2 at room temperature. Bubbles of N2 gas within both the amorphized and disordered GaN are formed. A gradient profile with a lower N concentration in the amorphized region is observed, which provides direct evidence of N loss by diffusion in the Au+ irradiated GaN. These results are important to understanding the amorphization processes in GaN and may have significant implications for the design and fabrication of GaN-based devices. |
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"Direct evidence of N aggregation and diffusion in Au+ irradiated GaN"
Y. Zhang, W. J. Weber, J. Lian, R. C. Ewing, W. Jiang,
[2006]
Applied Physics Letters
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2219418
A surface amorphized layer and a buried disordered structure were created in gallium nitride (GaN) irradiated using 1.0MeV Au+ ions to fluences of 25 and 70Au+∕nm2 at room temperature. Bubbles of N2 gas within both the amorphized and disordered GaN are formed. A gradient profile with a lower N concentration in the amorphized region is observed, which provides direct evidence of N loss by diffusion in the Au+ irradiated GaN. These results are important to understanding the amorphization processes in GaN and may have significant implications for the design and fabrication of GaN-based devices. |
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"Effect of irradiation temperature on dynamic recovery in gallium nitride" W.J. Weber, W. Jiang, [2006] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.08.163 · EID: 2-s2.0-28644450256 | |
"Electronic stopping forces of heavy ions in metal oxides" J. Jensen, G. Possnert, D.A. Grove, D.E. McCready, B.W. Arey, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, [2006] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.03.013 · EID: 2-s2.0-33745946812 | |
"Electronic stopping powers for Be, Ca and Ti in SiC" W.J. Weber, A. Razpet, G. Possnert, Y. Zhang, [2006] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.08.172 · EID: 2-s2.0-28644445403 | |
"Electronic stopping powers for heavy ions in niobium and tantalum pentoxides" W.J. Weber, D.A. Grove, J. Jensen, G. Possnert, Y. Zhang, [2006] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.04.148 · EID: 2-s2.0-33746283352 | |
"Helium behaviour in waste conditioning matrices during thermal annealing" J.-P. Hiernaut, P.M.G. Damen, S. Lutique, R. Fromknecht, W.J. Weber, T.A.G. Wiss, [2006] · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2006.02.055 · EID: 2-s2.0-33744971856 | |
"Hydrogen behavior in Mg+-implanted graphite"
V. Shutthanandan, Y. Zhang, S. Thevuthasan, W.J. Weber, G.J. Exarhos, W. Jiang,
[2006]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0121
· EID: 2-s2.0-33744537564
A graphite wafer has been implanted with Mg+to produce a uniform Mg concentration. Subsequent H+implantation covered the Mg+-implanted and -unimplanted regions. Ion-beam analysis shows a higher H retention in graphite embedded with Mg than in regions without Mg. A small amount of H diffuses out of the H+-implanted graphite during thermal annealing at temperatures up to 300 °C. However, significant H release from the region implanted with Mg+and H+ions occurs at 150 °C; further release is also observed at 300 °C. The results suggest that there are efficient H trapping centers and fast pathways for H diffusion in the Mg+-implanted graphite, which may prove highly desirable for reversible H storage. |
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"Hydrogen behavior in Mg+-implanted graphite"
V. Shutthanandan, Y. Zhang, S. Thevuthasan, W.J. Weber, G.J. Exarhos, W. Jiang,
[2006]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0121
A graphite wafer has been implanted with Mg+to produce a uniform Mg concentration. Subsequent H+implantation covered the Mg+-implanted and -unimplanted regions. Ion-beam analysis shows a higher H retention in graphite embedded with Mg than in regions without Mg. A small amount of H diffuses out of the H+-implanted graphite during thermal annealing at temperatures up to 300 °C. However, significant H release from the region implanted with Mg+and H+ions occurs at 150 °C; further release is also observed at 300 °C. The results suggest that there are efficient H trapping centers and fast pathways for H diffusion in the Mg+-implanted graphite, which may prove highly desirable for reversible H storage. |
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"Irradiation behavior of SrTiO Damage accumulation on both the Sr and Ti sublattices in strontium titanate (SrTiO3) has been investigated under 1.0MeV Au+ irradiation at 360 and 400K, close to the critical temperature for amorphization (∼370K). Under irradiation at 360K, the relative disorder on both sublattices follows a nonlinear dependence on ion dose. Amorphization starts from the damage peak region (at a depth of 60nm) and grows toward the surface and into the bulk. At 400K, the evolution of point defects to extended defects occurs as ion fluence increases. The disorder initially peaks at a depth of 60nm, saturates at a disorder level of ∼0.75, and then decreases with further irradiation. At an ion fluence of 6.0×1015cm−2, an amorphous layer of ∼10nm thickness is formed at the sample surface. After annealing at 375K for 1h, the buried amorphous layer formed during irradiation at 360K is recrystallized with planar defects and dislocation loops. However, the surface amorphous layer formed at 400K irradiation remains amorphous, and fewer defects are observed in the irradiated region. Irradiation-enhanced recrystallization due to high flux electron energy deposition is observed. |
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"Irradiation behavior of SrTiO(3) at temperatures close to the critical temperature for amorphization"
C. M. Wang, M. H. Engelhard, W. J. Weber, Y. Zhang,
[2006]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2399932
Damage accumulation on both the Sr and Ti sublattices in strontium titanate (SrTiO3) has been investigated under 1.0MeV Au+ irradiation at 360 and 400K, close to the critical temperature for amorphization (∼370K). Under irradiation at 360K, the relative disorder on both sublattices follows a nonlinear dependence on ion dose. Amorphization starts from the damage peak region (at a depth of 60nm) and grows toward the surface and into the bulk. At 400K, the evolution of point defects to extended defects occurs as ion fluence increases. The disorder initially peaks at a depth of 60nm, saturates at a disorder level of ∼0.75, and then decreases with further irradiation. At an ion fluence of 6.0×1015cm−2, an amorphous layer of ∼10nm thickness is formed at the sample surface. After annealing at 375K for 1h, the buried amorphous layer formed during irradiation at 360K is recrystallized with planar defects and dislocation loops. However, the surface amorphous layer formed at 400K irradiation remains amorphous, and fewer defects are observed in the irradiated region. Irradiation-enhanced recrystallization due to high flux electron energy deposition is observed. |
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"Irradiation-induced nanostructures in cadmium niobate pyrochlores" W.J. Weber, J.S. Young, L.A. Boatner, J. Lian, L.M. Wang, R.C. Ewing, W. Jiang, [2006] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.04.106 · EID: 2-s2.0-33746294355 | |
"Molecular dynamics simulation of energetic uranium recoil damage in zircon" L. R. Corrales, W. J. Weber, A. Chartier, C. Meis, R. Devanathan, [2006] · DOI: 10.1080/08927020600959929 · EID: 2-s2.0-34548168264 | |
"Non-linear damage accumulation in Au-irradiated SrTiO |
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"Non-linear damage accumulation in Au-irradiated SrTiO3" W.J. Weber, V. Shutthanandan, S. Thevuthasan, Y. Zhang, [2006] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.05.018 | |
"Radiation effects in lanthanum pyrozirconate" J.-P. Crocombette, C. Meis, W.J. Weber, L.R. Corrales, A. Chartier, [2006] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.04.079 · EID: 2-s2.0-33746269915 | |
"Radiation-induced effects in pyrochlores and nanoscale materials engineering" W.J. Weber, W. Jiang, L.M. Wang, L.A. Boatner, R.C. Ewing, Jie Lian, [2006] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.04.157 · EID: 2-s2.0-33746477510 | |
"Short- and medium-range structure of amorphous zircon from molecular dynamics simulations" Ram Devanathan, L. René Corrales, William J. Weber, Alastair N. Cormack, Jincheng Du, [2006] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.74.214204 · EID: 2-s2.0-33845679902 | |
"Signal variance in gamma-ray detectors-A review" L.R. Corrales, F. Gao, W.J. Weber, R. Devanathan, [2006] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.05.085 · EID: 2-s2.0-33748075165 | |
"Signal variance in gamma-ray detectors—A review" L.R. Corrales, F. Gao, W.J. Weber, R. Devanathan, [2006] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment · DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.05.085 | |
"Temperature response of 1313 atoms in amorphized 6H-SiC"
Y. Zhang, V. Shutthanandan, S. Thevuthasan, W. J. Weber, W. Jiang,
[2006]
Applied Physics Letters
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2422892
· EID: 2-s2.0-33846062158
Implantation of C2+13 ions was employed to produce a concentration profile in 6H–SiC at 140K. In situ study of C13-implanted species was performed using the resonant reaction of C13(p,γ)N14 at Ep=1.748MeV. Significant C13 diffusion in the amorphized SiC does not occur up to 1130K. The presence of Au implants (1.9at.%) does not affect the C13 behavior. High-energy H+ irradiation also does not promote the C13 diffusion. The results suggest that C atoms are readily trapped locally in the SiC structure during disordering, which is important in understanding the amorphization and recrystallization processes in SiC. |
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"Temperature response of C-13 atoms in amorphized 6H-SiC"
Y. Zhang, V. Shutthanandan, S. Thevuthasan, W. J. Weber, W. Jiang,
[2006]
Applied Physics Letters
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2422892
Implantation of C2+13 ions was employed to produce a concentration profile in 6H–SiC at 140K. In situ study of C13-implanted species was performed using the resonant reaction of C13(p,γ)N14 at Ep=1.748MeV. Significant C13 diffusion in the amorphized SiC does not occur up to 1130K. The presence of Au implants (1.9at.%) does not affect the C13 behavior. High-energy H+ irradiation also does not promote the C13 diffusion. The results suggest that C atoms are readily trapped locally in the SiC structure during disordering, which is important in understanding the amorphization and recrystallization processes in SiC. |
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"Theoretical study of helium insertion and diffusion in 3C-SiC" Alain Chartier, Constantin Meis, William J. Weber, L. René Corrales, Renée M. Van Ginhoven, [2006] · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2005.09.006 · EID: 2-s2.0-29244483419 | |
"Accumulation and recovery of disorder in Au2+-irradiated Cd |
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"Accumulation and recovery of disorder in Au2+-irradiated Cd2Nb2O7" W.J. Weber, L.A. Boatner, W. Jiang, [2005] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.07.046 | |
"Annealing simulations of nano-sized amorphous structures in SiC" R. Devanathan, Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, F. Gao, [2005] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.10.057 · EID: 2-s2.0-11344274110 | |
"Atomic-level computer simulation of SiC: Defect accumulation, mechanical properties and defect recovery" W. J. Weber, F. Gao *, [2005] · DOI: 10.1080/02678370412331320170 · EID: 2-s2.0-27144518331 | |
"Cadmium nanowire formation induced by ion irradiation" W. J. Weber, C. M. Wang, J. S. Young, L. A. Boatner, J. Lian, L. M. Wang, R. C. Ewing, W. Jiang, [2005] · DOI: 10.1002/adma.200500118 · EID: 2-s2.0-22044454335 | |
"Computational model of alpha-decay damage accumulation in zircon" W.J. Weber, H.L. Heinisch, [2005] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.10.059 · EID: 2-s2.0-11344292039 | |
"Defect Properties in GaN: Ab Initio and Empirical Potential Calculations"
Eric J. Bylaska, William J. Weber, Fei Gao,
[2005]
Materials Science Forum
· DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.475-479.3087
The defect properties and atomic configurations in GaN have been comparatively investigated using density functional theory (DFT) and molecular dynamics method with two representative potentials. The DFT calculations show that the relaxation of vacancies is generally small, but the relaxation around antisite defects is large. The N interstitials, starting from any possible configurations, eventually relax into a N+-N< 0 2 11 > split interstitial. In the case of Ga interstitials, the most stable configuration is a Ga octahedral interstitial, but the Ga+-Ga< 0 2 11 > split interstitial can bridge the gap between non-bounded Ga atoms. The formation energies of vacancies and antisite defects obtained using the Stillinger-Weber potential (SW) are in reasonable agreement with those obtained by DFT calculations, whereas the Tersoff-Brenner (TB) potential better describes the behavior of N interstitials. |
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"Defects and ion-solid interactions in silicon carbide" [2005] · EID: 2-s2.0-17144369547 | |
"Effects of electron irradiation in nuclear waste glasses" L. M. Wang *, R. C. Ewing, W. J. Weber, K. Sun, [2005] · DOI: 10.1080/02678370412331320080 · EID: 2-s2.0-32144463390 | |
"Electronic stopping powers for He, Be and F ions in Au" W.J. Weber, A. Razpet, G. Possnert, Y. Zhang, [2005] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.10.082 · EID: 2-s2.0-10444285481 | |
"Elemental dissolution study of Pu-bearing borosilicate glasses" J.P. Icenhower, W.J. Weber, D.M. Wellman, [2005] · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2004.10.166 · EID: 2-s2.0-14844323150 | |
"Erratum: Carbon analysis using energetic ion beams (Nucleae Instruments and Methods in Phusics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms (2004) 222 (538-546) DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.03.001)" V. Shutthanandan, S. Thevuthasan, D.E. McCready, W.J. Weber, W. Jiang, [2005] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.10.083 · EID: 2-s2.0-10144229388 | |
"Erratum to: “Carbon analysis using energetic ion beams” [Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 222 (2004) 538–546]" V. Shutthanandan, S. Thevuthasan, D.E. McCready, W.J. Weber, W. Jiang, [2005] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.10.083 | |
"Experimental determination of electronic stopping for ions in silicon dioxide"
W. J. Weber, D. E. McCready, D. A. Grove, J. Jensen, G. Possnert, Y. Zhang,
[2005]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2041828
· EID: 2-s2.0-24644497112
The electronic energy loss for He4, Li7, Be9, C12, O16, F19, and Si28 ions in self-supporting silicon dioxide foils has been measured over a continuous range of energies. The measured He stopping powers are in good agreement with the SRIM-2003 (Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter) prediction. In the case of Li and C ions, the measured stopping powers exhibit some deviation from the SRIM-2003 predictions only around the Bragg peak; however, for Be, O, F, and Si ions, the measure stopping powers exhibit up to 10% deviation from the SRIM-2003 predictions over the entire energy range. The results indicate that the modified Bohr formula is suitable for scaling the stopping number for C and heavier ions in the classical interaction regime. |
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"Insights into the radiation response of pyrochlores from calculations of threshold displacement events"
W. J. Weber, R. Devanathan,
[2005]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.2120889
· EID: 2-s2.0-27744503138
We have used molecular-dynamics simulations to examine the displacement threshold energy (Ed) surface for cations and anions in Gd2Ti2O7 and Gd2Zr2O7 pyrochlores. In both pyrochlores, the Ed surface is highly anisotropic and it requires less energy to displace anions than cations. Both anion and cation Ed values are higher in the titanate compared to the zirconate. Titanium displacement energies are in excess of 170eV for all directions examined, because cation exchange is less energetically favorable in Gd2Ti2O7 compared to Gd2Zr2O7. These high-energy Ti displacements result in the formation of defect clusters that may prevent efficient defect recovery. This provides an explanation for the difference in susceptibility to amorphization between titanate and zirconate pyrochlores. |
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"Ion-induced damage accumulation and electron-beam-enhanced recrystallization in SrTiO3" J. Lian, C. M. Wang, W. Jiang, R. C. Ewing, W. J. Weber, Y. Zhang, [2005] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.72.094112 · EID: 2-s2.0-29644447959 | |
"Molecular dynamic simulation of disorder induced amorphization in pyrochlore" C. Meis, J.-P. Crocombette, W. J. Weber, L. R. Corrales, A. Chartier, [2005] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.025505 · EID: 2-s2.0-18144408786 | |
"Molecular dynamics simulation of defect production in collision cascades in zircon" L.R. Corrales, W.J. Weber, A. Chartier, C. Meis, R. Devanathan, [2005] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.10.060 · EID: 2-s2.0-11344271733 | |
"Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure study of disordering in Gd |
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"Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure study of disordering in Gd2(Ti1-yZry)2O7 pyrochlores" Suntharampillai Thevuthasan, Evan M. Adams, William J. Weber, Bruce D. Begg, Bongjin S. Mun, David K. Shuh, Dennis W. Lindle, Eric M. Gullikson, Rupert C. C. Perera, Ponnusamy Nachimuthu, [2005] The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · DOI: 10.1021/jp0447789 | |
"Near-edge x-ray absorption fine-structure study of ion-beam-induced phase transformation in Gd The structural and electronic properties of Gd2(Ti1−yZry)2O7 (y=0–1) pyrochlores following a 2.0-MeV Au2+ ion-beam irradiation (∼5.0×1014Au2+∕cm2) have been investigated by Ti2p and O1s near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS). The irradiation of Gd2(Ti1−yZry)2O7 leads to the phase transformation from the ordered pyrochlore structure (Fd3m) to the defect fluorite structure (Fm3m) regardless of Zr concentration. Irradiated Gd2(Ti1−yZry)2O7 with y⩽0.5 are amorphous, although significant short-range order is present. Contrasting to this behavior, compositions with y⩾0.75 retain crystallinity in the defect fluorite structure following irradiation. The local structures of Zr4+ in the irradiated Gd2(Ti1−yZry)2O7 with y⩾0.75 determined by NEXAFS are the same as in the cubic fluorite-structured yttria-stabilized zirconia (Y–ZrO2), thereby providing conclusive evidence for the phase transformation. The TiO6 octahedra present in Gd2(Ti1−yZry)2O7 are completely modified by ion-beam irradiation to TiOx polyhedra, and the Ti coordination is increased to eight with longer Ti–O bond distances. The similarity between cation sites and the degree of disorder in Gd2Zr2O7 facilitate the rearrangement and relaxation of Gd, Zr, and O ions∕defects. This inhibits amorphization during the ion-beam-induced phase transition to the radiation-resistant defect fluorite structure, which is in contrast to the ordered Gd2Ti2O7. |
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"Near-edge x-ray absorption fine-structure study of ion-beam-induced phase transformation in Gd2(Ti1-yZry)2O7 -: art. no. 033518"
S. Thevuthasan, V. Shutthanandan, E. M. Adams, W. J. Weber, B. D. Begg, D. K. Shuh, D. W. Lindle, E. M. Gullikson, R. C. C. Perera, P. Nachimuthu,
[2005]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.1840097
The structural and electronic properties of Gd2(Ti1−yZry)2O7 (y=0–1) pyrochlores following a 2.0-MeV Au2+ ion-beam irradiation (∼5.0×1014Au2+∕cm2) have been investigated by Ti2p and O1s near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS). The irradiation of Gd2(Ti1−yZry)2O7 leads to the phase transformation from the ordered pyrochlore structure (Fd3m) to the defect fluorite structure (Fm3m) regardless of Zr concentration. Irradiated Gd2(Ti1−yZry)2O7 with y⩽0.5 are amorphous, although significant short-range order is present. Contrasting to this behavior, compositions with y⩾0.75 retain crystallinity in the defect fluorite structure following irradiation. The local structures of Zr4+ in the irradiated Gd2(Ti1−yZry)2O7 with y⩾0.75 determined by NEXAFS are the same as in the cubic fluorite-structured yttria-stabilized zirconia (Y–ZrO2), thereby providing conclusive evidence for the phase transformation. The TiO6 octahedra present in Gd2(Ti1−yZry)2O7 are completely modified by ion-beam irradiation to TiOx polyhedra, and the Ti coordination is increased to eight with longer Ti–O bond distances. The similarity between cation sites and the degree of disorder in Gd2Zr2O7 facilitate the rearrangement and relaxation of Gd, Zr, and O ions∕defects. This inhibits amorphization during the ion-beam-induced phase transition to the radiation-resistant defect fluorite structure, which is in contrast to the ordered Gd2Ti2O7. |
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"Nitrogen analysis using energetic ion beams"
V. Shutthanandan, S. Thevuthasan, C. M. Wang, W. J. Weber, W. Jiang,
[2005]
· DOI: 10.1002/sia.1991
· EID: 2-s2.0-17144364736
As a special case of nuclear reaction analysis (NRA), nuclear elastic scattering analysis (or non‐Rutherford scattering analysis) is one of the important methods in ion beam analysis and is the preferred technique to analyze light elements in a heavy matrix. Compared with nuclear reaction, nuclear scattering usually has cross‐sections several orders of magnitude larger, which allows quantitative analysis of light elements in a quicker and more convenient manner. Similar to NRA, this method complements the analysis of widely used Rutherford backscattering spectrometry. In this study, the scattering cross‐sections for14N(p,p)14N and14N(α,α)14N at a laboratory angle of 150° are measured over energy regions from 2.480 to 3.774 MeV using an amorphous film of Si3N4on Si wafer. Examples for the analysis of lattice disorder on the nitrogen sublattice in Au2+‐irradiated GaN single crystals will be demonstrated. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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"Self-assembling of nanocavities in TiO2 dispersed with Au nanoclusters" Y. Zhang, V. Shutthanandan, D. R. Baer, W. J. Weber, L. E. Thomas, S. Thevuthasan, G. Duscher, C. M. Wang, [2005] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.72.245421 · EID: 2-s2.0-29744432443 | |
"Studies of damage accumulation in 4H silicon carbide by ion-channeling techniques" [2005] · EID: 2-s2.0-17144414166 | |
"A comparative study of the structure and energetics of elementary defects in 3C- and 4H-SiC" F Gao, W J Weber, V Belko, M Posselt, [2004] · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/8/015 · EID: 2-s2.0-1642323582 | |
"Amorphization of silicon carbide by carbon displacement"
F. Gao, W. J. Weber, R. Devanathan,
[2004]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.1739515
· EID: 2-s2.0-2942576481
We have used molecular dynamics simulations to examine the possibility of amorphizing silicon carbide (SiC) by exclusively displacing C atoms. At a defect generation corresponding to 0.2 displacements per atom, the enthalpy surpasses the level of melt-quenched SiC, the density decreases by about 15%, and the radial distribution function shows a lack of long-range order. Prior to amorphization, the surviving defects are mainly C Frenkel pairs (67%), but Si Frenkel pairs (18%) and antisite defects (15%) are also present. The results indicate that SiC can be amorphized by C sublattice displacements. Chemical short-range disorder, arising mainly from Frenkel pair production, plays a significant role in the amorphization. |
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"Amorphization processes in Au ion irradiated GaN at 150-300 K" W.J. Weber, L.M. Wang, K. Sun, W. Jiang, [2004] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2003.12.012 · EID: 2-s2.0-2342588697 | |
"Annealing behavior of Al-implantation-induced disorder in 4H-SiC" W.J. Weber, W. Jiang, V. Shutthanandan, S. Thevuthasan, M. Janson, A. Hallén, Y. Zhang, [2004] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.01.135 · EID: 2-s2.0-2442478187 | |
"Atomic Computer Simulations of Defect Migration in 3C and 4H-SiC" William J. Weber, M. Posselt, V. Belko, Fei Gao, [2004] Materials Science Forum · DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.457-460.457 | |
"Atomistic study of intrinsic defect migration in 3C-SiC" William J. Weber, M. Posselt, V. Belko, Fei Gao, [2004] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.69.245205 · EID: 2-s2.0-42749105913 | |
"Carbon analysis using energetic ion beams" V Shutthanandan, S Thevuthasan, D.E McCready, W.J Weber, W Jiang, [2004] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.03.001 · EID: 2-s2.0-3142766051 | |
"Cation Vacancy Energetics in the Gadolinium Titanate/Zirconate System"
William J. Weber, Ralph E. Williford,
[2004]
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
· DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb02239.x
Atomistic simulations of coupled anion/cation disorder in the pyrochlore structure of Gd2(Zr |
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"Comparative study of defect properties in GaN: Ab initio and empirical potential calculations"
Eric J. Bylaska, Anter El-Azab, William J. Weber, Fei Gao,
[2004]
Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
· DOI: 10.1557/proc-792-r6.7
Density functional theory (DFT) is used to study the formation, properties and atomic configurations of monovacancies, antisite defects and possible interstitials in GaN. The relaxation around a vacancy is generally small, but the relaxation around antisite defects is large, particularly for a Ga antisite defect, which is not stable and converts to an N-N<0001> split interstitial. All N interstitials, starting from any possible site, eventually transfer into the N-N split interstitials, forming N2 molecules with one N-N bond, but also some covalent bonds to the surrounding atoms. In the case of Ga interstitials, the most favorable configuration is the Ga octahedral interstitial. However, it is found that the Ga-Ga<11 |
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"Damage accumulation and amorphization in samarium titanate pyrochlore" V. Shutthanandan, R. Devanathan, S. Thevuthasan, D.E. McCready, J. Young, G. Balakrishnan, D.M. Paul, W.J. Weber, Y. Zhang, [2004] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2003.12.003 · EID: 2-s2.0-2342533110 | |
"Damage accumulation and defect relaxation in 4H-SiC" F. Gao, W. Jiang, D. E. McCready, W. J. Weber, Y. Zhang, [2004] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.70.125203 · EID: 2-s2.0-19744381813 | |
"Damage evolution and annealing of Au-irradiated samarium titanate pyrochlore"
V. Shutthanandan, S. Thevuthasan, D. E. McCready, J. Young, R. Devanathan, J. Andreasen, G. Balakrishnan, D. M. Paul, W. J. Weber, Y. Zhang,
[2004]
Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
· DOI: 10.1557/proc-792-r2.4
Damage evolution and thermal recovery of 1 MeV Au2+ irradiated samarium titanate pyrochlore (Sm2Ti2O7) single crystals were studied by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy and nuclear reaction analysis. The damage accumulation follows a nonlinear dependence on dose that is well described by a disorder accumulation model, which indicates a predominant role of defect-stimulated amorphization processes. The critical dose for amorphization at 170 and 300 K is ∼0.14 dpa, and a higher dose of ∼ 0.22 dpa is observed for irradiation at 700 K, which agrees with previous in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) data for polycrystalline Sm2Ti2O7. Annealing in an 18O environment reveals a damage recovery stage at ∼ 850 K that coincides with a significant increase in 18O exchange due to oxygen vacancy mobility. This thermal recovery stage is also consistent with the critical temperature for amorphization measured by in-situ TEM in polycrystalline samples. |
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"Damage evolution on Sm and O sublattices in Au-implanted samarium titanate pyrochlore"
W. J. Weber, V. Shutthanandan, R. Devanathan, S. Thevuthasan, G. Balakrishnan, D. M. Paul, Y. Zhang,
[2004]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.1644891
· EID: 2-s2.0-1642355146
Damage evolution on the Sm and O sublattices in Sm2Ti2O7 single crystals irradiated with 1 MeV Au2+ ions at 170, 300, and 700 K was studied by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy and O16(d,p)17O nuclear reaction analysis along the 〈001〉 direction. The damage accumulation behavior at each irradiation temperature indicates that the relative disorder on the O sublattice is higher than that on the Sm sublattice, and the relative disorder, determined by ion channeling, on each sublattice follows a nonlinear dependence on dose that is well described by a disorder accumulation model. While there is little difference in damage accumulation behavior on the Sm sublattice at 170 and 300 K irradiation, the rate of damage accumulation decreases dramatically at 700 K due to dynamic recovery processes. The critical dose for amorphization at 170 and 300 K is 0.14 displacements per atom (dpa), and a higher dose of 0.22 dpa is observed under irradiation at 700 K. During thermal annealing in an O18 environment, a significant increase in the O18 exchange was observed between 800 and 900 K, which is just below the previously determined critical temperature, 950 K, for amorphization in Sm2Ti2O7, suggesting that the mobility of O vacancies may be important in defining the critical temperature. |
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"Electronic stopping powers in silicon carbide" W. J. Weber, C. M. Wang, Y. Zhang, [2004] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.69.205201 · EID: 2-s2.0-37649027817 | |
"Experimental studies of defects, implants and their processes in ion-irradiated gallium nitride single crystals" [2004] Defect and Diffusion Forum · EID: 2-s2.0-2942653098 | |
"Intrinsic defect properties in GaN calculated by ab initio and empirical potential methods" Eric J. Bylaska, William J. Weber, Fei Gao, [2004] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.70.245208 · EID: 2-s2.0-14944376212 | |
"Intrinsic defect properties in GaN calculated by ab initio and empirical potential methods" Eric J. Bylaska, William J. Weber, Fei Gao, [2004] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.70.245208 | |
"Mechanical properties and elastic constants due to damage accumulation and amorphization in SiC" W. J. Weber, F. Gao, [2004] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.69.224108 · EID: 2-s2.0-42749099905 | |
"Molecular dynamics simulation of disordered zircon" [2004] · EID: 2-s2.0-1642299613 | |
"Nuclear waste disposal-pyrochlore (A During the past half-century, the nuclear fuel cycle has generated approximately 1400 metric tons of plutonium and substantial quantities of the “minor” actinides, such as Np, Am, and Cm. The successful disposition of these actinides has an important impact on the strategy for developing advanced nuclear fuel cycles, weapons proliferation, and the geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste. During the last decade, there has been substantial interest in the use of the isometric pyrochlore structure-type, A2B2O7, for the immobilization of actinides. Most of the interest has focused on titanate-pyrochlore because of its chemical durability; however, these compositions experience a radiation-induced transition from the crystalline-to-aperiodic state due to radiation damage from the alpha-decay of actinides. Depending on the actinide concentration, the titanate pyrochlore will become amorphous in less than 1000 years of storage. Recently, systematic ion beam irradiations of a variety of pyrochlore compositions has revealed that many zirconate pyrochlores do not become amorphous, but remain crystalline as a defect fluorite structure-type due to disordering of the A- and B-site cations. The zirconate pyrochlores will remain crystalline even to very high doses, greater than 100 displacements per atom. Systematic experimental studies of actinide-doped and ion beam-irradiated pyrochlore, analyses of natural U- and Th-bearing pyrochlore, and simulations of the energetics of the disordering process now provide a rather detailed understanding of the structural and chemical controls on the response of pyrochlore to radiation. These results provide a solid basis for predicting the behavior and durability of pyrochlore used to immobilize plutonium. |
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"Nuclear waste disposal—pyrochlore (A2B2O7): Nuclear waste form for the immobilization of plutonium and “minor” actinides"
William J. Weber, Jie Lian, Rodney C. Ewing,
[2004]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.1707213
During the past half-century, the nuclear fuel cycle has generated approximately 1400 metric tons of plutonium and substantial quantities of the “minor” actinides, such as Np, Am, and Cm. The successful disposition of these actinides has an important impact on the strategy for developing advanced nuclear fuel cycles, weapons proliferation, and the geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste. During the last decade, there has been substantial interest in the use of the isometric pyrochlore structure-type, A2B2O7, for the immobilization of actinides. Most of the interest has focused on titanate-pyrochlore because of its chemical durability; however, these compositions experience a radiation-induced transition from the crystalline-to-aperiodic state due to radiation damage from the alpha-decay of actinides. Depending on the actinide concentration, the titanate pyrochlore will become amorphous in less than 1000 years of storage. Recently, systematic ion beam irradiations of a variety of pyrochlore compositions has revealed that many zirconate pyrochlores do not become amorphous, but remain crystalline as a defect fluorite structure-type due to disordering of the A- and B-site cations. The zirconate pyrochlores will remain crystalline even to very high doses, greater than 100 displacements per atom. Systematic experimental studies of actinide-doped and ion beam-irradiated pyrochlore, analyses of natural U- and Th-bearing pyrochlore, and simulations of the energetics of the disordering process now provide a rather detailed understanding of the structural and chemical controls on the response of pyrochlore to radiation. These results provide a solid basis for predicting the behavior and durability of pyrochlore used to immobilize plutonium. |
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"Probing cation antisite disorder in Gd |
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"Probing cation antisite disorder in Gd2Ti2O7 pyrochlore by site-specific near-edge x-ray-absorption fine structure and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy -: art. no. 100101" S. Thevuthasan, M. H. Engelhard, W. J. Weber, D. K. Shuh, N. M. Hamdan, B. S. Mun, E. M. Adams, D. E. McCready, V. Shutthanandan, D. W. Lindle, G. Balakrishnan, D. M. Paul, E. M. Gullikson, R. C. C. Perera, J. Lian, L. M. Wang, R. C. Ewing, P. Nachimuthu, [2004] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.70.100101 | |
"Structures and energetics of defects: A comparative study of 3C- and 4H-SiC" M. Posselt, V. Belko, Y. Zhang, W.J. Weber, F. Gao, [2004] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2003.12.028 · EID: 2-s2.0-2342557266 | |
"Studies of electronic stopping powers using time of flight spectrometry" William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, [2004] · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.01.064 · EID: 2-s2.0-18144447160 | |
"Temperature dependence of disorder accumulation and amorphization in Au-ion-irradiated 6H-SiC [48]" Y. Zhang, W. J. Weber, W. Jiang, [2004] · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.70.165208 · EID: 2-s2.0-11344261773 | |
"Temperature dependence of disorder accumulation and amorphization in Au-ion-irradiated 6H-SiC" Y. Zhang, W. J. Weber, W. Jiang, [2004] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.70.165208 | |
"Wannier orbitals and bonding properties of interstitial and antisite defects inGaN"
E. J. Bylaska, A. El-Azab, W. J. Weber, F. Gao,
[2004]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.1827932
· EID: 2-s2.0-12844276700
Intrinsic interstitial and antisite defects in GaN have been studied using density functional theory (DFT), and their configurations, electronic structures, and bonding properties have been characterized using the Wannier function. All N interstitial configurations eventually transform into N–N split interstitials, between which two π orbitals exist. The relaxation of a Ga antisite defect also leads to the formation of a N–N split configuration; however, its local Wannier orbitals are remarkably different from the N–N split interstitial. The different local Wannier orbitals around Ga interstitial configurations demonstrate that Ga interstitials are critical defects in GaN. The most striking feature is that Ga–Ga⟨112¯0⟩ split interstitials can bridge the gap between nonbonded Ga atoms, thereby leading to a chain of four metallic-like-bonded Ga atoms along the ⟨112¯0⟩ direction in GaN, which may exhibit quantum properties. |
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"Atomic Modeling of Defects, Defect Generation and Multiple Ion-Solid Interactions" F. Gao, [2003] AIP Conference Proceedings · DOI: 10.1063/1.1619782 · EID: 2-s2.0-85041862155 | |
"Atomic simulation of ion–solid interaction in ceramics" W.J. Weber, F. Gao, [2003] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(03)00515-9 | |
"Atomistic modeling of displacement cascades in (formula presented) pyrochlore" Constantin Meis, Jean-Paul Crocombette, L. René Corrales, William J. Weber, Alain Chartier, [2003] Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.67.174102 · EID: 2-s2.0-84868636852 | |
"Atomistic modeling of displacement cascades in pyrochlore" Constantin Meis, Jean-Paul Crocombette, L. René Corrales, William J. Weber, Alain Chartier, [2003] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.67.174102 | |
"Atomistic modeling of displacement cascades in La |
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"Comment on 'Large swelling and percolation in irradiated zircon'" William J Weber, Alain Chartier, Constantin Meis, Jean-Paul Crocombette, L René Corrales, [2003] · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/37/n01 · EID: 2-s2.0-0141707938 | |
"Comment on Large swelling and percolation in irradiated zircon" William J Weber, Alain Chartier, Constantin Meis, Jean-Paul Crocombette, L René Corrales, [2003] Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter · DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/37/n01 | |
"Comparative study of defect properties in GaN:Ab initio and empirical potential calculations" [2003] · EID: 2-s2.0-2442455634 | |
"Dynamic recovery in Au ion irradiated gallium nitride" [2003] · EID: 2-s2.0-2442610791 | |
"Experimental and computational studies of ion-solid interactions in silicon carbide" [2003] · EID: 2-s2.0-2442687951 | |
"Finding possible transition states of defects in silicon-carbide and alpha-iron using the dimer method" Graeme Henkelman, William J. Weber, L.Rene Corrales, Hannes Jónsson, Fei Gao, [2003] · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(02)01822-0 · EID: 2-s2.0-0037377426 | |
"Ion irradiation damage in zirconate and titanate ceramics for Pu disposition"
D. Begg, K. Finnie, M. Colella, H. Li, T. I. McLeod, K. L. Smith, Z. Zhang, W. J. Weber, S. Thevuthasan, M. W. A. Stewart,
[2003]
· DOI: 10.1115/icem2003-4746
· EID: 2-s2.0-16544365559
A wasteform must meet several key requirements: (i) aqueous durability as related to a repository environment, the measurement of which must also allow for long-term processes such as radiation damage and annealing; (ii) the compositional flexibility to cope with real waste streams, which are often variable and not well characterised; (iii) the wasteform must be easy to process and the process parameters must be large enough to cope with changes; and, (iv) the waste loading must be high enough to make the wasteform economically viable. In this paper, we discuss the effect of ion irradiation on pyrochlore-rich titanate and defect-fluorite zirconate ceramics designed for plutonium immobilisation. Samples, with Ce as an analogue for Pu, were made via oxide routes and consolidated by cold-pressing and sintering. Ion irradiation damage was carried out with 2 MeV Au2+ ions to a fluence of 5 ions nm−2 in the accelerator facilities within the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Irradiated and non-irradiated samples were examined by x-ray diffraction, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, x-ray photoelectron and infra-red spectroscopy, and spectroscopic ellipsometry. Samples underwent accelerated leach testing at pH 1.75 (nitric acid) at 90°C for 28 days. The zirconate samples were more ion-irradiation damage resistant than the titanate samples, showing little change after ion-irradiation whereas the titanate samples formed an amorphous surface layer ∼ 500 nm thick. While all samples had high aqueous durability, the titanate leach rate was ∼ 5 times that of the zirconate. The ion-irradiation increased the leach rate of the titanate without impurities by ∼ 5 times. The difference in the leach rates between irradiated and unirradiated zirconate samples is small. However, the zirconates were less able to incorporate impurities than the titanate ceramics and required higher sintering temperatures, ∼ 1500°C compared to 1350°C for the titanates. |
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"Microstructural features of Al-implanted 4H-SiC" [2003] · EID: 2-s2.0-0038676376 | |
"Microstructure of precipitated Au nanoclusters in single crystal MgO" [2003] · EID: 2-s2.0-0038649807 | |
"Microstructure of precipitated an nanoclusters in single crystal MgO" [2003] Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings | |
"Microstructure of precipitated Au nanociusters in MgO"
S. Thevuthasan, V. Shutthanandan, A. Cavanagh, W. Jiang, L. E. Thomas, W. J. Weber, C. M. Wang,
[2003]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.1569032
· EID: 2-s2.0-0037948162
Gold nanoclusters dispersed in single crystal MgO have been prepared by ion implantation at 975 K and subsequent annealing at 1275 K for 10 h. The morphological features, size, and crystallographic orientation of the Au nanoclusters with respect to the MgO matrix, as well as the interface structure between the Au nanoclusters and MgO, have been investigated using transmission electron microscopy. During annealing, the Au clusters nucleate coherently in the MgO lattice, leading to an epitaxial orientation relationship of [010]MgO//[010]Au and (200)MgO//(200)Au that is maintained for all the Au clusters. Above a critical size of ∼5 to 8 nm, a coherent-semicoherent interface transition is observed for the Au clusters in MgO. This critical cluster size is larger than the critical size ∼3 nm based on energetic considerations. This discrepancy is discussed with respect to the point and extended defect structures at the interface between the Au clusters and the MgO matrix. The Au clusters larger than this critical size exhibit faceting on the {001} planes and internal dislocations. It is further suggested that the density of quantum antidots should depend on the size of the Au clusters. |
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"Self-Radiation Effects in Plutonium-Bearing Glasses" W. J. Weber, [2003] AIP Conference Proceedings · DOI: 10.1063/1.1594552 | |
"State of theory and computer simulations of radiation effects in ceramics" William J. Weber, L.René Corrales, [2003] · DOI: 10.1016/s1359-0286(03)00016-0 · EID: 2-s2.0-0038268410 | |
"The Effect of Radiation Damage on Zirconolite Dissolution" [2003] · EID: 2-s2.0-20244381231 | |
"Validity of Bragg's rule for heavy-ion stopping in silicon carbide" [2003] · EID: 2-s2.0-0442279229 | |
"Validity of Bragg’s rule for heavy-ion stopping in silicon carbide" W. J. Weber, Y. Zhang, [2003] Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.68.235317 · EID: 2-s2.0-85038977008 | |
"Amorphization and recrystallization of the ABO |
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"Amorphization and recrystallization of the ABO3 oxides" L.A Boatner, W.J Weber, R.C Ewing, A Meldrum, [2002] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(01)00733-4 | |
"Atomic-scale simulations of multiple ion-solid interactions and structural evolution in silicon carbide" [2002] · EID: 2-s2.0-0036477730 | |
"Atomistic simulation of displacement cascades in zircon" [2002] Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings · EID: 2-s2.0-0036380268 | |
"Cascade overlap and amorphization in (formula presented) Defect accumulation, topological features, and disordering" W. J. Weber, F. Gao, [2002] Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.66.024106 · EID: 2-s2.0-84861164482 | |
"Cascade overlap and amorphization in Defect accumulation, topological features, and disordering" W. J. Weber, F. Gao, [2002] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.66.024106 | |
"Cascade overlap and amorphization in 3C-SiC: Defect accumulation, topological features, and disordering" [2002] · EID: 2-s2.0-0036655247 | |
"Channeling study of lattice disorder and gold implants in gallium nitride" W.J. Weber, S. Thevuthasan, V. Shutthanandan, W. Jiang, [2002] · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(02)00601-8 · EID: 2-s2.0-0036574367 | |
"Damage evolution and recovery in 4H and 6H silicon carbide irradiated with aluminum ions" W. Jiang, Y. Zhang, A. Hallén, W.J. Weber, [2002] · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(02)00602-x · EID: 2-s2.0-0036574709 | |
"Damage evolution and recovery in Al-Implanted 4H-SiC" William J. Weber, Weilin Jiang, Anders Hallén, G. Possnert, Yu Long Zhang, [2002] Materials Science Forum · DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.389-393.815 · EID: 2-s2.0-0036430971 | |
"Defect accumulation and recovery in ion-implanted 6H-SiC" [2002] · EID: 2-s2.0-0036454352 | |
"Defect clustering in GaN irradiated with O+ ions"
W. Jiang, W. J. Weber, L. E. Thomas, C. M. Wang,
[2002]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2002.0427
· EID: 2-s2.0-0036863532
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to study microstructures formed in GaN irradiated with 600-keV O+ ions at room temperature. Three types of defect clusters were identified in the irradiated GaN: (i) basal-plane stacking faults with dimensions ranging from 5 to 30 nm, (ii) pyramidal dislocation loops, and (iii) local regions of highly disordered material. High-resolution TEM imaging clearly revealed that one type of the basal-plane stacking faults corresponded to insertion of one extra Ga–N basal plane in the otherwise perfect GaN lattice. The interpretation of these results indicated that interstitials of both Ga and N preferentially condensed on the basal plane to form a new layer of Ga–N under these irradiation conditions. The formation of these extended defects and their interactions with the point defects produced during irradiation contributed to a dramatic increase in the dynamic recovery of point defects in GaN at room temperature. |
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"Defect clustering in GaN irradiated with O+ ions"
W. Jiang, W. J. Weber, L. E. Thomas, C. M. Wang,
[2002]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2002.0427
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to study microstructures formed in GaN irradiated with 600-keV O+ ions at room temperature. Three types of defect clusters were identified in the irradiated GaN: (i) basal-plane stacking faults with dimensions ranging from 5 to 30 nm, (ii) pyramidal dislocation loops, and (iii) local regions of highly disordered material. High-resolution TEM imaging clearly revealed that one type of the basal-plane stacking faults corresponded to insertion of one extra Ga–N basal plane in the otherwise perfect GaN lattice. The interpretation of these results indicated that interstitials of both Ga and N preferentially condensed on the basal plane to form a new layer of Ga–N under these irradiation conditions. The formation of these extended defects and their interactions with the point defects produced during irradiation contributed to a dramatic increase in the dynamic recovery of point defects in GaN at room temperature. |
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"Defect production, multiple ion-solid interactions and amorphization in SiC" W.J. Weber, R. Devanathan, F. Gao, [2002] · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(02)00598-0 · EID: 2-s2.0-0036574115 | |
"Defect production, multiple ion–solid interactions and amorphization in SiC" W.J. Weber, R. Devanathan, F. Gao, [2002] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(02)00598-0 | |
"Deuterium channeling study of disorder in Al |
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"Deuterium channeling study of disorder in Al22+-implanted 6H-SiC" W.J. Weber, S. Thevuthasan, V. Shutthanandan, W. Jiang, [2002] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(01)01194-6 | |
"Disordering behavior and helium diffusion in He+ irradiated 6H-SiC"
W. J. Weber, C. M. Wang, Y. Zhang, W. Jiang,
[2002]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2002.0038
· EID: 2-s2.0-0036477534
Single-crystal 6H–SiC wafers were irradiated at 300 K with 50 keV He+ ions to fluences ranging from 7.5 to 250 He+/nm2. Ion-channeling experiments with 2.0 MeV He+ Rutherford backscattering spectrometry were performed to determine the depth profile of Si disorder. The measured profiles are consistent with SRIM-97 simulations at and below 45 He+/nm2 but higher than the SRIM-97 prediction at both 100 and 150 He+/nm2. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy study indicated that the volume expansion of the material is not significant at intermediate damage levels. Results from elastic recoil detection analysis suggested that the implanted He atoms diffuse in a high-damage regime toward the surface. |
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"Disordering behavior and helium diffusion in He+ irradiated 6H-SiC"
W. J. Weber, C. M. Wang, Y. Zhang, W. Jiang,
[2002]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2002.0038
Single-crystal 6H–SiC wafers were irradiated at 300 K with 50 keV He+ ions to fluences ranging from 7.5 to 250 He+/nm2. Ion-channeling experiments with 2.0 MeV He+ Rutherford backscattering spectrometry were performed to determine the depth profile of Si disorder. The measured profiles are consistent with SRIM-97 simulations at and below 45 He+/nm2 but higher than the SRIM-97 prediction at both 100 and 150 He+/nm2. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy study indicated that the volume expansion of the material is not significant at intermediate damage levels. Results from elastic recoil detection analysis suggested that the implanted He atoms diffuse in a high-damage regime toward the surface. |
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"Displacement damage cross sections for neutron-irradiated silicon carbide" L.R. Greenwood, W.J. Weber, R.E. Williford, H.L. Heinisch, [2002] · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(02)00962-5 · EID: 2-s2.0-0036952852 | |
"Dissolution of A(2)Ti2O(7) (A = Y3+, Gd3+ or Lu3+) pyrochlore by experiment at pH=2, T=90 degrees C: Evidence for solubility control using a linear free energy model" [2002] Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings | |
"Dissolution of A |
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"Empirical potential approach for defect properties in 3C-SiC" William J. Weber, Fei Gao, [2002] · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(02)00600-6 · EID: 2-s2.0-0036574173 | |
"Erratum: Molecular-dynamics simulation study of threshold displacements and defect formation in zircon (Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Material Physics (2001) 64 (174108))" [2002] · EID: 2-s2.0-0036612472 | |
"Erratum: Molecular-dynamics simulation study of threshold displacements and defect formation in zircon [Phys. Rev. B 174108 (2001)]" William J. Weber, L. René Corrales, Byeongwon Park, [2002] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.65.219902 | |
"Evolution and recrystallization of buried amorphous layers in Al |
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"Evolution and recrystallization of buried amorphous layers in A1(2)(2+) implanted 4H-SiC" William J Weber, Weilin Jiang, Anders Hallén, Göran Possnert, Yanwen Zhang, [2002] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(02)01136-9 | |
"Experimental and Computer Simulation Studies of Defects and Ion-Solid Interactions in Silicon Carbide" Fei Gao, Weilin Jiang, Ram Devanathan, William J. Weber, [2002] Materials Science Forum · DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.389-393.875 | |
"Formation and characterization of ion beam induced AU nano-clusters in MGO" [2002] Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society | |
"Ion-solid interactions and defects in silicon carbide" W. Jiang, F. Gao, R. Devanathan, W.J. Weber, [2002] · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(01)01193-4 · EID: 2-s2.0-0036569053 | |
"Ion–solid interactions and defects in silicon carbide" W. Jiang, F. Gao, R. Devanathan, W.J. Weber, [2002] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(01)01193-4 | |
"Irradiation-induced formation of nanoparticles in cadmium niobate pyrochlore"
W. J. Weber, J. S. Young, L. A. Boatner, W. Jiang,
[2002]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.1445808
· EID: 2-s2.0-79955997529
Sequential irradiation with 3 MeV He+ and 10 MeV C3+ ions performed at T=150 K produces two separate amorphous buried layers in cadmium niobate pyrochlore single crystals. Further irradiation at room temperature results in the formation of nanometer-scale particles in the amorphized regions. An ion-cleaving technique was used to facilitate the observation of these nanoparticles by using scanning electron microscopy. Complete granulation with particle sizes ranging from 30 to 150 nm was observed. X-ray energy-dispersive spectrometry analysis indicates that the numerically large population of smaller particles (∼50 nm) contains a high Cd content (∼70%) and the numerically smaller population of larger particles (>100 nm) contains negligible Nb with a Cd-to-O ratio of about 1:0.54. |
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"Promise and challenges of SiC |
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"Promise and challenges of SiCf/SiC composites for fusion energy applications" L Giancarli, A Hasegawa, Y Katoh, A Kohyama, B Riccardi, L.L Snead, W.J Weber, R.H Jones, [2002] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(02)00976-5 | |
"Spectroscopic investigations of the structural phase transition in Gd |
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"Spectroscopic Investigations of the Structural Phase Transition in Gd 2 (Ti 1 - y Zr y ) 2 O 7 Pyrochlores" B. D. Begg, S. D. Conradson, D. E. McCready, P. L. Gassman, W. J. Weber, N. J. Hess, [2002] The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · DOI: 10.1021/jp014285t | |
"The replacement of titanium by zirconium in ceramics for plutonium immobilization" [2002] Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings · EID: 2-s2.0-0036380124 | |
"Theoretical study of disorder in Ti-substituted (formula presented)" Constantin Meis, William J. Weber, L. René Corrales, Alain Chartier, [2002] Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.65.134116 · EID: 2-s2.0-85038337625 | |
"Theoretical study of disorder in Ti-substituted " Constantin Meis, William J. Weber, L. René Corrales, Alain Chartier, [2002] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.65.134116 | |
"Theoretical study of disorder in Ti-substituted La |
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"Ab initio and empirical-potential studies of defect properties in (formula presented)" Eric J. Bylaska, William J. Weber, L. René Corrales, Fei Gao, [2001] Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.64.245208 · EID: 2-s2.0-84866248654 | |
"Ab initio and empirical-potential studies of defect properties in " Eric J. Bylaska, William J. Weber, L. René Corrales, Fei Gao, [2001] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.64.245208 | |
"Ab initio and empirical-potential studies of defect properties in 3C-SiC" [2001] · EID: 2-s2.0-0035894324 | |
"Accumulation and recovery of disorder on silicon and carbon sublattices in ion-irradiated 6H-SiC" W.J. Weber, S. Thevuthasan, V. Shutthanandan, W. Jiang, [2001] · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(00)00687-5 · EID: 2-s2.0-0034817601 | |
"Accumulation and recovery of disorder on silicon and carbon sublattices in ion-irradiated 6H–SiC" W.J. Weber, S. Thevuthasan, V. Shutthanandan, W. Jiang, [2001] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(00)00687-5 | |
"Accumulation and thermal recovery of disorder in Au2+-irradiated SrTiO |
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"Accumulation and thermal recovery of disorder in Au2+-irradiated SrTiO3" W. Jiang, V. Shutthanandan, W.J. Weber, S. Thevuthasan, [2001] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(00)00699-1 | |
"Accumulation, dynamic annealing and thermal recovery of ion-beam-induced disorder in silicon carbide" W Jiang, S Thevuthasan, W.J Weber, [2001] · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(00)00542-5 · EID: 2-s2.0-0035301852 | |
"Atomic scale simulation of defect production in irradiated 3C-SiC"
W. J. Weber, F. Gao, R. Devanathan,
[2001]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.1389523
· EID: 2-s2.0-0039436823
Molecular dynamics simulations using a modified Tersoff potential have been used to study the primary damage state and statistics of defect production in displacement cascades in 3C-SiC. Recoils with energies from 0.25 to 50 keV have been simulated at 300 K. The results indicate that: (1) the displacement threshold energy surface is highly anisotropic; (2) the dominant surviving defects are C interstitials and vacancies; (3) the defect production efficiency decreases with increasing recoil energy; (4) defect clusters are much smaller and more sparse compared to those reported in metals; and (5) a small fraction of the surviving defects are antisite defects. |
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"Atomic-scale simulation of 50 keV Si displacement cascades in beta-SiC" W. J. Weber, F. Gao, [2001] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.63.054101 | |
"Atomic-scale simulation of 50 keV Si displacement cascades in β-SiC" [2001] · EID: 2-s2.0-0035134557 | |
"Atomic-scale simulation of displacement cascades and amorphization in β-SiC" W.J Weber, R Devanathan, F Gao, [2001] · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(01)00415-3 · EID: 2-s2.0-0035364529 | |
"Cleaving oxide films using hydrogen implantation" W Jiang, W.J Weber, S Thevuthasan, [2001] · DOI: 10.1016/s0167-577x(00)00391-8 · EID: 2-s2.0-0035398621 | |
"Computer simulation of Pu3+ and Pu4+ substitutions in gadolinium zirconate" W.J. Weber, R.E. Williford, [2001] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(01)00687-0 · EID: 2-s2.0-0035499269 | |
"Computer simulation of Pu3+ and Pu4+ substitutions in gadolinium zirconate" W.J. Weber, R.E. Williford, [2001] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(01)00687-0 | |
"Computer simulation of disordering and amorphization by Si and Au recoils in 3C-SiC"
W. J. Weber, F. Gao,
[2001]
· DOI: 10.1063/1.1355717
· EID: 2-s2.0-0035871266
Molecular dynamics has been employed to study the disordering and amorphization processes in SiC irradiated with Si and Au ions. The large disordered domains, consisting of interstitials and antisite defects, are created in the cascades produced by Au primary knock-on atoms (PKAs); whereas Si PKAs generate only small interstitial clusters, with most defects being single interstitials and vacancies distributed over a large region. No evidence of amorphization is found at the end of the cascades created by Si recoils. However, the structure analysis indicates that the large disordered domains generated by Au recoils can be defined as an amorphous cluster lacking long-range order. The driving force for amorphization in this material is due to the local accumulation of Frenkel pairs and antisite defects. These results are in good agreement with experimental evidence, i.e., the observed higher disordering rate and the residual disorder after annealing for irradiation with Au2+ are associated with a higher probability for the in-cascade amorphization or formation of a large disordered cluster. |
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"Computer simulation of disordering and amorphization by Si and Au recoils in 3C–SiC"
W. J. Weber, F. Gao,
[2001]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.1355717
Molecular dynamics has been employed to study the disordering and amorphization processes in SiC irradiated with Si and Au ions. The large disordered domains, consisting of interstitials and antisite defects, are created in the cascades produced by Au primary knock-on atoms (PKAs); whereas Si PKAs generate only small interstitial clusters, with most defects being single interstitials and vacancies distributed over a large region. No evidence of amorphization is found at the end of the cascades created by Si recoils. However, the structure analysis indicates that the large disordered domains generated by Au recoils can be defined as an amorphous cluster lacking long-range order. The driving force for amorphization in this material is due to the local accumulation of Frenkel pairs and antisite defects. These results are in good agreement with experimental evidence, i.e., the observed higher disordering rate and the residual disorder after annealing for irradiation with Au2+ are associated with a higher probability for the in-cascade amorphization or formation of a large disordered cluster. |
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"Computer simulation of energy dependence of primary damage states in SiC" [2001] · EID: 2-s2.0-0034869951 | |
"Damage accumulation and recovery in gold-ion-irradiated barium titanate" W.J Weber, S Thevuthasan, W Jiang, [2001] · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(01)00450-5 · EID: 2-s2.0-0035301868 | |
"Enthalpies of formation of Gd |
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"Fabrication and properties of ceramics for fusion energy and other high radiation environments - Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Fabrication and Properties of Ceramics for Fusion Energy and Other High Radiation Environments, held at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, St. Louis, MO, USA, 1-2 May, 2000 - Preface" [2001] Journal of Nuclear Materials | |
"Gadolinium borosilicate glass-bonded Gd-silicate apatite: A glass-ceramic nuclear waste form for actinides" [2001] · EID: 2-s2.0-0035783207 | |
"Heavy-ion irradiation effects in Gd |
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"Heavy-ion irradiation effects in Gd2(Ti2−xZrx)O7 pyrochlores" N.J Hess, D.E McCready, S Thevuthasan, W.J Weber, B.D Begg, [2001] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(00)00696-6 | |
"Heavy-ion irradiation effects on structures and acid dissolution of pyrochlores" N.J Hess, W.J Weber, R Devanathan, J.P Icenhower, S Thevuthasan, B.P McGrail, B.D Begg, [2001] · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(00)00708-x · EID: 2-s2.0-0035247840 | |
"Hydrogen-damage interactions in yttria-stabilized zirconia" S. Thevuthasan, J.S. Young, T.M. Orlando, W.J. Weber, V. Shutthanandan, [2001] · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(00)00692-9 · EID: 2-s2.0-0034831206 | |
"Hydrogen–damage interactions in yttria-stabilized zirconia" S. Thevuthasan, J.S. Young, T.M. Orlando, W.J. Weber, V. Shutthanandan, [2001] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(00)00692-9 | |
"Ion beam slicing of single crystal oxide thin films" [2001] · EID: 2-s2.0-0035170006 | |
"Ion implantation and thermal annealing in silicon carbide and gallium nitride" W.J Weber, S Thevuthasan, W Jiang, [2001] · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(00)00451-1 · EID: 2-s2.0-0035336876 | |
"Molecular dynamic simulation of cascade overlap and amorphization in 3C-SiC" [2001] · EID: 2-s2.0-0034862005 | |
"Molecular-dynamics simulation study of threshold displacements and defect formation in zircon" William J. Weber, L. René Corrales, Byeongwon Park, [2001] Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.64.174108 · EID: 2-s2.0-85038935655 | |
"Molecular-dynamics simulation study of threshold displacementsand defect formation in zircon" [2001] · EID: 2-s2.0-0035499559 | |
"Multi-axial channeling study of disorder in gold implanted 6H-SiC" [2001] · EID: 2-s2.0-0034869562 | |
"Multiaxial channeling study of disorder accumulation and recovery in gold-irradiated (formula presented)" W. J. Weber, W. Jiang, [2001] Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.64.125206 · EID: 2-s2.0-84888994503 | |
"Multiaxial channeling study of disorder accumulation and recovery in gold-irradiated " W. J. Weber, W. Jiang, [2001] Physical Review B · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.64.125206 | |
"Multiaxial channeling study of disorder accumulation and recovery in gold-irradiated 6H-SiC" [2001] · EID: 2-s2.0-0000292390 | |
"Native defect properties in β-SiC: Ab initio and empirical potential calculations" Eric J. Bylaska, William J. Weber, L.René Corrales, Fei Gao, [2001] · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(01)00430-x · EID: 2-s2.0-0035365126 | |
"Primary damage states produced by Si and Au recoils in SiC: A molecular dynamics and experimental investigation" W. J. Weber, W. Jiang, F. Gao, [2001] Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics · DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.63.214106 · EID: 2-s2.0-0034907639 | |
"Properties of gallium disorder and gold implants in GaN" [2001] · EID: 2-s2.0-0035160684 | |
"Si displacement cascades revealed by atomic-scale simulations in 3C-SiC" [2001] · EID: 2-s2.0-0035270422 | |
"Beta radiation effects in 137Cs-substituted pollucite" F.J. Espinosa, S.D. Conradson, W.J. Weber, N.J. Hess, [2000] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(00)00191-4 · EID: 2-s2.0-0034274245 | |
"Beta radiation effects in (137)Cs-substituted pollucite" F.J. Espinosa, S.D. Conradson, W.J. Weber, N.J. Hess, [2000] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(00)00191-4 | |
"Computer simulation of Pu3+ and Pu4+ substitutions in zircon" B.D. Begg, W.J. Weber, N.J. Hess, R.E. Williford, [2000] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(99)00244-5 · EID: 2-s2.0-0033904080 | |
"Computer simulation of Pu3+ and Pu4+ substitutions in zircon" B.D. Begg, W.J. Weber, N.J. Hess, R.E. Williford, [2000] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(99)00244-5 | |
"Defect annealing kinetics in irradiated 6H-SiC" W. Jiang, S. Thevuthasan, W.J. Weber, [2000] · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(99)00868-x · EID: 2-s2.0-0033738037 | |
"Defect annealing kinetics in irradiated 6H–SiC" W. Jiang, S. Thevuthasan, W.J. Weber, [2000] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(99)00868-x | |
"Deuterium channeling analysis for He+-implanted 6H-SiC" S Thevuthasan, W.J Weber, R Grötzschel, W Jiang, [2000] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(99)00692-8 · EID: 2-s2.0-0033879216 | |
"Deuterium channeling analysis for He+-implanted 6H–SiC" S Thevuthasan, W.J Weber, R Grötzschel, W Jiang, [2000] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(99)00692-8 | |
"Displacement energy surface in 3C and 6H SiC" W.J Weber, R Devanathan, [2000] · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(99)00266-4 · EID: 2-s2.0-0033882405 | |
"Enthalpies of formation of Gd-2(Ti2-xZrx)O-7 pyrochlores"
B.D. Begg, A. Navrotsky, B. Ebbinghaus, W.J. Weber, R.C. Ewing, K.B. Helean,
[2000]
Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
· DOI: 10.1557/proc-663-691
A calorimetric investigation of the enthalpies of formation of Gd2(Ti2-xZrx)O7, where 0≤ × ≤ 2 is underway. All samples exhibit pyrochlore (Fd3m) peaks in their XRD patterns. However, where x=2 significant local disorder is observed in the Raman spectra. Preliminary data for the enthalpies of formation from the oxides in kJ/mol are: x=0, ΔHf = -113.4±2.7; x=0.5, ΔHf = -94.0±3.0; x=1.0, ΔHf = -74.2±4.9; x=1.5, ΔHf = -64.5±2.0; x=2, ΔHf = -52.2±4.8. Two additional samples, Gd1.80Zr2.15O7.00 (pyrochlore) and Gd2.15Zr1.87O7.00 (fluorite), were also studied. Their enthalpies of formation from the oxides in kJ/mole are -50.9±3.3 and -46.4±3.4 respectively. Replacing Ti with Zr, i.e. when x=2, destabilizes the pyrochlore in enthalpy by approximately 60 kJ/mol. The ΔHmix for the Gd2(Ti2-xZrx)O7 solid-solution series is positive and can be described by a regular solution formalism with an estimated interaction parameter, ŝ = +20 kJ/mol. The results of this study suggest that the pyrochlore to fluorite transition enthalpy in Gd2Zr2O7 is small, of the order of the configurational entropy contribution due to cation disorder at the transition temperature, TΔSconf. ≍ 10 kJ/mol. |
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"In situ ion channeling study of gallium disorder and gold profiles in Au-implanted GaN"
W. J. Weber, S. Thevuthasan, W. Jiang,
[2000]
Journal of Applied Physics
· DOI: 10.1063/1.373439
Disorder accumulation and annealing behavior on the Ga sublattice in gallium nitride (GaN) implanted with 1.0 MeV Au2+ (60° off surface normal) at 180 or 300 K have been studied using in situ Rutherford backscattering spectrometry in a 〈0001〉-channeling geometry. Complete amorphization in GaN is attained at 6.0 and 20 Au2+/nm2 for irradiation at 180 and 300 K, respectively. A saturation in the Ga disorder at and behind the damage peak was observed at intermediate ion fluences at both 180 and 300 K. No measurable thermal recovery was found at 300 K for the full range of damage produced at 180 K. However, distinct epitaxial regrowth in the bulk and Ga reordering at surface occurred after annealing at 870 K. The implanted Au readily diffuses into the highly damaged regions at elevated temperatures, and the redistribution of the Au atoms in the implanted GaN varies with the damage profiles. A double-peak Au profile developed with the maxima located in the amorphous surface region and near the Au mean projected range. The result is interpreted as Au atom diffusion into the amorphous regime near the surface and Au trapping at irradiation-induced defects in the crystal structure. This trapping effect is also evidenced in this study by the suppressed recovery of the Au-decorated disorder in GaN. |
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"Investigation of thermal recovery behavior in hydrogen-implanted SrTiO |
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"Investigation of thermal recovery behavior in hydrogen-implanted SrTiO3 using high energy ion beam techniques" W Jiang, J.S Young, W.J Weber, S Thevuthasan, [2000] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(99)00841-1 | |
"Ion-Channeling Studies of Interfaces and Defect Properties in Silicon Carbide" William J. Weber, Weilin Jiang, [2000] Materials Science Forum · DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.338-342.957 | |
"Irradiation effects and thermal annealing behavior in H |
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"Irradiation effects and thermal annealing behavior in H2+-implanted 6H–SiC" W.J Weber, S Thevuthasan, R Grötzschel, W Jiang, [2000] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(99)01050-2 | |
"Irradiation-induced nanostructures" [2000] · EID: 2-s2.0-0002221199 | |
"Models and mechanisms of irradiation-induced amorphization in ceramics" W.J Weber, [2000] · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(99)00643-6 · EID: 2-s2.0-0033746607 | |
"Molecular dynamics study of the threshold displacement energy in MgO" William J Weber, L.René Corrales, Byeongwon Park, [2000] · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(99)00694-1 · EID: 2-s2.0-0033738698 | |
"Plutonium immobilization and radiation effects [3]" Rodney C. Ewing, William J. Weber, [2000] · DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5487.2051 · EID: 2-s2.0-0034703208 | |
"Plutonium Immobilization and Radiation Effects" Rodney C. Ewing, William J. Weber, [2000] Science · DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5487.2051 | |
"Radiation resistance of gadolinium zirconate pyrochlore" S. X. Wang, [2000] AIP Conference Proceedings · DOI: 10.1063/1.1292183 | |
"XAS and XRD study of annealed 238Pu- and 239Pu-substituted zircons (Zr |
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"XAS and XRD study of annealed 238Pu- and 239Pu-substituted zircons (Zr0.92Pu0.08SiO4)" N.J Hess, W.J Weber, S.D Conradson, M.J Schweiger, R.C Ewing, B.D Begg, [2000] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(99)00256-1 | |
"Atomistic simulation of defect production in β-SiC" [1999] · EID: 2-s2.0-0032630250 | |
"Damage accumulation and thermal recovery in SrTiO3 implanted with Au2+ ions"
W. Jiang, W.J. Weber, D.E. McCready, S. Thevuthasan,
[1999]
Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
· DOI: 10.1557/proc-540-373
Damage accumulation and recovery process have been investigated in single crystal SrTiO3 irradiated with 1.0 MeV Au2+ using in-situ Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS) in Channeling geometry. Samples were irradiated at a temperature of 200 K with ion fluences ranging from 5.0×1013 2.5×1014Au2+/cm2 (0.22 – 1.10 dpa at damage peak). Subsequent isochronal annealing experiments were performed to study damage recovery processes up to a maximum temperature of 870 K. At an ion fluence between 2.0–2.5×1014Au2+/cm2 (0.88 – 1.10 dpa), the implanted region, which is just below the surface, becomes amorphous. The recovery processes occur over a broad temperature range, and the damage created by low ion fluences, 5.0×1013 − 1.0×1014 Au2+/cm2, is almost completely recovered after annealing at 870 K. |
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"Damage accumulation and thermal recovery in SrTiO |
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"Damage formation and recovery in C+-irradiated 6H-SiC" W.J Weber, S Thevuthasan, D.E McCready, W Jiang, [1999] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(98)00716-2 · EID: 2-s2.0-0033513802 | |
"Damage formation and recovery in C+-irradiated 6H–SiC" W.J Weber, S Thevuthasan, D.E McCready, W Jiang, [1999] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(98)00716-2 | |
"Displacement energy measurements for ion-irradiated 6H-SiC" [1999] · EID: 2-s2.0-0033513824 | |
"Displacement energy measurements for ion-irradiated 6H–SiC" W.J Weber, S Thevuthasan, D.E McCready, W Jiang, [1999] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(98)00717-4 | |
"Effect of oxygen ion implantation in gallium nitride" [1999] · EID: 2-s2.0-0033335145 | |
"Effects of cation disorder on oxygen vacancy migration in Gd |
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"Effects of cation disorder on oxygen vacancy migration in Gd2Ti2O7" W.J. Weber, R. Devanathan, J.D. Gale, R.E. Williford, [1999] Journal of Electroceramics · DOI: 10.1023/a:1009978200528 | |
"Ion-channeling study of the SiC/Si/SiO Ion channeling has been used in a detailed study of 3C–SiC films grown by chemical vapor deposition on a Si/SiO2/Si substrate. For a 160-nm-thick 〈100〉-oriented SiC film, the results show a minimum yield (χmin) of ∼28% at the SiC–Si interface, while a SiC film with a thickness of ∼2.4 μm, grown under identical conditions, was almost defect free (χmin=5.3%) in the surface region. Angular scans around the 〈110〉 axis revealed the existence of a superlattice structure at the SiC–Si interface. The strain-induced angular shift was determined to be 0.16°±0.05°, indicating a kink between the SiC and Si layers along the inclined 〈110〉 axis. A modified model is suggested to interpret the experimental observations. |
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"Ion-channeling study of the SiC/Si/SiO2/Si interface"
S. Thevuthasan, W. J. Weber, F. Namavar, W. Jiang,
[1999]
Applied Physics Letters
· DOI: 10.1063/1.124143
Ion channeling has been used in a detailed study of 3C–SiC films grown by chemical vapor deposition on a Si/SiO2/Si substrate. For a 160-nm-thick 〈100〉-oriented SiC film, the results show a minimum yield (χmin) of ∼28% at the SiC–Si interface, while a SiC film with a thickness of ∼2.4 μm, grown under identical conditions, was almost defect free (χmin=5.3%) in the surface region. Angular scans around the 〈110〉 axis revealed the existence of a superlattice structure at the SiC–Si interface. The strain-induced angular shift was determined to be 0.16°±0.05°, indicating a kink between the SiC and Si layers along the inclined 〈110〉 axis. A modified model is suggested to interpret the experimental observations. |
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"Native vacancy migrations in zircon" W.J Weber, R Devanathan, A.N Cormack, R.E Williford, [1999] · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(99)00026-4 · EID: 2-s2.0-0032651670 | |
"Oxygen vacancy migration in disordered Gd-2(ZrxTi1-x)(2)O-7" [1999] Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings | |
"Oxygen vacancy migration in disordered Gd |
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"Radiation damage in zircon and Monazite. (vol 62, pg 2509, 1998)" [1999] Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | |
"Radiation stability of gadolinium zirconate: A waste form for plutonium disposition" [1999] · EID: 2-s2.0-0033322434 | |
"Rutherford backscattering spectrometry channeling study of ion-irradiated 6H-SiC" W. J. Weber, S. Thevuthasan, D. E. McCready, W. Jiang, [1999] · DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9918(199904)27:4<179::aid-sia459>3.0.co;2-1 · EID: 2-s2.0-0032628942 | |
"Solid-particle erosion of Portland cement and concrete" [1999] · EID: 2-s2.0-0032716029 | |
"Structural Analysis of a Completely Amorphous238Pu-Doped Zircon by Neutron Diffraction" [1999] Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings · EID: 2-s2.0-0032592035 | |
"The effect of temperature and damage energy on amorphization in zircon" [1999] · EID: 2-s2.0-0032592012 | |
"The ion beam materials analysis laboratory at the environmental molecular sciences laboratory" C.H.F Peden, M.H Engelhard, D.R Baer, G.S Herman, W Jiang, Y Liang, W.J Weber, S Thevuthasan, [1999] · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9002(98)00908-5 · EID: 2-s2.0-0032715092 | |
"Transmission electron microscopy study of ion-beam- induced amorphization of Ca |
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"Transmission electron microscopy study of ion-beam-induced amorphization of Ca2La8(SiO4)6O2" [1999] Philosophical Magazine A-Physics of Condensed Matter Structure Defects and Mechanical Properties | |
"Accumulation and recovery of irradiation damage in He+ implanted α-SiC" W.J. Weber, S. Thevuthasan, D.E. McCready, W. Jiang, [1998] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(98)00452-8 · EID: 2-s2.0-0032298590 | |
"Accumulation and recovery of irradiation damage in He+ implanted α-SiC" W.J. Weber, S. Thevuthasan, D.E. McCready, W. Jiang, [1998] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(98)00452-8 | |
"Amorphization of ceramic materials by ion beam irradiation" [1998] · EID: 2-s2.0-0001984423 | |
"Atomistic simulation of defect production in beta-SiC" [1998] Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings | |
"Computer simulation of a 10 keV Si displacement cascade in SiC" [1998] · EID: 2-s2.0-0032064866 | |
"Computer simulation of displacement energies for several ceramic materials" [1998] · EID: 2-s2.0-0032068453 | |
"Cryogenic radiation response of sapphire" [1998] · EID: 2-s2.0-0032065002 | |
"Damage accumulation and annealing in 6H-SiC irradiated with Si+" W.J Weber, S Thevuthasan, D.E McCready, W Jiang, [1998] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(98)00381-4 · EID: 2-s2.0-0032167216 | |
"Damage accumulation and annealing in 6H-SiC irradiated with Si+" W.J Weber, S Thevuthasan, D.E McCready, W Jiang, [1998] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(98)00381-4 | |
"Displacement threshold energies in β-SiC: Section 2. Radiation effects in monolithic SiC-based ceramics" T. Diaz de la Rubia, W.J. Weber, R. Devanathan, [1998] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(97)00304-8 · EID: 2-s2.0-0032026669 | |
"Displacement threshold energies in β-SiC" T. Diaz de la Rubia, W.J. Weber, R. Devanathan, [1998] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(97)00304-8 | |
"Effects of ionizing radiation in ceramics" [1998] · EID: 2-s2.0-0032021528 | |
"Ion beam radiation damage effects in rutile (TiO |
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"Ion beam radiation damage effects in rutile (TiO2)" L.M Wang, W.J Weber, N Yu, K.E Sickafus, J.N Mitchell, C.J Wetteland, M.A Nastasi, M.G Hollander, N.P Baker, C.R Evans, J.R Tesmer, C.J Maggiore, T Hartmann, [1998] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(98)00134-7 | |
"Irradiation-induced amorphization in β-SiC" [1998] · EID: 2-s2.0-0032024367 | |
"Radiation damage in zircon and monazite" L.A. Boatner, W.J. Weber, R.C. Ewing, A. Meldrum, [1998] · DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7037(98)00174-4 · EID: 2-s2.0-0032461756 | |
"Radiation effects in crystalline ceramics for the immobilization of high-level nuclear waste and plutonium" [1998] · EID: 2-s2.0-0142151450 | |
"Radiation effects in insulators - Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Radiation Effects in Insulators - Knoxville, TN, USA, 14-19 September 1997 - Preface" William J. Weber, Carl J. McHargue, [1998] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(98)80024-4 | |
"Radiation effects in nuclear waste ceramics" [1998] Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society | |
"Radiation response of FeTiO3, MgTiO3, and α-Al2O3" J.N. Mitchell, K.E. Sickafus, W.J. Weber, M. Nastasi, R. Devanathan, [1998] Materials Science and Engineering: A · DOI: 10.1016/s0921-5093(98)00718-7 | |
"Radiation response of FeTiO |
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"Response of zircon to electron and Ne+ irradiation"
W. J. Weber, L. A. Boatner, R. Devanathan,
[1998]
Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
· DOI: 10.1557/proc-481-419
Zircon (ZrSiO4) is an actinide host phase in vitreous ceramic nuclear waste forms and a potential host phase for the disposition of excess weapons plutonium. In the present work, the effects of 800 and 900 keV electron, and 1 MeV Ne+ irradiations on the structure of single crystals of ZrSiO4 have been investigated. The microstructural evolution during the irradiations was studied |
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"Response of zircon to electron and Ne+ irradiation" [1998] Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings · EID: 2-s2.0-0031621770 | |
"Structure and properties of ion-beam-modified (6H) silicon carbide" [1998] · EID: 2-s2.0-0039527059 | |
"U and Pu L |
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"U and Pu Liii XAFS of Pu-doped glass and ceramic waste forms" W.J Weber, S.D Conradson, N.J Hess, [1998] Journal of Alloys and Compounds · DOI: 10.1016/s0925-8388(98)00062-0 | |
"X-ray absorption fine structure of aged, Pu-doped glass and ceramic waste forms" [1998] · EID: 2-s2.0-0032049726 | |
"In Situ Study of the Accumulation of Ion-Beam-Induced Damage in Single Crystal 3C Silicon Carbide" N. Yu, William J. Weber, [1997] Materials Science Forum · DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.239-241.155 | |
"In situ and ex situ investigation of ion-beam-induced amorphization in α-SiC" [1997] · EID: 2-s2.0-0031547948 | |
"Processing and Electrical Properties of Alkaline Earth-Doped Lanthanum Gallate" T. R. Armstrong, D. E. McCready, L. R. Pederson, W. J. Weber, J. W. Stevenson, [1997] Journal of the Electrochemical Society · DOI: 10.1149/1.1838057 | |
"Radiation effects in glasses used for immobilization of high-level waste and plutonium disposition" [1997] · EID: 2-s2.0-0031213350 | |
"Temperature and dose dependence of ion-beam-induced amorphization in alpha-SiC" N. Yu, L.M. Wang, N.J. Hess, W.J. Weber, [1997] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(96)00742-8 | |
"Temperature and dose dependence of ion-beam-induced amorphization in α-SiC" [1997] · EID: 2-s2.0-0031547265 | |
"The kinetics of alpha-decay-induced amorphization in zircon and apatite containing weapons-grade plutonium or other actinides" [1997] · EID: 2-s2.0-0031380449 | |
"Total displacement functions for SiC" [1997] · EID: 2-s2.0-0031547262 | |
"Crystalline ceramics: Waste forms for the disposal of weapons plutonium" W. J. Weber, Werner Lutz, R. C. Ewing, [1996] Disposal of Weapon Plutonium · DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-0161-2_7 | |
"Electrochemical properties of mixed conducting perovskites La |
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"Electrochemical properties of mixed conducting perovskites La(1-x)M(x)Co(1-y)Fe(y)O(3-delta) (M=Sr,Ba,Ca)" T. R. Armstrong, R. D. Carneim, L. R. Pederson, W. J. Weber, J. W. Stevenson, [1996] Journal of the Electrochemical Society · DOI: 10.1149/1.1837098 | |
"Elevated temperature deformation of fine-grained La Compressive creep behavior of fine-grained (5 μm) La0.9Sr0.1MnO3with a relative theoretical density between 85 and 90% was investigated over the temperature range 1150–1300 °C in air. The fine grain size, brief creep transients, stress exponent close to unity, and absence of deformation-induced dislocations, suggested that the deformation was controlled by a diffusional creep mechanism. The activation energy for creep of La0.9Sr0.1MnO3was 490 kJ/mole. A comparison of the activation energy for creep of La0.9Sr0.1MnO3with existing diffusion and creep data for perovskite oxides suggested that the diffusional creep of La0.9Sr0.1MnO3was controlled by lattice diffusion of the cations, either lanthanum or manganese. |
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"Elevated temperature deformation of fine-grained La0.9Sr0.1MnO3"
T. R. Armstrong, W. J. Weber, M. A. Boling-Risser, K. C. Goretta, J. L. Routbort, J. Wolfenstine,
[2011]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.1996.0079
Compressive creep behavior of fine-grained (5 μm) La0.9Sr0.1MnO3with a relative theoretical density between 85 and 90% was investigated over the temperature range 1150–1300 °C in air. The fine grain size, brief creep transients, stress exponent close to unity, and absence of deformation-induced dislocations, suggested that the deformation was controlled by a diffusional creep mechanism. The activation energy for creep of La0.9Sr0.1MnO3was 490 kJ/mole. A comparison of the activation energy for creep of La0.9Sr0.1MnO3with existing diffusion and creep data for perovskite oxides suggested that the diffusional creep of La0.9Sr0.1MnO3was controlled by lattice diffusion of the cations, either lanthanum or manganese. |
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"In situ MeV ion beam analysis of ceramic surfaces modified by 100-400 keV ion irradiation" [1996] · EID: 2-s2.0-0030565143 | |
"In situ MeV ion beam analysis of ceramic surfaces modified by 100–400 keV ion irradiation" Timothy E. Levine, Kurt E. Sickafus, Michael Nastasi, Jeremy N. Mitchell, Carl J. Maggiore, Caleb R. Evans, Mark G. Hollander, Joseph R. Tesmer, William J. Weber, James W. Mayer, Ning Yu, [1996] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/0168-583x(95)01204-4 | |
"In situ study of the temperature dependence of irradiation-induced amorphization in alpha-SiC" [1996] Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings | |
"In situ study of the temperature dependence of irradiation-induced amorphization in α-SiC" [1996] · EID: 2-s2.0-0029765992 | |
"On the roles of temperature and interfaces in irradiation and thermally induced solid state amorphization" [1996] · EID: 2-s2.0-0029749333 | |
"Synthesis of zircon for immobilization of actinides" [1996] · EID: 2-s2.0-0029773473 | |
"The irradiation-induced crystalline-to-amorphous phase transition in alpha-SiC" L.M. Wang, N. Yu, W.J. Weber, [1996] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/0168-583x(96)00066-3 | |
"The irradiation-induced crystalline-to-amorphous phase transition in α-SiC" [1996] · EID: 2-s2.0-0030219142 | |
"Amorphization of complex ceramics by heavy-particle irradiations" [1995] · EID: 2-s2.0-0029217769 | |
"Characterization of collision cascade damage in Ca2La8(SiO4)(6)O-2 by HRTEM" [1995] Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings | |
"Characterization of collision cascade damage in Ca |
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"Processing and electrochemical properties of mixed conducting La(1-x)A(x)Co(1-y)Fe(y)O(3-delta) (A=Sr, Ca)" [1995] Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings | |
"Processing and electrochemical properties of mixed conducting La |
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"RADIATION EFFECTS ISSUES RELATED TO UNITED-STATES-DOE SITGE REMEDIATION AND NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE" [1995] Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings | |
"Radiation effects issues related to U.S. DOE site remediation and nuclear waste storage" [1995] · EID: 2-s2.0-0029223076 | |
"Temperature and dose dependence of metal colloid production in alpha-irradiated CaF2 single crystals"
G. J. Exarhos, L. M. Wang, W. J. Weber,
[1995]
Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
· DOI: 10.1557/proc-373-311
Single crystals of CaF2 were irradiated with 5.8 MeV alpha particles from a 244Cm source, and the absorbance spectra were recorded as a function of dose and temperature. Absorbance from the metal colloid band increases with dose at all temperatures. The colloid band exhibits a sharp increase in rate of growth over a narrow temperature range with a peak at 150°C. After a dose of 1.4 x 1016 α/cm2 at 150°C, the intensity of the colloid band is a factor of 7 to 8 higher than the intensity produced at 100 and 200°C. The optimum temperature (150°C) for colloid formation in CaF2 under the alpha-irradiation conditions (σ5 x 108 rad/h) of this study is significantly higher than the peak temperature (60°C) reported for colloid production in electron irradiated CaF2 at slightly higher dose rates (σ109 rad/h). Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy of the irradiated crystals reveals dislocation loops and small dark clusters as the dominant microstructural features. |
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"Temperature and dose dependence of metal colloid production in alpha-irradiated CaF |
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"The temperature dependence of ion-beam-induced amorphization in β-SiC" L.M. Wang, W.J. Weber, [1995] · DOI: 10.1016/0168-583x(95)00722-9 · EID: 2-s2.0-58149210848 | |
"The temperature dependence of ion-beam-induced amorphization in beta-SiC" L.M. Wang, W.J. Weber, [1995] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/0168-583x(95)00722-9 | |
"Water uptake and conduction in strontium ytterbium cerate" [1995] · EID: 2-s2.0-0029229480 | |
"Effect of temperature and recoil-energy spectra on irradiation-induced amorphization in Ca |
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"EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND RECOIL-ENERGY SPECTRA ON IRRADIATION-INDUCED AMORPHIZATION IN CA2LA8(SIO4)6O2" L.M. Wang, W.J. Weber, [1994] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/0168-583x(94)96191-3 | |
"IN-SITU TEM OBSERVATION OF RADIATION-INDUCED AMORPHIZATION OF CRYSTALS WITH APATITE STRUCTURE" [1994] Hydroxyapatite and Related Materials | |
"ION-BEAM-DRIVEN AMORPHIZATION OF CA2LA8(SIO4)6O2 SINGLE-CRYSTALS" [1994] Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings | |
"Ion-beam-driven amorphization of Ca |
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"The radiation-induced crystalline-to-amorphous transition in zircon"
Rodney C. Ewing, Lu-Min Wang, William J. Weber,
[1994]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.1994.0688
· EID: 2-s2.0-0028392005
A comprehensive understanding of radiation effects in zircon, ZrSiO4, over a broad range of time scales (0.5 h to 570 million years) has been obtained by a study of natural zircon, Pu-doped zircon, and ion-beam irradiated zircon. Radiation damage in zircon results in the simultaneous accumulation of both point defects and amorphous regions. The amorphization process is consistent with models based on the multiple overlap of particle tracks, suggesting that amorphization occurs as a result of a critical defect concentration. The amorphization dose increases with temperature in two stages (below 300 K and above 473 K) and is nearly independent of the damage source (α-decay events or heavy-ion beams) at 300 K. Recrystallization of completely amorphous zircon occurs above 1300 K and is a two-step process that involves the initial formation of pseudo-cubic ZrO2. |
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"Alpha‐Decay‐Induced Amorphization in Complex Silicate Structures"
William J. Weber,
[1993]
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
· DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1993.tb06641.x
· EID: 2-s2.0-0027627078
Alpha decay in Cm‐doped Ca2Nd8(SiO4)6O2, Pu‐doped ZrSiO4, and natural ZrSiO4 minerals results in the simultaneous accumulation of point defects and amorphous regions that both contribute to the macroscopic swelling. A composite model for the macroscopic swelling is used to determine the amorphous fraction as a function of cumulative alpha‐decay events. The dependence of the derived amorphous fraction in Ca2Nd8(SiO4)6O2 on cumulative alpha‐decay events is consistent with amorphization occurring directly within an individual displacement cascade. In ZrSiO4, on the other hand, the rate of amorphization is lower and the derived amorphous fraction as a function of cumulative alpha‐decay events is consistent with models for amorphization occurring as a result of the local accumulation of high‐defect concentrations from the multiple overlapping of displacement cascades. |
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"Alpha-Decay-Induced Amorphization in Complex Silicate Structures"
William J. Weber,
[1993]
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
· DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1993.tb06641.x
Alpha decay in Cm‐doped Ca2Nd8(SiO4)6O2, Pu‐doped ZrSiO4, and natural ZrSiO4 minerals results in the simultaneous accumulation of point defects and amorphous regions that both contribute to the macroscopic swelling. A composite model for the macroscopic swelling is used to determine the amorphous fraction as a function of cumulative alpha‐decay events. The dependence of the derived amorphous fraction in Ca2Nd8(SiO4)6O2 on cumulative alpha‐decay events is consistent with amorphization occurring directly within an individual displacement cascade. In ZrSiO4, on the other hand, the rate of amorphization is lower and the derived amorphous fraction as a function of cumulative alpha‐decay events is consistent with models for amorphization occurring as a result of the local accumulation of high‐defect concentrations from the multiple overlapping of displacement cascades. |
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"HRTEM study of heavy ion irradiation damage in Ca |
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"ION-BEAM AMORPHIZATION OF CA2LA8(SIO4)6O2 SINGLE-CRYSTALS" [1993] Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings | |
"Ion beam modification of Gd |
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"Ion beam modification of Gd2Ti2O7" N.J. Hess, W.J. Weber, [1993] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/0168-583x(93)90776-3 | |
"Ion-beam amorphization of Ca |
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"RESEARCH NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGHLY CONDUCTING ELECTROCERAMICS (VOL B18, PG 52, 1993)" [1993] Materials Science and Engineering B | |
"Research needs and opportunities in highly conducting electroceramics" H.L. Tuller, T.O. Mason, A.N. Cormack, W.J. Weber, [1993] · DOI: 10.1016/0921-5107(93)90111-y · EID: 2-s2.0-0027542281 | |
"TEMPERATURE AND ION-MASS DEPENDENCE OF AMORPHIZATION DOSE FOR ION-BEAM IRRADIATED ZIRCON (ZRSIO4)" [1993] Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings | |
"Temperature and ion-mass dependence of amorphization dose for ion beam irradiated zircon (ZrSiO |
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"Amorphization in Gd |
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"Amorphization in Gd2Ti2O7 and CaZrTi2O7 irradiated with 3 MeV argon ions" N.J. Hess, G.D. Maupin, W.J. Weber, [1992] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/0168-583x(92)95021-i | |
"Radiation-induced amorphization in complex silicates" W.J. Weber, [1992] · DOI: 10.1016/0168-583x(92)95018-m · EID: 2-s2.0-0008454713 | |
"Synthesis, air sintering and properties of lanthanum and yttrium chromites and manganites" L CHICK, W WEBER, J LAMBERTBATES, [1992] · DOI: 10.1016/0167-2738(92)90110-b · EID: 2-s2.0-0026868291 | |
"ALPHA-DECAY EVENT DAMAGE IN ZIRCON" Akihiro Saito, Toshinaga Tachi, Hiroshi Nagasawa, Hiroyuki Horiuchi, [1991] American Mineralogist · DOI: 10.2138/am-1997-1-216 | |
"Combustion synthesis of YBa |
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"COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS OF YBA2CU3O7-X GLYCINE METAL NITRATE METHOD" G.D. Maupin, W.J. Weber, D.J. McReady, R.W. Stephens, L.R. Pederson, [1991] Materials Letters · DOI: 10.1016/0167-577x(91)90235-x | |
"Radiation effects on materials in high-radiation environments: A workshop summary" L.K. Mansur, F.W. Clinard, D.M. Parkin, W.J. Weber, [1991] · DOI: 10.1016/0022-3115(91)90527-e · EID: 2-s2.0-0026413955 | |
"RADIATION EFFECTS ON MATERIALS IN HIGH-RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS - A WORKSHOP SUMMARY" L.K. Mansur, F.W. Clinard, D.M. Parkin, W.J. Weber, [1991] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/0022-3115(91)90527-e | |
"The effect of radiation on nuclear waste forms" William J. Weber, [1991] · DOI: 10.1007/bf03220621 · EID: 2-s2.0-0026188876 | |
"Alpha irradiation effects in Ca |
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"Alpha irradiation effects in Ca2Nd8(SiO4)6O2" R.B. Greegor, W.J. Weber, [1990] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/0168-583x(90)90690-v | |
"Preparation and properties of YBa |
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"Preparation and properties of YBa2Cu3O7−x thin films on LaAlO3 by pulsed excimer laser ablation" W.J. Weber, L.R. Pederson, M.E. Geusic, [1990] Materials Letters · DOI: 10.1016/0167-577x(90)90004-6 | |
"Radiation-Induced Defects and Amorphization in Zircon"
W. J. Weber,
[1990]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.1990.2687
· EID: 2-s2.0-0025519432
The effects of self-radiation damage as a function of cumulative alpha-decay events in synthetic zircon doped with 238Pu and natural zircons damaged over geologic time are compared and interpreted in terms of the accumulation of both defects and amorphousness. The radiation-induced unit-cell expansion and amorphization result in macroscopic swelling that increases sigmoidally with cumulative decay events and saturates at a fully amorphous state. The derived amorphous fraction as a function of cumulative dose is consistent with models based on the multiple overlap of displacement cascades, indicating that amorphization in zircon occurs as a result of the local accumulation of high defect concentrations rather than directly within a displacement cascade. Annealing of point defects in the natural zircons suppresses initial swelling and delays the onset of amorphization. Full recrystallization of the zircon structure from the amorphous state occurs in two stages, with kinetics and activation energies consistent with the reported thermal stability of the amorphous state. This study further confirms that actinide doping is a viable accelerated technique to study or simulate radiation effects from alpha decay on geologic time scales. |
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"Preparation and properties of thin film high-temperature superconductors" [1988] · EID: 2-s2.0-0024174343 | |
"Processing and characterization of monolithic high-temperature superconductors" [1988] · EID: 2-s2.0-0024177011 | |
"Radiation effects in nuclear waste glasses" W.J. Weber, [1988] · DOI: 10.1016/0168-583x(88)90257-1 · EID: 2-s2.0-0024276039 | |
"Simulation of radiation damage in zircon" G.D. Maupin, W.J. Weber, [1988] · DOI: 10.1016/0168-583x(88)90263-7 · EID: 2-s2.0-0024276009 | |
"Sputter deposition of superconducting YBa |
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"Effects of Cation Substitution on Electrical and Thermal Transport Properties of YCrO High‐temperature electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity measurements were used to study the effects of different cation substituents on electrical and thermal transport in YCrO3 and LaCrO3. The substitution of divalent Ca and Sr for Y and La, respectively, resulted in the formation of small polarons as charge carriers. The additional substitution of Mn for Cr resulted in the formation of a second charge carrier associated with the Mn. The electrical conductivity results were consistent with thermally activated transport by hopping of a temperature‐independent carrier concentration. The activation energies were 0.20 and 0.12 eV for (Y,Ca)CrO3 and (La,Sr)CrO3, respectively, and increased to about 0.50 eV with the substitution of Mn for Cr. The Seebeck coefficient increased linearly with temperature and decreased with substituent concentration for both (Y,Ca)CrO3 and (La,Sr)CrO3. The substitution of Mn for Cr resulted in a Seebeck coefficient with a more complex dependence on temperature and substituent concentration. The thermal conductivity did not change significantly with either cation substitution or temperature. |
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"Effects of Cation Substitution on Electrical and Thermal Transport Properties of YCrO3 and LaCrO3"
CURTIS W. GRIFFIN, J. LAMBERT BATES, WILLIAM J. WEBER,
[1987]
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
· DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1987.tb04979.x
High‐temperature electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity measurements were used to study the effects of different cation substituents on electrical and thermal transport in YCrO3 and LaCrO3. The substitution of divalent Ca and Sr for Y and La, respectively, resulted in the formation of small polarons as charge carriers. The additional substitution of Mn for Cr resulted in the formation of a second charge carrier associated with the Mn. The electrical conductivity results were consistent with thermally activated transport by hopping of a temperature‐independent carrier concentration. The activation energies were 0.20 and 0.12 eV for (Y,Ca)CrO3 and (La,Sr)CrO3, respectively, and increased to about 0.50 eV with the substitution of Mn for Cr. The Seebeck coefficient increased linearly with temperature and decreased with substituent concentration for both (Y,Ca)CrO3 and (La,Sr)CrO3. The substitution of Mn for Cr resulted in a Seebeck coefficient with a more complex dependence on temperature and substituent concentration. The thermal conductivity did not change significantly with either cation substitution or temperature. |
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"INTERFACIAL CHEMISTRY-STRUCTURE AND FRACTURE OF CERAMIC COMPOSITES" C. H. Henager, C. H. Schilling, L. H. Schoenlein, W. J. Weber, F. Gac, R. H. Jones, [1987] Journal of Metals · DOI: 10.1002/9780470310496.ch15 | |
"Microstructural characterization of YBa 2 Cu 3 0 7 _ x"
B. L. Thiel, I. A. Aksay, W. J. Weber, W. S. Frydrych, M. Sarikaya,
[1987]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.1987.0736
· EID: 2-s2.0-84913863071
A detailed characterization study on polycrystalline specimens of YBa2Cu3O |
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"SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF YBa |
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"Effects of radiation on microstructure and fracture properties in Ca |
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"Effects of radiation on microstructure and fracture properties in Ca2Nd8(SiO4)6)2" Hj. Matzke, W.J. Weber, [1986] Materials Letters · DOI: 10.1016/0167-577x(86)90082-0 | |
"Effects of self-radiation damage in Cm-doped Gd |
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"Effects of self-radiation damage in Cm-doped Gd2Ti2O7 and CaZrTi2O7" J.W. Wald, Hj. Matzke, W.J. Weber, [1986] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/0022-3115(86)90006-1 | |
"Electrical and thermal transport properties of the Y The effects of substituting divalent metal ions (Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) for Y in YCrO3were investigated by electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity measurements. The electrical conductivity results were consistent with the hopping-type conduction of a temperature-independent concentration of small polarons, with measured activation energies of 0.18-0.26 eV. The Seebeck coefficient increased nearly linearly with temperature and indicated |
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"Electrical and thermal transport properties of the Y1 − x M x CrO3 system"
C.W. Griffin, J.L. Bates, W.J. Weber,
[2011]
Journal of Materials Research
· DOI: 10.1557/jmr.1986.0675
The effects of substituting divalent metal ions (Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) for Y in YCrO3were investigated by electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity measurements. The electrical conductivity results were consistent with the hopping-type conduction of a temperature-independent concentration of small polarons, with measured activation energies of 0.18-0.26 eV. The Seebeck coefficient increased nearly linearly with temperature and indicated |
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"An X-ray and neutron powder diffraction study of the Ca |
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"An X-ray and neutron powder diffraction study of the Ca2+xNd8−x(SiO4)6O2−0.5x system" W.J. Weber, F.J. Rotella, J.A. Fahey, [1985] Journal of Solid State Chemistry · DOI: 10.1016/0022-4596(85)90106-9 | |
"EFFECTS OF ALPHA IRRADIATION ON BARIUM HOLLANDITE AND NICKEL-IRON SPINEL." [1985] · EID: 2-s2.0-0022245468 | |
"EFFECTS OF alpha -RADIOLYSIS ON LEACHING OF A NUCLEAR WASTE GLASS." [1985] · EID: 2-s2.0-17044443754 | |
"Effects of α‐Radiolysis on Leaching of a Nuclear Waste Glass"
John W. Wald, Gary L. McVay, William J. Weber,
[1985]
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
· DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1985.tb15805.x
· EID: 2-s2.0-84987285056
The effects of α‐radiolysis on leaching were studied in compositionally identical Pu‐doped waste glass samples which were prepared at different α‐activities (dose rates) by varying the 239Pu/238Pu isotopic ratio in the Pu dopant. The results of 14‐, 28‐, and 56‐d static leach tests at 40°C, in both deionized water and brine solution, indicate that α‐radiolysis at the samplelsolution interface increased Pu and Si release by a factor of ≅3. |
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"EFFECTS OF ALPHA-RADIOLYSIS ON LEACHING OF A NUCLEAR WASTE GLASS"
John W. Wald, Gary L. McVay, William J. Weber,
[1985]
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
· DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1985.tb15805.x
The effects of α‐radiolysis on leaching were studied in compositionally identical Pu‐doped waste glass samples which were prepared at different α‐activities (dose rates) by varying the 239Pu/238Pu isotopic ratio in the Pu dopant. The results of 14‐, 28‐, and 56‐d static leach tests at 40°C, in both deionized water and brine solution, indicate that α‐radiolysis at the samplelsolution interface increased Pu and Si release by a factor of ≅3. |
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"SELF-RADIATION DAMAGE IN ACTINIDE HOST PHASES OF NUCLEAR WASTE FORMS." [1985] · EID: 2-s2.0-0022222132 | |
"Self-radiation damage in Gd |
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"Self-radiation damage in Gd2Ti2O7" J.W. Wald, Hj. Matzke, W.J. Weber, [1985] Materials Letters · DOI: 10.1016/0167-577x(85)90154-5 | |
"ALPHA-IRRADIATION DAMAGE IN CeO |
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"Alpha-irradiation damage in CeO 2 , UO 2 and PuO 2" W. J. Weber, [2006] Radiation Effects · DOI: 10.1080/00337578408215798 | |
"EFFECTS OF SELF-RADIATION DAMAGE ON THE LEACHABILITY OF ACTINIDE-HOST PHASES." [1984] · EID: 2-s2.0-0021610051 | |
"Indentation testing of nuclear-waste glasses" Hj. Matzke, J. L. Routbort, W. J. Weber, [1984] · DOI: 10.1007/bf00550807 · EID: 2-s2.0-0021476637 | |
"Radiation effects on nuclear waste storage materials" L.R. Pederson, W.J. Gray, G.L. McVay, W.J. Weber, [1984] · DOI: 10.1016/0168-583x(84)90120-4 · EID: 2-s2.0-25844492880 | |
"A review of radiation effects in solid nuclear wast forms" [1983] · EID: 2-s2.0-0020707173 | |
"DAMAGE INGROWTH AND RECOVERY IN ALPHA-IRRADIATED CaF |
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"Damage ingrowth and recovery in alpha-irradiated CaF 2 , SrF 2 , and BaF 2" W. J. Weber, [2006] Radiation Effects · DOI: 10.1080/00337578308219217 | |
"RADIATION EFFECTS ON NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE MATERIALS." [1983] · EID: 2-s2.0-0020709444 | |
"RADIATION-INDUCED SWELLING AND AMORPHIZATION IN Ca |
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"Radiation-induced swelling and amorphization in Ca 2 Nd 8 (SiO 4 ) 6 O 2" W. J. Weber, [2006] Radiation Effects · DOI: 10.1080/00337578308228193 | |
"REVIEW OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF RADIATION EFFECTS IN SOLID NUCLEAR WASTE FORMS." [1983] · EID: 2-s2.0-0020593342 | |
"Thermal recovery of lattice defects in alpha-irradiated UO |
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"Thermal recovery of lattice defects in alpha-irradiated UO2 crystals" W.J. Weber, [1983] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/0022-3115(83)90259-3 | |
"RADIATION DAMAGE FROM ALPHA DECAY IN CERAMIC NUCLEAR WASTE FORMS." [1982] · EID: 2-s2.0-0020100633 | |
"Radiation Damage in a Rare‐Earth Silicate With the Apatite Structure"
W.J. WEBER,
[1982]
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
· DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1982.tb10779.x
· EID: 2-s2.0-0019998407
The effects of radiation on the rare‐earth silicate, Ca2Nd8 (SiO4)6O2, with the apatite structure was investigated using 244Cm doping and alpha, gamma, and electron irradiations. Amorphization of the initially crystalline material was observed to occur only in the Cm‐doped material. Alpha irradiation produced measurable lattice expansions, with no tendency toward amorphization. The gamma and electron irradiations produced no measurable effects. The results indicate that the thermal spikes produced by the recoil nuclei emitted in alpha decay are responsible for the observed amorphization; the alpha particles produce isolated defects which contribute little, if at all, to the amorphization process; and ionizing radiation has no measurable effect on this structure. |
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"Radiation Damage in a Rare-Earth Silicate With the Apatite Structure"
W.J. WEBER,
[1982]
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
· DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1982.tb10779.x
The effects of radiation on the rare‐earth silicate, Ca2Nd8 (SiO4)6O2, with the apatite structure was investigated using 244Cm doping and alpha, gamma, and electron irradiations. Amorphization of the initially crystalline material was observed to occur only in the Cm‐doped material. Alpha irradiation produced measurable lattice expansions, with no tendency toward amorphization. The gamma and electron irradiations produced no measurable effects. The results indicate that the thermal spikes produced by the recoil nuclei emitted in alpha decay are responsible for the observed amorphization; the alpha particles produce isolated defects which contribute little, if at all, to the amorphization process; and ionizing radiation has no measurable effect on this structure. |
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"Ingrowth of lattice defects in alpha irradiated UO |
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"Ingrowth of lattice defects in alpha irradiated UO2 single crystals" W.J. Weber, [1981] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/0022-3115(81)90400-1 | |
"RADIATION EFFECTS IN CRYSTALLINE HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE SOLIDS." [1981] · EID: 2-s2.0-0019700329 | |
"RADIATION-DAMAGE IN A RARE-EARTH APATITE STRUCTURE" [1981] American Ceramic Society Bulletin | |
"RADIATION-DAMAGE IN NUCLEAR WASTE CERAMICS" [1980] American Ceramic Society Bulletin | |
"RADIATION-DAMAGE IN VITREOUS AND DEVITRIFIED SIMULATED WASTE GLASS" [1979] American Ceramic Society Bulletin | |
"RADIATION BLISTERING IN NIOBIUM" D. L. Klarstrom, M. L. Sundquist, W. J. Weber, J. M. Donhowe, [1973] Nuclear Technology · DOI: 10.13182/nt73-a16108 | |
"RADIATION BLISTERING IN NIOBIUM." [1973] · EID: 2-s2.0-0015614534 | |
"Irradiation damage by beta particles" C. E. Klabunde, W. J. Weber, R. R. Coltman, [1971] · DOI: 10.1063/1.1685077 · EID: 2-s2.0-0015013910 | |
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