用离子辐照模拟研究反应堆结构材料中金属/金属界面原子扩散行为

介绍了利用载能离子辐照模拟研究反应堆结构材料中金属／金属界面原子扩散行为的实验进展,特别是辐照参数（如辐照剂量、辐照温度、核能损、电子能损以及膜结构等）对界面原子扩散行为的影响,并对可能的机理进行了简要的评述。 Atom diffusion at metal/metal interfaces is very important for property of reactor structural materials, which can be simulated by using energetic ion irradiations. The present situation of experimental studies on atom diffusion at metal/metal interfaces induced by energetic ion irradiations is reviewed. The influence of experimental parameters such as the irradiation dose, irradiation temperature, electronic energy loss, nuclear energy loss and the interface structure on the intermixing is emphatically introduced. In addition, the possible mechanisms of metal/ metal intermixing are also briefly described.     

快重离子辐照引起Ni/SiO2界面原子混合及相变研究

在室温下用308 MeV的Xe离子和853 MeV的Pb离子辐照Ni/SiO2样品, 用卢瑟福背散射和X射线衍射技术对样品进行了分析。 通过分析Ni/SiO2样品中元素成分分布和结构随离子辐照剂量和电子能损的变化, 探索了离子辐照在Ni/SiO2样品中引起的界面原子混合与结构相变现象。 实验结果显示, Xe和Pb离子辐照均能引起明显的Ni原子向SiO2基体的扩散并导致界面附近Ni, Si和O原子的混合。 实验观测到低剂量Xe离子辐照可产生NiSi2相, 而高剂量Xe离子辐照则导致了Ni3Si和NiO相的形成。 根据热峰模型, Ni原子的扩散和新相的形成可能由沿离子入射路径强电子激发引起的瞬间热峰过程驱动。Ni/SiO2 interface were irradiated at room temperature with 308 MeV Xe ions to 1×1012, 5×1012 Xe/cm2 and 853 MeV Pb ions to 5×1011 Pb/cm2, respectively. These samples were analyzed using Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS) and X ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD), from which the intermixing and phase change were investigated. The obtained results show that both Xe and Pb ions could induce diffusion of Ni atoms to SiO2 substrates and result in intermixing of Ni with SiO2. Furthermore, 1.0×1012 Xe/cm2 irradiation induced the formation of NiSi2 and 5.0×1012 Xe/cm2 irradiation created Ni3Si and NiO phases. The diffusion of Ni atoms and the formation of new phase may be driven by a transient thermal spike process induced by the intense electronic energy loss along the incident ion path.     

Modification of Fe/Cu multilayers under 400 keV Xe20+ irradiation

Two kinds of Fe/Cu multilayers with different modulation wavelength were deposited on cleaved Si(100) substrates and then irradiated at room temperature using 400 keV Xe²⁰⁺ in a wide range of irradiation fluences. As a comparison, thermal annealing at 300—900℃ was also carried out in vacuum. Then the samples were analyzed by XRD and the evolution of crystallite structures induced by irradiation was investigated. The obtained XRD patterns showed that, with increase of the irradiation fluence, the peaks of Fe became weaker, the peaks related to Cu-based fcc solid solution and Fe-based bcc solid solution phase became visible and the former became strong gradually. This implied that the intermixing at the Fe/Cu interface induced by ion irradiation resulted in the formation of the new phases which could not be achieved by thermal annealing. The possible intermixing mechanism of Fe/Cu multilayers induced by energetic ion irradiation was briefly discussed.     

Evidence of New Structure Formation in C-doped SiO2 after 4.57 MeV／u Pb Ion Irradiation

Experimental results showed that energetic ion induced phase change in a solid could be achieved not only by irradiation at high fluences but also by singe ion induced huge electronic excitations. The phase change produced in the later condition is just along individual ion latent tracks。Poecently, we have proposed a novel technique,“low energy ion implantation swift heavy ion irradiation”, for synthesizing new structures in atom mixed materials in which more attention was paid to the dense electronic excitations effect induced by theincident ions. In the present work, the technique[2} was used to investigate huge electronic excitations induced     

Insulator-Metal Transition due to La Doping in Double Perovskite Sr2MnMoO6

Resistivity, thermal diffusivity, lattice and magnetic properties of double perovskite Sr2-xLaxMnMoO6 are investigated with systematic change of La doping concentration x from 0.0 to 0.4. The insulator to metal phase transition is observed with increasing x above 0.3, suggesting that the extra electrons via substitution of La^3 for Sr^2 ions occupy mainly the conduction Mo-4d band. According to the insulator to metal phase transition, the thermal diffusivity of Sr2-xLaxMnMoO6 enhances from 0.33cm^2/s at x=0.0 to 0.49cm^2/s at x=0.4. We further investigate the La doping effects on the lattice and magnetic properties.     

利用高能离子模拟研究反应堆结构材料中的辐照效应

简要介绍了载能粒子辐射损伤对反应堆结构材料性能的影响,阐述了载能粒子束特别是高能离子束开展模拟研究的优势,并举例说明了国内利用高能重离子模拟研究反应堆结构材料辐射效应取得的进展。实验结果和理论分析表明,载能离子特别是高能离子辐照非常适合用于模拟研究反应堆结构材料中由粒子辐射引起的材料微观结构和宏观性能变化,是模拟研究反应堆结构材料辐射效应的非常有效的手段。 Radiation damage in structural materials of fission/fusion reactors is mainly attributed to the evolution of intensive atom displacement damage induced by energetic particles （ n, α and/or fission fragments） and highrate helium doping by direct α particle bombardments and/or （n, α） reactions. It can cause severe degradation of reactor structural materials such as surface blistering, bulk void swelling, deformation, fatigue, embrittlement, stress erosion corrosion and so on that will significantly affect the operation safety of reactors. However, up to now, behavior of structural materials at the end of their service can hardly be fully tested in a real reactor. In the present paper, damage process in reactor structural materials is briefly introduced, then the advantages of energetic ion implantation/irradiation especially high-energy heavy ion irradiation are discussed, and several typical examples on simulation of radiation effects in reactor candidate structural materials using high-energy heavy ion irradiations are introduced. Experimental results and theoretical analysis suggested that irradiation with energetic particles especially high-energy heavy ions is a very useful technique for simulating the evolution of microstructures and macro-properties of reactor structural materials.     

Energetic Ion Effects on the Ion Saturation Current

The ion saturation current is very important in probe theory, which can be used to measure the electron temperature and the floating potential. In this work, the effects of energetic ions on the ion saturation current are studied via particle-in-cell simulations. It is found that the energetic ions and background ions can be treated separately as different species, and they satisfy their individual Bohm criterion at the sheath edge. It is shown that the energetic ions can significantly affect the ion saturation current if their concentration is greater than T_e/(γi2 T_(i2))~(1/2), where Te is the electron temperature, and γ_(i2) and T_(i2) represent the polytropic coefficient and temperature of energetic ions, respectively. As a result, the floating potential and the I V characteristic profile are strongly influenced by the energetic ions. When the energetic ion current dominates the ion saturation current, an analysis of the ion saturation current will yield the energetic ion temperature rather than the electron temperature.     

快重离子引起的辐照效应

用PAT、CEMS、SEM和TEM分析观测了HIRFL提供的能量为几十MeV到几百MeV的碳离子在Ni、马氏体时效不锈钢、HT—9铁素体钢和316L不锈钢中引起的辐照效应,包括辐照引起的偏析、脱溶、相变和肿胀,以及辐照肿胀随辐照温度的变化关系,研究了510MeV的碳离子在高纯Ni中的损伤分布,并给出了95MeV的Ar离子模拟宇宙射线在宇宙飞行器中引起数字半导体器件“软故障”的最近结果。 The radiation effects were studied by means of PAT, CEMS, SEM and TEM in nickel,martensitic ageing stainless steel, ferrite steel HT-9 and stainless steel 316L induced by carbon ionswith energy of tens of MeV to hundreds of MeV delivered by HIRFL. It includes segregate,preciptale, phase change and void swelling, as well as temperature-relativity of the irradiationswelling. The damage distribution was also studied in nickel irradiated by 510MeV C~(6+). And the recentresults of Ar ions ...     

聚合物材料的快重离子辐照效应

简要介绍了快重离子辐照损伤的特点,通过与低电离辐射粒子辐照在聚合物材料中产生的效应的类比论述了快重离子辐照在聚合物材料中产生的效应及其研究现状 ,并结合快重离子辐照效应的应用展望了该领域未来的发展.The irradiation effects in polymers induced by swift heavy ions were reviewed in comparison with that induced by low ionization particles based on the characteristics of swift heavy ion irradiations. It is shown that bond breaking and cross linking, gas releasing, amorphization and carbonization of polymers depend strongly on the electronic energy loss. Besides special effects such as alkynes production, can be induced under swift heavy ion irradiation. The perspectives...     

利用HIRFL高能重离子束的核能材料辐照损伤研究

载能重离子与高能中子在材料中能够产生相似的级联碰撞损伤,加之重离子具有大的离位损伤截面和在材料样品中低的感生放射性,载能重离子束成为模拟先进核能装置内部结构材料辐照损伤的重要手段。HIRFL能区的重离子在结构材料中的射程一般远大于晶粒尺寸,因此能够产生材料体损伤,借助小样品技术可以获得材料力学性能变化（尤其辐照脆化）的有用信息,为探讨材料辐照损伤微结构和宏观力学性能变化的关联提供了重要条件。本文简要介绍了近年来我们基于HIRFL高能离子束开展的聚变堆候选材料辐照损伤的研究,包括低活化钢的辐照脆化行为、氧化物弥散强化（ODS）铁素体钢的结构优化对于抗辐照性能的影响、不同载能粒子辐照条件下铁素体/马氏体钢的辐照肿胀数据的关联,以及高能重离子辐照的钨材料中氢同位素的滞留行为。研究表明,结合特殊的测试技术及数据分析方法,高能重离子可作为核能结构材料辐照损伤研究及评估的有效手段。Because of the similarity in cascade damage structure in materials produced by energetic heavy ions and by fast neutrons, and the high displacement rate and low induced radioactivity of samples by heavy ions, heavy ion beam becomes an important tool to simulate radiation damage by energetic neutrons in materials in advanced nuclear energy systems. The ranges of heavy ions provided by HIRFL (Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou) are generally much larger than the mean dimensions of grains in alloys candidate to advanced nuclear reactors, and is capable of producing radiation damage in bulk scale. It therefore makes possible the evaluation of change of mechanical properties including the radiation induced embrittlement from the irradiated specimens by using miniaturized specimen techniques. In the present paper, we provide an introduction of our recent studies of radiation damage of materials candidate to future fusion reactors by utilizing heavy ion beams in HIRFL.The studies include issues as follows:ductility loss of RAFM steels causes by high-energy Ne ions, impact of oxide dispersoids on the radiation resistance of ODS ferritic steels, correlation of void swelling of ferritic/martensitic steels under different particle irradiation, and behavior of deuterium retention in tungsten under irradiation with high-energy heavy ions. The results show that high-energy heavy ions can be used as a tool to efficiently investigate or evaluate radiation damage in structure materials if combined with some special test techniques and data analysis.     

Epitaxial SiC formation induced by medium energy ions on Si(1 1 1) at room temperature

In the search for silicon technology compatible substrate for III-nitride epitaxy, we present a proof-of-concept for forming epitaxial SiC layer on Si(1 1 1). A C/Si interface formed by ion sputtering is exposed to 100-1500 eV Ar⁺ ions, inducing a chemical reaction to form SiC, as observed by core-level X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Angle dependent XPS studies shows forward scattering feature that manifest the epitaxial SiC layer formation, while the valence band depicts the metal to insulator phase change.     

Defects mediated diffusion in Pt/Co/Pt multilayers induced by dense electronic excitations

Present study compares the effects of 200 MeV Ag¹⁵⁺ and 100 MeV O⁷⁺ ion irradiations on the structural, interfacial mixing and magnetic properties of annealed Pt/Co/Pt layers fabricated by DC magnetron sputtering. X-ray diffraction analysis shows that ion irradiations coupled with post annealing results in the formation of the face centred tetragonal L1₀ CoPt phase. Irradiation using 200 MeV Ag¹⁵⁺ ions having higher ionizing energy transfer to the film was found to be more efficient in causing structural phase transition as compared with that using 100 MeV energy O⁷⁺ ions having lower ionizing energy transfer at similar fluence. Rutherford back scattering analysis reveals the role of defect mediated inter-atomic diffusion in tailoring the alloy composition of the film irradiated by different energetic ions. A broad magnetic switching field distribution for O⁷⁺ ion irradiated films compared to Ag¹⁵⁺ ion irradiation was evident from the magnetic measurements. The contribution of alloy composition to switching field distribution has been discussed in details. Above results showed that the electronic energy loss and fluence dependent defects, generated by irradiation, played an important role in tuning the structural, atomic diffusion and magnetic reversal properties of Pt/Co/Pt.     

Phase formation by ion beam mixing in the Ti/Si multilayer system

The irradiation effect of 350 MeV Au⁺ ions on Ti/Si multilayers has been studied using Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, X-ray reflectivity (XRR) and grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD). Intermixing effects have been studied as a function of fluences of 0.46 × 10¹⁴, 1.82 × 10¹⁴ and 4.62 × 10¹⁴ cm⁻². Rutherford backscattering spectra (RBS) confirm mixing at the interface. X-ray reflectivity patterns show damage at the interfaces with the absence of a continuous fringe pattern at high fluence doses in comparison to the pristine interface. Mixing leads to titanium di-silicide (TiSi₂) phase formation as a shown by grazing incidence X-ray diffraction patterns. The observed intermixing is attributed to energy deposited by the incident ions in the electronic system of the target. Swift heavy ion irradiation induced intermixing increases with fluence.     

Optical spectroscopy study of modifications induced in cerium dioxide by electron and ion irradiations

UV-visible absorption spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy were used to study damage production in cerium dioxide epitaxial films and polycrystalline sintered samples after irradiation with electrons for three energies to span the threshold displacement energies of cerium and oxygen atoms, and 2.4-MeV Cu ions. Neither amorphization nor specific colour-centre bands were detected. Evolutions of the refractive index were derived from the interference fringes in the optical transmission spectra of epilayers after irradiation. No significant change of the refractive index occurred for the 1.0-MeV electron irradiation, whereas a maximum decrease by 28?±?8% was deduced for the 1.4-MeV and 2.5-MeV energies. These modifications are consistent with ballistic damage on the cerium sublattice for high electron energies producing Ce³⁺ ions. However, no significant change of refractive index was found for the Cu ion irradiation. This likely stems from the high rate of Frenkel pair recombination in the collision cascades induced by more energetic recoils than for the electron irradiations, combined with electronic excitations and hole capture on Ce³⁺ ions. This study reveals modifications of the electronic structure upon irradiation that could take place in other non-amorphizable oxide systems.     

Observation of ε′-Ag17 Mg54 phase induced by plasma immersion ion implantation

This paper provides a confirmation of the effectiveness of the recently suggested ab initio approach to the theoretical prediction of phase transformations which may be induced in metallic alloys by metal plasma immersion and ion implantation processing. The approach is based on an assumption that at certain concentrations of the implanted species, the relaxation of the exited electronic state of the implanted structure should be accompanied by the rearrangement of atoms leading to the formation of a new phase. Recently, on the basis of density functional theory calculations of the energetic characteristics of the electronic subsystems of the implanted Mg–Ag system, it was predicted that concentrations of the implanted Ag ions within the range from ～18 to 23 at% Ag, favor transition to the phase ε′-Ag₁₇Mg₅₄. Our transmission electron microscopy observations and electron diffraction analysis of the Mg-based alloy subjected to the implantation of Ag ions at dose of ～5×10¹⁵ ion/cm² confirmed that the formation of the ε′-Ag₁₇Mg₅₄ phase indeed takes place.     

Low energy ion assisted atomic assembly of metallic superlattices

Metallic superlattices with planar, unalloyed (unmixed) interfacial structures are difficult to fabricate by all conventional vapor deposition methods. Molecular dynamics simulations have been used to explore the ways in which inert gas ions can be used to control the atomic assembly of a model Cu/Co metallic super lattice system. High energy, high atomic weight ions are shown to smooth rough interfaces but introduce undesirable intermixing at interfaces. Light ions with very low energies fail to flatten the rough surfaces that are naturally created during deposition at ambient temperature where surface atom mobility is kinetically constrained. The optimum energies for achieving the lowest combination of interfacial roughness and interlayer mixing have been found for each inert gas ion species and the key mechanisms of surface structure reorganization activated by ion impacts have been identified over the range of ion masses and energies studied. Optimum ion energies that maximize the interface structural perfection have been identified.     

Color optimization of red OLEDs via periodic and gradient deposition rate of fluorescent dopants

Optical and Quantum Electronics - This paper deals with the 700 keV energetic Carbon (C) ions irradiations induced structrual modification and optical bandgap tunning of...