TY - GEN
T1 - ROLES OF ENERGETIC DISPLACEMENT CASCADES IN ION BEAM MODIFICATIONS OF MATERIALS.
AU - Averback, R. S.
AU - Kim, S. J.
AU - Diaz de la Rubia, T.
PY - 1987/12/1
Y1 - 1987/12/1
N2 - The roles of energetic displacement cascades are ubiquitous in the fields of radiation damage and ion beam modifications of materials. These roles can be described on two time scales. For the first, which lasts approximately 10** minus **1**1 s, small cascade volumes are characterized by large supersaturations of point defects, structural disorder, and energy densities in excess of some tenths of eV's per atom. During this period, the system can be driven far from equilibrium with significant rearrangement of target atoms and the production of Frenkel pairs. Experimental studies of ion beam mixing in conjunction with molecular dynamics computer simulations, have contributed largely toward understanding these dynamic cascade processes. It will be shown how the primary state of damage in cascades influences this microstructural development. Examples involving radiation-enhanced diffusion and ion-induced amorphization will be discussed.
AB - The roles of energetic displacement cascades are ubiquitous in the fields of radiation damage and ion beam modifications of materials. These roles can be described on two time scales. For the first, which lasts approximately 10** minus **1**1 s, small cascade volumes are characterized by large supersaturations of point defects, structural disorder, and energy densities in excess of some tenths of eV's per atom. During this period, the system can be driven far from equilibrium with significant rearrangement of target atoms and the production of Frenkel pairs. Experimental studies of ion beam mixing in conjunction with molecular dynamics computer simulations, have contributed largely toward understanding these dynamic cascade processes. It will be shown how the primary state of damage in cascades influences this microstructural development. Examples involving radiation-enhanced diffusion and ion-induced amorphization will be discussed.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0023591550
SN - 0931837405
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings
SP - 399
EP - 410
BT - Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings
A2 - Thompson, Michael O.
A2 - Picraux, S.Thomas
A2 - Williams, James S.
PB - Materials Research Soc
T2 - Beam-Solid Interact and Transient Processes
Y2 - 1 December 1986 through 4 December 1986
ER -