Stable storage of helium in nanoscale platelets at semicoherent interfaces. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • He implanted into metals precipitates into nanoscale bubbles that may later grow into voids, degrading the properties of engineering alloys. Using multiscale modeling, we show that a different class of He precipitates may form at semicoherent interfaces: nanoscale platelets. These platelets grow by wetting high-energy interface regions, remain stable under irradiation, and reduce He-induced swelling. Stable storage of He at interfaces may impart unprecedented He resistance to future structural materials.

published proceedings

  • Phys Rev Lett

author list (cited authors)

  • Kashinath, A., Misra, A., & Demkowicz, M. J.

citation count

  • 117

complete list of authors

  • Kashinath, A||Misra, A||Demkowicz, MJ

publication date

  • February 2013