Nanometer-scale tunnel formation in metallic glass by helium ion irradiation Academic Article

abstract

• We have shown that upon high fluence helium ion irradiation, metallic glass Cu 50Zr 45Ti 5 becomes highly porous at the depth of the helium projected range. The resulting porous region is characterized by the formation of a tunnel like structure and self-linkage of nanometer size gas bubbles. Furthermore, the irradiation leads to the formation of nanometer size Cu xZr y crystals that are randomly distributed. The results of this study indicate that the He-filled bubbles have attractive interactions and experience considerable mobility. Movement of the bubbles is believed to be assisted by ballistic collisions. 2012 American Institute of Physics.

authors

• Shao, Lin

published proceedings

• APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

author list (cited authors)

• Shao, L., Gorman, B. P., Aitkaliyeva, A., Theodore, N. D., & Xie, G.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Shao, Lin||Gorman, Brian P||Aitkaliyeva, Assel||Theodore, N David||Xie, Guoqiang

publication date

• July 2012

publisher

• AIP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Applied Physics Letters  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1063/1.4734399

start page

• 041901

end page

• 041901

volume

• 101

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1063%2F1.4734399