Radiation Effects in Solids

✍ Scribed by Arthur F. Voter (auth.), Kurt E. Sickafus, Eugene A. Kotomin, Blas P. Uberuaga (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 592
• Series: NATO Science Series 235
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is a comprehensive overview of fundamental principles and relevant technical issues associated with the behavior of solids exposed to high-energy radiation. These are important to the development of materials for existing fission reactors or future fusion and advanced reactors for energy production; to the development of electronic devices such as high-energy detectors; and to the development of novel materials for electronic and photonic applications (particularly on the nanoscale). The contents are organized in three major categories: radiation damage fundamentals; materials dependent radiation damage phenomena; special topics including swift ion irradiation effects, nanostructure design via irradiation, radiation detectors, and many others.

The book demonstrates the interplay between experimental and theoretical investigations of radiation damage phenomena. The book explores computer simulation methods ranging from molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of events occurring on short timescales (ps – ns), to kinetic Monte Carlo and kinetic rate theory, which consider damage evolution over times ranging from µs to hours beyond the initial damage event.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
INTRODUCTION TO THE KINETIC MONTE CARLO METHOD....Pages 1-23
ACCELERATED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS....Pages 25-43
RADIATION INDUCED STRUCTURAL CHANGES THROUGH IN-SITU TEM OBSERVATIONS....Pages 45-63
RADIATION DAMAGE FROM DIFFERENT PARTICLE TYPES....Pages 65-98
HIGH DOSE RADIATION EFFECTS IN STEELS....Pages 99-121
RADIATION-ENHANCED DIFFUSION AND RADIATION-INDUCED SEGREGATION....Pages 123-151
THE KINETICS OF RADIATION-INDUCED POINT DEFECT AGGREGATION AND METALLIC COLLOID FORMATION IN IONIC SOLIDS....Pages 153-192
MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF IRRADIATED CERAMICS....Pages 193-232
OPTICAL & SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES OF NONMETALS: INORGANIC SCINTILLATORS FOR RADIATION DETECTORS....Pages 233-257
RADIATION-INDUCED PHASE TRANSITIONS....Pages 259-319
INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR IRRADIATION-INDUCED PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS....Pages 321-352
AMORPHOUS SYSTEMS AND AMORPHIZATION....Pages 353-386
ION BEAM MIXING....Pages 387-400
RADIATION EFFECTS IN NUCLEAR FUELS....Pages 401-420
ROLE OF IRRADIATION IN STRESS CORROSION CRACKING....Pages 421-447
ION BEAM SYNTHESIS AND TAILORING OF NANOSTRUCTURES....Pages 449-485
RESIDUAL STRESS EVOLUTION DURING ENERGETIC PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT OF THIN FILMS....Pages 487-534
PEROVSKITE-BASED COLOSSAL MAGNETORESISTANCE MATERIALS AND THEIR IRRADIATION STUDIES: A REVIEW....Pages 535-574
EXPOSURE OF BONE TO IONIZING RADIATION....Pages 575-588
Back Matter....Pages 589-592

✦ Subjects

Materials Science; Condensed Matter