Superior tolerance of Ag/Ni multilayers against Kr ion irradiation: An in situ study

K. Y. Yu, C. Sun, Y. Chen, Y. Liu, H. Wang, M. A. Kirk, M. Li, X. Zhang

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Abstract

Monolithic Ag and Ni films and Ag/Ni multilayers with individual layer thickness of 5 and 50 nm were subjected to in situ Kr ion irradiation at room temperature to 1 displacement-per-atom (a fluence of 2 × 1014 ions/cm2). Monolithic Ag has high density of small loops (4 nm in diameter), whereas Ni has fewer but much greater loops (exceeding 20 nm). In comparison, dislocation loops, ∼4 nm in diameter, were the major defects in the irradiated Ag/Ni 50 nm film, while the loops were barely observed in the Ag/Ni 5 nm film. At 0.2 dpa (0.4 × 1014 ions/cm), defect density in both monolithic Ag and Ni saturated at 1.6 and 0.2 × 10 23/m3, compared with 0.8 × 1023/m 3 in Ag/Ni 50 nm multilayer at a saturation fluence of ∼1 dpa (2 × 1014 ions/cm2). Direct observations of frequent loop absorption by layer interfaces suggest that these interfaces are efficient defect sinks. Ag/Ni 5 nm multilayer showed a superior morphological stability against radiation compared to Ag/Ni 50 nm film.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3547-3562
Number of pages16
JournalPhilosophical Magazine
Volume93
Issue number26
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2013

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We acknowledge financial support by US Army Research Office – Materials Science Division, under contract no. W911NF-09-1-0223. Radiation effort was partially supported by DOE-NEUP under contract no. DE-AC07-05ID14517-00088120. Y. Liu and a portion of TEM work were supported by NSF-DMR metallic materials and nanostructures program, under grant no. 0644835. We also thank Edward A. Ryan and Peter M. Baldo at Argonne National Laboratory for their help during in situ experiments. The IVEM facility at Argonne National Laboratory is supported by DOE-BES.

Keywords

  • Ag/Ni
  • Kr
  • in situ radiation
  • interface

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