Grain size effect on the radiation damage tolerance of cubic zirconia against simultaneous low and high energy heavy ions: Nano triumphs bulk.

ABSTRACT: Irradiation induced damage in materials is highly detrimental and is a critical issue in several vital science and technology fields, e.g., the nuclear and space industries. While the effect of dimensionality (nano/bulk) of materials on its radiation damage tolerance has been receiving tremendous interest, studies have only concentrated on low energy (nuclear energy loss (S_n) dominant) and high energy (electronic energy loss (S_e) dominant) irradiations independently (wherein, interestingly, the effect is opposite). In-fact, research on radiation damage in general has almost entirely focused only on independent irradiations with low and/or high energy particles till date, and investigations under simultaneous impingement of energetic particles (which also correspond to

SUBMITTER: Kalita P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8149450 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature