On lattice distortion in high entropy alloys

Q He, Y Yang - Frontiers in Materials, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Lattice distortion in high entropy alloys (HEAs) is an issue of fundamental importance but yet
to be fully understood. In this article, we first focus on the recent research dedicated to lattice …

Influence of chemical disorder on energy dissipation and defect evolution in concentrated solid solution alloys

Y Zhang, GM Stocks, K **, C Lu, H Bei… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
A grand challenge in materials research is to understand complex electronic correlation and
non-equilibrium atomic interactions, and how such intrinsic properties and dynamic …

Opportunities and limitations for ion beams in radiation effects studies: Bridging critical gaps between charged particle and neutron irradiations

SJ Zinkle, LL Snead - Scripta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Ion beams are indispensible for understanding radiation effects in materials, enabling
access to conditions challenging to perform with neutrons. However, ion irradiations can …

Ion irradiation and modification: The role of coupled electronic and nuclear energy dissipation and subsequent nonequilibrium processes in materials

Y Zhang, WJ Weber - Applied Physics Reviews, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Understanding material responses to energy deposition from energetic charged particles is
important for defect engineering, ion-beam processing, ion-beam analysis and modification …

Coupled electronic and atomic effects on defect evolution in silicon carbide under ion irradiation

Y Zhang, H Xue, E Zarkadoula, R Sachan… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding energy dissipation processes in electronic/atomic subsystems and
subsequent non-equilibrium defect evolution is a long-standing challenge in materials …

Radiation damage in wide and ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors

SJ Pearton, A Aitkaliyeva, M **an, F Ren… - ECS Journal of Solid …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The wide bandgap semiconductors SiC and GaN are already commercialized as power
devices that are used in the automotive, wireless, and industrial power markets, but their …

Ion beam modification of two-dimensional materials: Characterization, properties, and applications

Z Li, F Chen - Applied Physics Reviews, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The layered two-dimensional (2D) materials, eg, the well-known graphene, transition metal
dichalcogenides, and topological insulators, have attracted great interest of researchers …

Radiation-induced segregation in a ceramic

X Wang, H Zhang, T Baba, H Jiang, C Liu, Y Guan… - Nature Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Radiation-induced segregation is well known in metals, but has been rarely studied in
ceramics. We discover that radiation can induce notable segregation of one of the …

Unravelling the secrets of the resistance of GaN to strongly ionising radiation

MC Sequeira, JG Mattei, H Vazquez… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
GaN is the most promising upgrade to the traditional Si-based radiation-hard technologies.
However, the underlying mechanisms driving its resistance are unclear, especially for …

Interpreting nanovoids in atom probe tomography data for accurate local compositional measurements

X Wang, C Hatzoglou, B Sneed, Z Fan, W Guo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Quantifying chemical compositions around nanovoids is a fundamental task for research
and development of various materials. Atom probe tomography (APT) and scanning …