Nanoscale phase transitions under extreme conditions within an ion track

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1344-1351

  Zhang, Jiaming ^a,d   Lang, Maik ^a,d   Ewing, Rodney C ^a,d   Devanathan, Ram ^b,d   Weber, William J ^b,d   Toulemonde, Marcel ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DATING; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; ENERGY DENSITY; EXTREME CONDITIONS; INDIVIDUAL ION; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; ION TRACK; IRRADIATION TEMPERATURE; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO SCALE; NANO-SCALE FABRICATION; NOVEL DEVICES; NUCLEAR MATERIAL; RELATIVISTIC HEAVY IONS; RELATIVISTIC IONS; SIMULATION APPROACH; SINGLE-TRACKS; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; THERMAL SPIKE MODEL; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TIO; TRACK DEVELOPMENT; TRACK STRUCTURE; TRANSITION PATHWAY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GADOLINIUM; IONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SPACE RESEARCH; ZIRCONIUM;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 77957197516     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0180     Document Type: Article

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