Damage-tolerant nanotwinned metals with nanovoids under radiation environments

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chen, Y ^a   Yu, K Y ^b   Liu, Y ^a   Shao, S ^c   Wang, H ^a,d   Kirk, M A ^e   Wang, J ^c,f   Zhang, X ^a,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY ION; METAL DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL;

IRRADIATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIMULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84929104792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8036     Document Type: Article

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