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Physical properties and irradiation damage in four transition metal diborides (TM-diborides) are investigated: one high-entropy diboride (Hf0.2Nb0.2Ta0.2Ti0.2Zr0.2)B2 and three subsets of quaternary diborides. Surprisingly, instead of being generally classified as ceramic materials, the predominant mechanism for heat conduction is through electrons. The irradiation response of these TM-diborides under ion irradiation at room temperature has been investigated using 10 MeV Au ions to fluences up to 6 × 1015 Au cm−2. Black dot dislocation loops are visible at low doses, whereas dislocation networks are observed with increasing fluence. While up to ~ 4% volume expansion has been determined in these diborides, the crystalline structure remains stable under room-temperature irradiation, preserving the hexagonal AlB2 phase. Perspectives of chemical disorder resulting from various TMs in high-entropy materials, along with their associated physical properties and influence on irradiation damage, are discussed in terms of the number of valence electrons, atomic mass, and volume.
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This work was supported as part of the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program at Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy (DOE) Idaho Operations Office (an agency of the U.S. Government) Contract DE-AC07-05ID145142. Ion beam work was performed at the UT ORNL Ion Beam Materials Laboratory located on the campus of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
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Zhang, Y., Khanolkar, A.R., Bawane, K.K. et al. Physical Properties and Their Influence on Irradiation Damage in Metal Diborides and in High-Entropy Materials. JOM 76, 2602–2618 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-024-06486-6
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