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Primary damage formation in irradiated materials

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Recent improvements in computer technology and the interatomic potentials used to describe atomic systems have broadly advanced the state of the art in displacement cascade simulation using the method of molecular dynamics. Molecular dynamics simulations involving more than one million atoms have been carried out in order to study cascades that were initiated at energies up to 40 ke V. The results of these simulations are discussed in the context of their impact on the understanding of the microstructural evolution and mechanical property changes that ensue.

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Stoller, R.E. Primary damage formation in irradiated materials. JOM 48, 23–27 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03223261

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