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Recent Studies on the Microstructural Response of Nanotwinned Metals to In Situ Heavy Ion Irradiation

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Nanotwinned metals are potential radiation-tolerant materials because they contain high-density coherent and incoherent twin boundaries that may serve as sinks to radiation-induced defects. The behavior of nanotwinned metals subject to ex situ and in situ irradiation remains however largely unexploited. This article offers an overview of the recent studies on the microstructural response of nanotwinned metals to in situ heavy ion irradiation, focusing on the interactions of defect clusters with twin boundaries and the radiation-induced twin boundary migration. Several radiation-tolerant nanotwinned metals are also highlighted.

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K.Y. acknowledges financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 51871241). X.Z. acknowledges financial support from NSF-DMR-Metallic Materials and Nanostructures Program under Grant No. 1643915 and partial support by NSF under Grant Nos. 1611380 and 1728419. The IVEM facility at Argonne National Laboratory is supported by the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy, USA.

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  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, 28223-0001, USA

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Yu, K.Y., Fan, C., Chen, Y. et al. Recent Studies on the Microstructural Response of Nanotwinned Metals to In Situ Heavy Ion Irradiation. JOM 72, 160–169 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-019-03883-0

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