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Interplay Between Grain Boundaries and Radiation Damage

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The need for enhanced radiation-tolerant materials for advanced nuclear energy designs has resulted in a growing number of investigations that have explored the effect of grain boundaries under irradiation. The key motivation for examining the role of grain boundaries in radiation environments is the ability to tailor grain boundary networks through either the introduction of specific grain boundaries or an increase in the grain boundary density. While traditionally thought to be efficient sinks for radiation-induced point defects, many recent experimental studies in model and pure systems have shown significant heterogeneity in grain boundary-defect interactions and associated sink efficiency as a function of grain boundary character. Furthermore, grain boundaries can migrate under irradiation, which creates an additional level of complexity. This article will provide a prospective on the experimental observations associated with defect evolution near grain boundaries including variation in sink efficiency and grain boundary mobility in radiation environments.

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The authors thank Drs. Claire Chisholm and Brad Boyce for useful discussions. The time of C.M.B. and K.H. was fully supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. This work was performed, in part, at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, an Office of Science User Facility operated for the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-mission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc., for the US DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA-0003525. Los Alamos National Laboratory, an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer, is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the US DOE under contract DE-AC52-06NA25396. The views expressed in the article do not necessarily represent the views of the US DOE or the United States Government.

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Barr, C.M., El-Atwani, O., Kaoumi, D. et al. Interplay Between Grain Boundaries and Radiation Damage. JOM 71, 1233–1244 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-019-03386-y

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