Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. (RAMS)
No 1, Vol. 29, 2011, pages 54-67

BEHAVIOR OF RADIATION DEFECTS IN NANOMATERIALS

R.A. Andrievski

Abstract

The much attention is given to some possible results of the nanomaterials irradiation such as the interphase role as the radiation defect sinks, the nanostructure amorphization, the nanocrystallization of amorphous state, the alloying component segregation, and the enhancement of recrystallization. The radiation effects are analyzed in connection with the structure and physical/mechanical properties of nanomaterials-based metals, alloys and compounds (intermetallics, nitrides, oxides, carbides). The results of microscopic approaches and the molecular dynamics modeling are also described. Some low investigated questions are pointed and discussed.

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