Simulation of radiation-induced structural transformation in amorphous metals

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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Physical Review B, Volume 53, issue 1, pp. 192-200

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Molecular-dynamics simulations investigating the radiation-induced structural transformations in metallic glasses are reported. We have studied three models of an equilibrium simple glass, possessing a pronounced icosahedral local order. Two of these are monatomic and one represents the amorphous Ni-P alloy. A detailed analysis of the evolution of the structural damage induced by irradiation is presented. In all the systems, a persistent residual reduction in icosahedral order is observed. An important finding of this study is that the metallic glasses are able to sustain a considerable increase in the number of vacancies which arises as a result of the irradiation-induced structural transformation.

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Mattila, T, Nieminen, R M & Dzugatoo, M 1996, 'Simulation of radiation-induced structural transformation in amorphous metals', Physical Review B, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 192-200. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.53.192