In situ transmission electron microscope observation of the formation of fuzzy structures on tungsten
In situ transmission electron microscope observation of the formation of fuzzy structures on tungsten
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DOI:
10.1088/0031-8949/2014/t159/014028
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发表时间:
2014-04-01
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2.9
通讯作者:
Yoshida, N.
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作者:
Miyamoto, M.;Watanabe, T.;Yoshida, N.
To investigate the formation processes of tungsten nano-structures, so called fuzz, in situ transmission electron microscope observations during helium ion irradiation and high temperature annealing have been performed. The irradiation with 3 keV He+ from room temperature to 1273 K is found to cause high-density helium bubbles in tungsten with no significant change in the surface structure. At higher temperatures, surface morphology changes were observed even without helium irradiation due probably to surface diffusion of tungsten atoms driven by surface tension. It is clearly shown that this morphology change is enhanced with helium irradiation, i.e. the formation of helium bubbles.