TEM with in situ Ion Irradiation of Nuclear Materials: The IVEM-Tandem User Facility
TEM with in situ Ion Irradiation of Nuclear Materials: The IVEM-Tandem User Facility
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核材料原位离子辐照 TEM:IVEM-Tandem 用户设施
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
E. Ryan
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作者:
Meimei Li;M. Kirk;P. Baldo;E. Ryan
The IVEM-Tandem User Facility at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) is a world-leading research facility for in situ TEM study of ion irradiation damage and ion implantation near the atomic resolution. The IVEM-Tandem Facility interfaces a 500 kV ion implanter to a 300 kV Hitachi H9000NAR transmission electron microscope. This combination allows experiments conducted with simultaneous ion irradiation/implantation and electron microscopy at temperatures ranging from 20 – 1300 K. With superior electron brightness of a LaB6 filament, the H-9000 microscope is ideally suited for imaging irradiation-induced defects using diffraction contrast, a well-established technique in most cases superior to other imaging techniques. This permits effective real time observation of nanoscale defect formation and evolution during irradiation. Coupled with well-controlled irradiation conditions (constant specimen orientation and area, specimen temperature, ion type, ion energy, dose rate, dose, and applied strain), it provides key information on structure and defect dynamics of a material in an irradiation environment.