Radiation Effects in Solids

This book contains proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study nd Institute (ASI): The 32 Course of the International School of Solid State Physics entitled Radiation Effects in Solids, held in Erice, Sicily, Italy, July 17-29, 2004, at the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture (EMCSC). The Course had 83 participants (68 students and 15 instructors) representing 23 countries. The purpose of this Course was to provide ASI students with a comprehensive overview of fundamental principles and relevant technical issues associated with the behavior of solids exposed to high-energy radiation. These issues are important to the development of materials for existing fission reactors or future fusion and advanced reactors for energy production; to the development of electronic devices such as high-energy detectors; and to the development of novel materials for electronic and photonic applications (particularly on the nanoscale). The Course covered a broad range of topics, falling into three general categories: Radiation Damage Fundamentals Energetic particles and energy dissipation Atomic displacements and cascades Damage evolution Defect aggregation Microstructural evolution Material Dependent Radiation Damage Phenomena (metals, alloys, semiconductors, intermetallics, ceramics, polymers, biomaterials) Atomic and microstructural effects (e.g., point defects, color centers, extended defects, dislocations, voids, bubbles, colloids, phase transformations, amorphization) Macroscopic phenomena (e.g., swelling, embrittlement, cracking, thermal conductivity degradation) vii viii Preface Special Topics Swift ion irradiation effects Ion beam modification of materials Nanostructure design via irradiation Nuclear fuels and waste forms Radiation detectors, dosimeters, phosphors, luminescent materials, etc.

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Radiation Effects in Solids, held in Erice, Sicily, Italy, 17-29 July 2004

Contains first-ever reviews of special topics:

TO THE KINETIC MONTE CARLO METHOD.- ACCELERATED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS.- RADIATION INDUCED STRUCTURAL CHANGES THROUGH IN-SITU TEM OBSERVATIONS.- RADIATION DAMAGE FROM DIFFERENT PARTICLE TYPES.- HIGH DOSE RADIATION EFFECTS IN STEELS.- RADIATION-ENHANCED DIFFUSION AND RADIATION-INDUCED SEGREGATION.- THE KINETICS OF RADIATION-INDUCED POINT DEFECT AGGREGATION AND METALLIC COLLOID FORMATION IN IONIC SOLIDS.- MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF IRRADIATED CERAMICS.- OPTICAL & SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES OF NONMETALS: INORGANIC SCINTILLATORS FOR RADIATION DETECTORS.- RADIATION-INDUCED PHASE TRANSITIONS.- TO MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR IRRADIATION-INDUCED PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS.- AMORPHOUS SYSTEMS AND AMORPHIZATION.- ION BEAM MIXING.- RADIATION EFFECTS IN NUCLEAR FUELS.- ROLE OF IRRADIATION IN STRESS CORROSION CRACKING.- ION BEAM SYNTHESIS AND TAILORING OF NANOSTRUCTURES.- RESIDUAL STRESS EVOLUTION DURING ENERGETIC PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT OF THIN FILMS.- PEROVSKITE-BASED COLOSSAL MAGNETORESISTANCE MATERIALS AND THEIR IRRADIATION STUDIES: A REVIEW.- EXPOSURE OF BONE TO IONIZING RADIATION.