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Recent Studies on Void Shrinkage in Metallic Materials Subjected to In Situ Heavy Ion Irradiations

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The continuous formation and growth of voids induced by radiations in metallic materials may lead to significant microstructure damage and degradation of mechanical properties. In sharp contrast to the void swelling commonly observed in irradiated metallic materials, nanovoids in nanoporous metallic materials are found to shrink during radiation and thus nanovoids enhance the radiation tolerance of metallic materials. This article reviews recent studies on size-dependent void shrinkage in metallic materials subject to in situ heavy ion irradiation. Furthermore, we demonstrate the capability of machine learning in identifying and tracking the evolution of nanovoids. The physical mechanisms of radiation induced void shrinkage revealed by simulation studies are briefly summarized.

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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge financial support from NSF-CMMI-MOM 1728419. Y. Xue acknowledges support from NSF IIS-1850243, CCF-1918327. The computation was partially supported by Microsoft AI for Earth computing credits. H. Wang acknowledges financial support from the U.S. Office of Naval Research (N00014-16-1-2778). We also thank Dr. Meimei Li and Pete Baldo from Argonne National Laboratory for their help during in situ radiation experiments.

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  1. School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    T. Niu, R. G. S. Annadanam, Z. Shang, A. El-Azab, H. Wang & X. Zhang

  2. Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    M. Nasim & Y. Xue

  3. Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA

    C. Fan

  4. Institute of Special Environments Physical Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Jin Li

  5. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    H. Wang

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Supplementary video 1. In situ video captured during Kr radiation of (110) Cu (left side) and the concurrent automatic tracking of void size evolution via machine learning (right side) (MP4 36762 kb)

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Niu, T., Nasim, M., Annadanam, R.G.S. et al. Recent Studies on Void Shrinkage in Metallic Materials Subjected to In Situ Heavy Ion Irradiations. JOM 72, 4008–4016 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-020-04358-3

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