SIMULATIONS OF COLLISION CASCADES IN Cu-Nb LAYERED COMPOSITES USING AN EAM INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL

被引:81
作者
Demkowicz, M. J. [1 ,2 ]
Hoagland, R. G. [1 ]
机构
[1] Los Alamos Natl Lab, MST Struct Property Relat Grp 8, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
[2] MIT, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
关键词
Composites; radiation; molecular dynamics; EMBEDDED-ATOM-METHOD; BOND-ORDER POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS; FCC METALS; NANOLAYERED COMPOSITES; CU/NB MULTILAYERS; TERSOFF-BRENNER; COPPER; TEMPERATURE; IMPURITIES;
D O I
10.1142/S1758825109000216
中图分类号
O3 [力学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0801 ;
摘要
The embedded atom method (EAM) is used to construct an interatomic potential for modelling interfaces in Cu-Nb nanocomposites. Implementation of the Ziegler-Biersack-Littmark (ZBL) model for short-range interatomic interactions enables studies of response to ion bombardment. Collision cascades are modelled in fcc Cu, bcc Nb, and in Cu-Nb layered composites in the experimentally-observed Kurdjumov-Sachs (KS) orientation relation. The interfaces in these composites reduce the number of vacancies and interstitials created per keV of the primary knock-on atom (PKA) by 50-70% compared to fcc Cu or bcc Nb.
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