Published July 14, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Radiation damage effects and percolation theory

  • 1. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Institut fur Mineralogie, University of Munster, Corrensstrasse 24, D-48149 Munster (Germany)
  • 3. Computational Science and Engineering Department, CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD (United Kingdom)

Description

We combine theoretical and experimental results to study percolation-driven transport phenomena in an irradiated material. We show that whereas the first transition takes place at the value of amorphous fraction p1 ∼ 0.3, the second transition corresponds to the percolation of depleted phase. The knowledge of the radius of depletion sphere of the isolated damaged region allows one to predict the radiation dose at which the second percolation transition takes place, with dramatic increase in transport

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/16/S2623/cm4_27_002.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter (ISSN 1361-648X) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
16
Journal Issue
27
Journal Page Range
p. S2623-S2627
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36004503
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
AMORPHOUS STATE; IRRADIATION; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION TRANSPORT
Descriptors DEC
DOSES; RADIATION EFFECTS