Engineering self-organising helium bubble lattices in tungsten

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 7724 - 8
• Main Authors: Harrison, R. W., Greaves, G., Hinks, J. A., Donnelly, S. E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 10.08.2017; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/301/1023/1026; 639/301/930/2735; 639/4077/4091/4093; Electron microscopy; Helium; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Physical characteristics; Radiation; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Simulation; Temperature; Transmission electron microscopy; Tungsten

The self-organisation of void and gas bubbles in solids into superlattices is an intriguing nanoscale phenomenon. Despite the discovery of these lattices 45 years ago, the atomistics behind the ordering mechanisms responsible for the formation of these nanostructures are yet to be fully elucidated....