Positron annihilation in vacancies at grain boundaries in metals

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Authors

KURIPLACH Jan MELIKHOVA O. HOU M. VAN PETEGEM S. ZHURKIN E. ŠOB Mojmír

Year of publication 2008
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Applied Surface Science
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Faculty of Science

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Field Solid matter physics and magnetism
Keywords positron annihilation; vacancies; grain boundaries
Description The behavior of vacancies in selected coherent grain boundaries (GBs) in Fe and Ni is studied by means of molecular dynamics simulations. Corresponding positron lifetimes are calculated using the atomic superposition method. There is a difference between the vacancy behavior in Fe and Ni in dependence on temperature. In Ni, vacancies at GBs appear to diminish substantially their free volume (and lifetime) with the increasing temperature, which can be attributed to vacancy delocalization. Contrary, GB vacancies remain stable up to apparently higher temperatures in Fe.
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