title: Mechanism of formation and growth of <100> interstitial loops in ferritic materials.
abstract: We propose a comprehensive mechanism for the formation and growth of <100> interstitial loops in alpha-Fe. This mechanism reconciles long-standing experimental observations of these defects in irradiated ferritic materials with recent atomistic simulations of collision cascades and defect cluster properties in Fe, in which highly mobile 1 / 2<111> clusters are seen to be the dominant feature. Hence, this work provides one of the necessary links to unify simulation with experiments in alpha-Fe and ferritic alloys subject to high-energy particle irradiation.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry and Materials Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, L-353, Livermore, California 94550, USA. marian1@llnl.gov
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marian
authors.forename: Brian D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Wirth
authors.forename: J Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Perlado