Phenomenological theory of the crystalline-to-amorphous phase transition during self-irradiation

作者:Toledano P*; Bismayer U
来源:Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter , 2005, 17(42): 6627-6634.
DOI:10.1088/0953-8984/17/42/003

摘要

A theoretical approach to the crystalline-to-amorphous phase transformation during self-irradiation is proposed. The different stages of the amorphization process (metamictization) are shown to correspond to internally stressed equilibrium states, associated with the minima of a free-energy functional, in which the elastic distortions induced by the creation of amorphous material are compensated by an internal stress-field, deriving from a unique stress-field potential. The transformation dynamics is described in terms of a nucleation and growth mechanism of amorphous regions involving a critical size.

  • 出版日期2005-10-26