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dc.contributor.authorChristie, H.
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, M.
dc.contributor.authorRoach, D.
dc.contributor.authorRoss, D.
dc.contributor.authorSuarez-Martinez, I.
dc.contributor.authorMarks, Nigel
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:06:35Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:06:35Z
dc.date.created2015-10-29T04:09:19Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationChristie, H. and Robinson, M. and Roach, D. and Ross, D. and Suarez-Martinez, I. and Marks, N. 2015. Simulating radiation damage cascades in graphite. Carbon. 81 (1): pp. 105-114.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8429
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.carbon.2014.09.031
dc.description.abstract

Molecular dynamics simulation is used to study radiation damage cascades in graphite. High statistical precision is obtained by sampling a wide energy range (100-2500 eV) and a large number of initial directions of the primary knock-on atom. Chemical bonding is described using the Environment Dependent Interaction Potential for carbon. Graphite is found to exhibit a radiation response distinct from metals and oxides primarily due to the absence of a thermal spike which results in point defects and disconnected regions of damage. Other unique attributes include exceedingly short cascade lifetimes and fractal like atomic trajectories. Unusually for a solid, the binary collision approximation is useful across a wide energy range, and as a consequence residual damage is consistent with the Kinchin-Pease model. The simulations are in agreement with known experimental data and help to clarify substantial uncertainty in the literature regarding the extent of the cascade and the associated damage.

dc.publisherElsevier Ltd
dc.titleSimulating radiation damage cascades in graphite
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume81
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage105
dcterms.source.endPage114
dcterms.source.issn0008-6223
dcterms.source.titleCarbon
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This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

curtin.departmentDepartment of Physics and Astronomy
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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