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Haq WU, Grover V, Kalita P, Shukla R, Singh F, Srivastava SK, Shukla S, Ghosh S. Study on damage of Gd 2O 3-CeO 2 under electronic energy loss: comparison between bulk-like and nanostructure. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:5311-5322. [PMID: 38268444 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05252d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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To understand the physical phenomena responsible for radiation damage of the materials used in nuclear reactors, and thus study their operation life and/or efficiency, it is required to simulate the conditions by exposing the materials to energetic ions. Ceria (CeO2) has been proposed as one of the inert matrices for the transmutation of minor actinides in the futuristic inert matrix fuel (IMF) concept. The inert matrix should also contain burnable poison to compensate for the initial reactivity of fuel. In this context, gadolinium (Gd) is an excellent burnable poison with a high neutron absorption cross-section. In view of this, Gd2O3-CeO2 nano-powders were synthesized and sintered at 800 °C and 1300 °C to obtain different grain sizes and morphologies. FESEM and TEM were carried out to study the grain size of pristine pellets. The sintered pellets were irradiated with 80-MeV Ag ions (electronic energy loss (Se) regime) at room temperature to emulate the effect of fission fragments. For analysis of the effect of grain size on the irradiation-induced structural degradation at different fluences, GIXRD and Raman spectroscopy were performed. Significantly large damage has been observed for the smaller grain-sized samples (sintered at 800 °C) as compared to the large grain-sized sample (sintered at 1300 °C). Neither of the samples amorphized under the present experimental conditions as indicated by the presence of the Raman-active T2g mode (centred at 462 cm-1) and all the XRD peaks of fluorite cubic structure up to the highest fluence employed (1 × 1014 ions cm-2). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results demonstrate that Ce4+ to Ce3+ and vacancy-related isolated clusters are the main defects produced in the systems. The radiation tolerance behaviour of the samples is understood with the help of thermal spike simulation, which indicates higher transient lattice temperatures with longer duration in the smaller grain-sized sample upon irradiation. Gd-doped ceria thus possesses good radiation stability in the Se regime, indicating its potential for application in IMFs.
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- Waseem Ul Haq
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India.
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- Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai 400085, India
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- Applied Sciences Cluster, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun 248007, India
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- Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai 400085, India
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- Material Science Group, Inter-University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi 110067, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India.
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Bhandari K, Grover V, Kalita P, Sudarshan K, Modak B, Sharma SK, Kulriya PK. Radiation response of Y 3Al 5O 12 and Nd 3+-Y 3Al 5O 12 to Swift heavy ions: insight into structural damage and defect dynamics. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023. [PMID: 37470096 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02734a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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Understanding the behavior of a material under irradiation is paramount to its application in the nuclear industry. The present work explores the radiation response of garnet Y3Al5O12 (YAG) and Nd3+-substituted Y3Al5O12 (Nd-YAG) under a 100 MeV Iodine beam at varying fluences to mimic the effect of fission fragments. This is relevant to the potential application of garnet as a host for minor actinide (MA) transmutation (Nd3+: surrogate for long-lived MA (Am3+, Np3+, Cm3+)). The un-irradiated and irradiated YAG and Nd-YAG samples were investigated by X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Positron annihilation spectroscopy, thermal spike modelling and theoretical studies have been employed to understand the role of substitution and defect energetics in influencing this radiation response. Although both materials were not completely amorphized under the present irradiation conditions, a tremendous loss in crystallinity could be observed with increase in fluence, the damage being much more in Nd-YAG. Ion track radii of 2.17 nm and 2.91 nm were estimated for YAG and Nd-YAG respectively. Thermal-spike calculations show an increase in radiation-induced transient temperatures upon Nd-substitution that causes greater radiation damage in Nd-YAG. The enhancement in radiation-induced damage with increasing ion-fluence manifests in broadening and weakening of the Raman modes and XRD peaks. An increase in the average positron annihilation lifetime indicated the creation of oxygen vacancies. The defect formation energies of Y3Al5O12 have been theoretically estimated via density functional theory (DFT) and unfavorable energies required for creating cation pair anti-sites have been proposed as one of the possible reasons for the relatively poorer radiation response of YAG. The irradiation behavior of Y3Al5O12 has been compared with disordered fluorite (YSZ) and zirconate pyrochlores, which are well-researched ceramics for MA transmutation.
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- Koushik Bhandari
- Radiometallurgy Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India.
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
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- School of Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun 248007, India
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- Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India.
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
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- School of Physical Sciences, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- School of Physical Sciences, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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Pandey PH, Pawar HS. Mingled Metal Oxides Catalyst for Direct Carbonylation of Glycerol into Glycerol Carbonate. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202104264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Preeti H. Pandey
- DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga Mumbai 400 019 India
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- DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga Mumbai 400 019 India
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Mikšová R, Malinský P, Cutroneo M, Holý V, Sofer Z, Cajzl J, Debelle A, Nowicki L, Macková A. Microstructural modifications induced in Si +-implanted yttria-stabilised zirconia: a combined RBS-C, XRD and Raman investigation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:6290-6301. [PMID: 35230368 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04901a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The structural differences in (100)-, (110)- and (111)-oriented cubic yttria-stabilised zirconia (YSZ) single crystals after implantation with 2 MeV Si+ ions at the fluences of 5 × 1015, 1 × 1016 and 5 × 1016 cm-2 were studied using Rutherford backscattering spectrometry in the channelling mode (RBS-C), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy. The RBS-C results show that the damage accumulation in the 〈110〉 direction exhibits a lower level of disorder (<0.3) than the other orientations (<0.6) and it seems that the (110) crystallographic orientation is the most resistant to radiation damage. The experimental results from the RBS measurement were compared with the results from the XRD measurements. The XRD data were analysed using the standard two-beam dynamical X-ray diffraction theory and the pure isotropic strain was deduced from the fit for the fluence of 5 × 1015 cm-2. It was shown that the maximum value of the isotropic strain does not depend on the surface orientation. The increase in signal intensity at ∼689 cm-1 is probably related to an increase in implantation defects such as oxygen vacancies.
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- Romana Mikšová
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, PRI, 250 68 Rez, Czech Republic.
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, PRI, 250 68 Rez, Czech Republic. .,Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, J. E. Purkyne University, Pasteurova 3544/1, Usti nad Labem 400 96, Czech Republic
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, PRI, 250 68 Rez, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Ke Karlovu 2026/5, Prague 2 121 16, Czech Republic.,Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, Brno 61137, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Photonics and Electronics, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague 166 28, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, NOMATEN CoE MAB+ Division, A. Soltana 7, Otwock 05-400, Poland
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, PRI, 250 68 Rez, Czech Republic. .,Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, J. E. Purkyne University, Pasteurova 3544/1, Usti nad Labem 400 96, Czech Republic
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Ibrayeva A, Mutali A, O'Connell J, van Vuuren AJ, Korneeva E, Sohatsky A, Rymzhanov R, Skuratov V, Alekseeva L, Ivanov I. Swift heavy ion tracks in nanocrystalline Y4Al2O9. NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND ENERGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2021.101106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Cerium dioxide (CeO2) exhibits complex behavior when irradiated with swift heavy ions. Modifications to this material originate from the production of atomic-scale defects, which accumulate and induce changes to the microstructure, chemistry, and material properties. As such, characterizing its radiation response requires a wide range of complementary characterization techniques to elucidate the defect formation and stability over multiple length scales, such as X-ray and neutron scattering, optical spectroscopy, and electron microscopy. In this article, recent experimental efforts are reviewed in order to holistically assess the current understanding and knowledge gaps regarding the underlying physical mechanisms that dictate the response of CeO2 and related materials to irradiation with swift heavy ions. The recent application of novel experimental techniques has provided additional insight into the structural and chemical behavior of irradiation-induced defects, from the local, atomic-scale arrangement to the long-range structure. However, future work must carefully account for the influence of experimental conditions, with respect to both sample properties (e.g., grain size and impurity content) and ion-beam parameters (e.g., ion mass and energy), to facilitate a more direct comparison of experimental results.
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Grain size effect on the radiation damage tolerance of cubic zirconia against simultaneous low and high energy heavy ions: Nano triumphs bulk. Sci Rep 2021; 11:10886. [PMID: 34035324 PMCID: PMC8149450 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90214-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Irradiation induced damage in materials is highly detrimental and is a critical issue in several vital science and technology fields, e.g., the nuclear and space industries. While the effect of dimensionality (nano/bulk) of materials on its radiation damage tolerance has been receiving tremendous interest, studies have only concentrated on low energy (nuclear energy loss (Sn) dominant) and high energy (electronic energy loss (Se) dominant) irradiations independently (wherein, interestingly, the effect is opposite). In-fact, research on radiation damage in general has almost entirely focused only on independent irradiations with low and/or high energy particles till date, and investigations under simultaneous impingement of energetic particles (which also correspond to the actual irradiation conditions during real-world applications) are very scarce. The present work elucidates, taking cubic zirconia as a model system, the effect of grain size (26 nm vs 80 nm) on the radiation tolerance against simultaneous irradiation with low energy (900 keV I) and high energy (27 meV Fe) particles/ions; and, in particular, introduces the enhancement in the radiation damage tolerance upon downsizing from bulk to nano dimension. This result is interpreted within the framework of the thermal-spike model after considering (1) the fact that there is essentially no spatial and time overlap between the damage events of the two 'simultaneous' irradiations, and (2) the influence of grain size on radiation damage against individual Sn and Se. The present work besides providing the first fundamental insights into how the grain size/grain boundary density inherently mediates the radiation response of a material to simultaneous Sn and Se deposition, also (1) paves the way for potential application of nano-crystalline materials in the nuclear industry (where simultaneous irradiations with low and high energy particles correspond to the actual irradiation conditions), and (2) lays the groundwork for understanding the material behaviour under other simultaneous (viz. Sn and Sn, Se and Se) irradiations.
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Gupta KK, Kadam RM, Dhoble NS, Lochab SP, Dhoble SJ. On the study of the C6+ ion beam and γ-ray induced effect on structural and luminescence properties of Eu doped LiNaSO4: explanation of TSL mechanism using PL, TL and EPR study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:1540-1559. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp05835g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The present paper reports on the γ-ray and C6+ ion beam induced effect on the structural and luminescence properties of Eu doped LiNaSO4 phosphors.
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- Radiochemistry Division
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Trombay 400 085
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Sevadal Mahila Mahavidyalaya
- Nagpur-440009
- India
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- Inter University Accelerator Center
- Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
- New Delhi-110067
- India
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- Department of Physics
- RTM Nagpur University
- Nagpur-440033
- India
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Begum H, Ahmed MS, Jeon S. Ultra-fast and highly sensitive enzyme-free glucose biosensing on a nickel–nickel oxide core–shell electrode. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra25459d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Ultra-fast (∼1 s) and highly sensitive (1889.8 μA mM−1 cm−2) enzyme-free glucose biosensing on a unique NiNiO core–shell electrode.
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- Halima Begum
- Department of Chemistry
- Institute of Basic Science
- Chonnam National University
- Gwangju 500-757
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Institute of Basic Science
- Chonnam National University
- Gwangju 500-757
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Institute of Basic Science
- Chonnam National University
- Gwangju 500-757
- Republic of Korea
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Weck PF, Kim E. Assessing Hubbard-corrected AM05+U and PBEsol+U density functionals for strongly correlated oxides CeO2 and Ce2O3. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:26816-26826. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp05479j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The structure–property relationships of bulk CeO2 and Ce2O3 have been investigated within the DFT+U framework. AM05+U and PBEsol+U reproduce experimental crystalline parameters and properties with superior accuracy compared to conventional Hubbard-corrected exchange–correlation functionals.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Las Vegas
- USA
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Mansoor MA, Mazhar M, Ebadi M, Ming HN, Mat Teridi MA, Kong Mun L. Effect of synergic cooperation on optical and photoelectrochemical properties of CeO2–MnO composite thin films. NEW J CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5nj03446a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Low-temperature (475 °C) fabrication of CeO2–MnO composite thin films having a band gap of 2.5 eV by AACVD.
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- Muhammad Adil Mansoor
- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- University of Malaya
- Kuala Lumpur 50603
- Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- University of Malaya
- Kuala Lumpur 50603
- Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Sciences
- Islamic Azad University-Gorgan Branch
- Gorgan
- Iran
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- Low Dimensional Materials Research Centre
- Department of Physics
- Faculty of Science
- University of Malaya
- 50603 Kuala Lumpur
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- Solar Energy Research Institute
- University Kebangsaan Malaysia
- 43600 Bangi
- Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- University of Malaya
- Kuala Lumpur 50603
- Malaysia
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