Monitoring of the microstructure of ion‐irradiated nuclear ceramics by in situ Raman spectroscopy
Abstract
Raman spectroscopy is an efficient technique for studying the evolution of microstructure of materials under irradiation. For that purpose, a Raman spectrometer has been recently installed at the JANNUS‐Saclay platform. In this paper, we describe the new setup for in situ experiments. These in situ experiments allowed following the microstructural evolution of different materials (SiC, ZrO 2 and B 4 C) as a function of ion fluence on a single sample (either single crystal or polycrystalline ceramics) under the same irradiation conditions. Our results show that Raman spectroscopy is a versatile non‐contact technique for studying on‐line crystalline phase changes or amorphization of irradiated iono‐covalent solids. A detailed analysis of Raman spectra is provided for the three materials (SiC, ZrO 2 and B 4 C) investigated in this study, revealing quite different behaviors upon irradiation. Basically, Raman spectroscopy gives insight on these evolutions at the level of bonds given by specific phonon modes, in good agreement with Rutherford backscattering channeling (RBS/C), X‐ray diffraction (XRD) or transmission electron microscopy (TEM) data, which provide information at a long‐range scale. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Among techniques such as in situ TEM or in situ Raman spectroscopy that can provide local structural information during irradiation, TGS is unique in its ability to continuously monitor thermal and elastic properties.
“And amongst techniques such as in situ TEM [9] or in situ Raman spectroscopy [10] that can provide local structural information during irradiation, TGS is unique in its ability to continuously monitor thermal and elastic properties.”
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Among techniques that provide local structural information during irradiation, such as in situ TEM and in situ Raman spectroscopy, TGS is unique in its ability to continuously monitor thermal and elastic properties.
“And amongst techniques such as in situ TEM [9] or in situ Raman spectroscopy [10] that can provide local structural information during irradiation, TGS is unique in its ability to continuously monitor thermal and elastic properties.”
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“Amongst techniques such as in situ TEM [9] or in situ Raman spectroscopy [10] that can provide local structural information during irradiation, TGS is unique in its ability to continuously monitor thermal and elastic properties.”
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“Amongst techniques such as in situ TEM [9] or in situ Raman spectroscopy [10] that can provide local structural information during irradiation, TGS is unique in its ability to continuously monitor thermal and elastic properties.”
- Authors
- Miro, S., Bordas, E., Thomé, L., Costantini, J. ‐., Leprêtre, F., Trocellier, P., Serruys, Y., Beck, L., Gosset, D., Verlet, R., Huguet‐Garcia, J., Tupin, M., & Belleil, M.
- Affiliations
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Université Paris-Sud (FR)
- Renishaw sas <i>15 rue Albert Einstein</i>, <i>Champs sur Marne</i> 77447 Marne la vallée cedex 2 France
- Corresponding author
- Miro, S.
- Venue
- Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-12-14
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 476-485
- ISSN
- 0377-0486 (ISSN-L)
- 1097-4555
- OpenAlex
- W2293047654
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 1.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Raman Spectroscopy (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Nuclear materials and radiation effects
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Fusion materials and technologies
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Ceramics and Composites › Glass properties and applications
- Keywords
- in situ Raman spectroscopy, ion irradiation, nuclear ceramics, microstructure evolution, silicon carbide, zirconia, boron carbide, amorphization, crystalline phase transformation, phonon modes, ion fluence, radiation damage, Rutherford backscattering channeling
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