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Table 1 Theoretical predictions of void/bubble ordering versus atomic kinetic Monte Carlo simulations and experimental observations

From: Symmetry breaking during defect self-organization under irradiation

Matrix

bcc

bcc

bcc

bcc

fcc

fcc

2D sq

2D hex

SIA diff.

1D

1D

1D

2D

1D

2D

1D

1D

mode

〈111〉

〈110〉

〈100〉

{1 1 0}

〈110〉

{1 1 1}

〈10〉

[10] &〈11〉

Theory

bcc

fcc

sc

bcc

fcc

fcc

sq

hex

Simulation

bcc (Gao et al. 2018a; Hu and Henager 2009)

fcc (Heinisch and Singh 2003; Gao et al. 2018a; Hu et al. 2016)

sc (Gao et al. 2018a)

bcc (Evans 2006; Gao et al. 2018a)

fcc (Gao et al. 2018a; Hu et al. 2016)

fcc (Gao et al. 2018a)

sq (Gao et al. 2018a)

hex (Gao et al. 2018a)

Experiment

bcc (Evans 1971; Sikka and Moteff 1972)

fcc (Gan et al. 2010) ∗

  

fcc (Johnson and Mazey 1980) ∗∗

   
  1. *The SIA diffusion model in bcc UMo is yet to be confirmed
  2. **In fcc SIA clusters rather than individual SIAs perform 1D diffusion