Fig. 3: Triangle-shaped defects in helium implanted Zr. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: Triangle-shaped defects in helium implanted Zr.

From: Two-dimensional vacancy platelets as precursors for basal dislocation loops in hexagonal zirconium

Fig. 3: Triangle-shaped defects in helium implanted Zr.

a and b Profuse triangle-shaped defects and <a> loops (with edge-on orientation) co-exist in Zr. Red arrows label the <a> interstitial loops and yellow arrows mark the <a> vacancy loops. The viewing direction is [0001]. c The triangle-shaped defect has equilateral edges along the prismatic planes (defocus of −1000 nm). d The size distribution of TVPs. 255 TVPs were involved in the statistics.

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