Radiation effects in materials

Sept. 1986 to Jul. 1991, Undergraduate student in the Dept. Material Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, obtained Bachelor's degree of Material Science and Engineering

Sept. 1991 to Jul. 1994, Postgraduate student in the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, obtained Master's degree of Applied Nuclear Physics

Sept. 1995 to Jul. 1999, PhD student in the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, obtained PhD of Applied Nuclear Physics

Tile of PhD thesis: Formation of helium bubbles in 316L stainless steel irradiated with 2.5MeV He ions in the temperature region from 300K to 900K

Directed by Profs. Baowen Wei and Keqin Chen

Jan. 2001 to present, Associate Researcher (before 2006), Researcher (since 2006)

Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Research field: Irradiation damage in steels, silicon carbide (SiC) by energetic ions, Defect engineering of isolators/semi-conductors using ion beams.

July 2009 to Oct 2009, Visiting scholar in Institute of Advanced Energy (IAE), Kyoto University, Japan. (worked with Prof.A.Kimura)

Research field: Microstructural characterization of ODS steels, Helium effects in ODS steels

May 2007 to Aug 2008, Visiting scholar in Institute of Advanced Energy (IAE), Kyoto University, Japan. (worked with Prof.A. Kimura)

Research field: Microstructural characterization of ODS steels, Helium effects in ODS steels

June 2005 to June 2006, Visiting scholar in Nuclear Material Technology Development Division, Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI). (worked with Dr Jinsung Jang)

Research field: Ion-irradiation damage in metallic alloys (Ferritic/Martenstic steel, ODS steel, High-Ni alloys etc)

Dec. 2002, & May 2005, Visiting Scholarin the Center of Advanced Research of Energy Technology (CARET), Hokkaido University

(worked with Prof. T.Shibayama)

Research field: Defect production in silicon carbide implanted with helium and other inert gas ions

Feb. 2000 to Sept. 2001,​ Visiting scholar in the Joule Physics Laboratory, School of Physics, University of Salford, Manchester, UK. Sponsored by a Fellowship from the Royal Society of UK.  (worked with Prof. S.E.Donnelly)

Research field: Formation behavior of nano-scale cavities by helium implantation in silicon carbide.

July 1994 to Dec. 2000, Assistant Researcher, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Research field:  TEM study and Modeling of defect production, gas atom agglomeration and cavity formation in ion-irradiated steels (316L SS, Low-activation Fe-Cr-Mn alloys).

1. Chinese Academy President’s Prize for Postgraduate, issued by Chinese Academy of Sciences, April 1995

2. First-class Award for Science & Technology Advancement in Gansu Province, issued by Sciences and Technology Department of Gansu Province, China, April 2004

​1.  J.Z.Zhang, C.H.Zhang, H.D.Li, Fractal characteristics of nickel chloride deposits, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Vol. 4 (1992) L245-248.

2.  Y.S.Wang, K.Q.Chen, C.H.Zhang, J.M.Quan, J.G.Sun, Z.Y.Zhao, The study of bubble formation in 316L stainless steel irradiated with helium ions at 873 K, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 1996, Vol.240, No.1, pp.70-74.

3.  C.H.Zhang, K.Q.Chen, Y.S.Wang, J.G.Sun, D.Y.Shen, Formation of bubbles in helium implanted 316L stainless steel at temperatures between 25 and 550？C, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 1997, Vol.245, No.2-3, pp.210-216.

4.  C.H.Zhang, K.Q.Chen, Y.S.Wang and J.G.Sun, The nucleation and growth of helium bubbles in 316L stainless steel irradiated with 2.5 MeV He+ ions, ACTA PHYSICA SINICA, Vol.46, No.9, 1997, pp1774-1781.

5.  C.H.Zhang, K.Q.Chen, Y.S.Wang, J.G.Sun, Thermal stability of small He-vacancy clusters in 316L stainless steel irradiated with 2.5 MeV He+ ions at 550？C, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 1998, Vol.135, No.1-4, pp.256-259.

6.  Y.F.Jin, J.Han, Q.H.Meng, Y.M.Sun, C.L.Liu, R.Yang, Y.S.Wang, C.H.Zhang, C.L.Li, M.D.Hou, Investigation of the dependence of fraction of damage phase in garnet irradiated by 1 GeV Ar ions on electronic energy loss and irradiation dose, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 1998, Vol.135, No.1-4, pp.190-194.

7.  C.H.Zhang, K.Q.Chen, Y.S.Wang, J.G.Sun, Temperature dependence of bubble structure in austenitic stainless steels irradiated with 2.5 MeV He+ ions, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 1998, Vol.263, pp.1623-1627.

8.  Z.Y.Zhu, Y.F.Jin, C.L.Li, Y.M.Sun, C.H.Zhang, G.H.Meng, Defects in SiO2 glass irradiated with high energy Ar ions, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 1998, Vol.146, No.1-4, pp.455-461.

9.  Z.G.Wang, K.Q.Chen, L.W.Li, C.H.Zhang, J.M.Quan, M.D.Hou, R.H.Xu, F.Ma, Y.F.Jin, C.L.Li, Y.M.Sun, Surface morphology and void formation in 316L stainless steel irradiated with high energy C-ions, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 1999, Vol.272, pp.306-310.

10. C.H.Zhang, K.Q.Chen and Z.Y.Zhu, Diffusion and agglomeration of helium in stainless steel in the temperature range from RT to 600？C, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol.169, pp64, 2000.

11. C.H.Zhang, K.Q.Chen, Y.S.Wang, J.G.Sun, C.L.Liu, Y.M.Sun, J.Han, Y.F.Jin, M.D.Hou, Microstructural changes in low-activation Fe-Cr-Mn alloys irradiated with 92 MeV Ar ions at 450？C, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol.283-287, pp259, 2000.

12. C.H.Zhang, K.Q.Chen, Y.S.Wang, J.G.Sun et al, A Study of Behavior of Inert Gases in Some Candidate Materials for Fusion Reactors, Proc. 7th China-Japan Symposium on Materials for Advanced Energy Systems & Fission and Fusion Engineering, Lanzhou, July 25-31, 2002, Eds. Jin Gengming, World Scientific Publishing Co., 2003, p53-63.

13. C.H.Zhang, S.E.Donnelly, V.M.Vishynyakov, J.H.Evans, Dose dependence of nanoscale cavities in Helium-implanted 4H-SiC, Journal of Applied Physics, 2003, Vol.94, No.9, pp6017-6022.

14. C.H.Zhang, S.E.Donnelly, V.M.Vishynyakov, J.H.Evans, T.Shibayama, Y.M.Sun, A study of the formation of nanometer-scale cavities in Helium-implanted 4H-SiC, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 2004, Vol.218, pp53-60.

15. Youmei Sun, Chonghong Zhang, Zhiyong Zhu, Zhiguang Wang, Yunfan Jin, Jie Liu, Ying Wang, The thermal spike model description of the ion-irradiated polyimide, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B, 2004, Vol.218, pp318-322.

16. C.H.Zhang, Y.S.Wang, K.Q.Chen, J.G.Sun, J.M.Quan, C.Q.Chen, A TEM Study of Cavity Structures in A Fe-Cr-Mn Alloy and A 316L Stainless Steel Heavily Irradiated with 92 MeV Ar Ions, Material Science Forum, 2004, Vols.475-479, pp.1459-1462.

17. C.H.Zhang, Y.Song, Y.M.Sun, H.Chen, Y.T.Yang, L.H.Zhou, Y.F.Jin, Damage accumulation in gallium nitride irradiated with various energetic heavy ions, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B, 2007, Vol.256, pp199-206.

18. C.H.Zhang, T.Shibayama, Y.F.Jin, Y.T.Yang, L.H.Zhou, Y.Song, Microstructural evolution in silicon implanted with chlorine ions, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B, 2007, Vol.256, pp272-275.

19. C.H.Zhang Y.M.Sun, Y.Song, T.Shibayama, Y.F.Jin, L.H.Zhou, Defect production in silicon carbide irradiated with Ne and Xe ions with energy of 2.3MeV/u, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B, 2007, Vol.256, pp243-247.

20. Yitao Yang, Chonghong Zhang, Lihong Zhou, Bingsheng Li, The influence of the microstructure evolution on the surface morphology in the annealing process of helium-implanted spinel, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B, 2008, Vol.266, pp5132-5136.

21. C.H.Zhang, J.S.Jang, M.C.Kim, H.D.Cho Y.T.Yang Y.M.Sun, Void swelling in a 9Cr ferritic/martensitic steel irradiated with energetic Ne ions, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2008, Vol.375, pp185-191.

22. C.H.Zhang, J.S.Jang, Y.T.Yang, Y.Sun, Y.M.Sun, H.D.Cho, A study of the suppression of the high-temperature helium embrittlement in an oxide-particle dispersion strengthened alloy, Chinese Science Bulletin, 2008, Vol.53, No.21, p3416-3421.

23. C.H.Zhang, J.Jang, H.D.Cho, Y.T.Yang, Void swelling in MA956 ODS steel irradiated with 122MeV Ne ions at elevated temperatures, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2009, Vol.386-388, p457-461.

24. B.S. Li, C.H. Zhang, Y.R. Zhong, D.N. Wang, L.H. Zhou, Y.T. Yang, H.H. Zhang, L.Q. Zhang, The formation and evolution of vacancy-type defects in Ar-implanted Si studied by slow-positron annihilation spectroscopy, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 267 (2009) 2395-2398.

25. H.H. Zhang, C.H. Zhang, B.S. Li et al et al, Structural and optical properties of 6H–SiC helium-implanted at 600 K, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B, 2010, Vol.268, pp2318-2324.

26. Yitao Yang, Chonghong Zhang, Bingsheng Li et al, The annealing behavior of Cu nanoparticles in Ar-ion implanted spinel, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B, 2010, Vol.268, pp2492-2495.

27. Yitao Yang, Chonghong Zhang, Bingsheng Li et al, Enhanced nucleation of Ag nanoparticles by vacancy-type defects in Ar-ions implanted spinel, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B, 2010, Vol.268, pp3529-3532.

28. B.S. Li, C.H. Zhang, H.H. Zhang et al, Precipitates and defects in silicon co-implanted with helium and oxygen, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 269 (2011) 739-744.

29. L.H. Zhou, C.H. Zhang, Y.T. Yang, B.S.Li, L.Q. Zhang, Y.C.Fu, H.H. Zhang, Formation of Au nanoparticles in sapphire by using Ar ion implantation and thermal annealing, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 267 (2009) 58-62.

30. L.H.Zhou, C.H.Zhang, Y.T.Yang, B.S.Li, Enhanced photoluminescence of Ar+ implanted sapphire before and after annealing, Journal of Luminescence 130 (2010) 226–230.

31. B.S. Li, C.H. Zhang, Y.T. Yang, L.Q. Zhang, C.L. Xu, Microstructural evolution upon annealing in Ar-implanted Si, Applied Surface Science, 2011, Vol.257, pp9183-9187.

31. L.Q.Zhang, C.H.Zhang, Y.T.Yang et al, Potential energy threshold of surface erosion on GaN by impact of slow highly charged heavy ions, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 269 (2011) 396-399.

32. L.M.Zhang, C.H.Zhang, L.Q.Zhang et al, HRXRD and Raman study of irradiation effects in InGaN/GaN layers induced by 2.3 MeV Ne and 5.3 MeV Kr ions, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 269 (2011) 1063-1066.

33. L.M.Zhang, C.H.Zhang, L.Q.Zhang et al, Structural and optical study of irradiation effect in GaN epilayers induced by 308 MeV Xe ions, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 269 (2011) 1782-1785.

34. L.Q.Zhang, C.H.Zhang, J.Gou et al, PL and XPS study of radiation damage created by various slow highly charged heavy ions on GaN epitaxial layers, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 269 (2011) 396-399.

35. C.H.Zhang, A.Kimura, S.Kasada, J.Jang, H.Kishimoto, Y.T.Yang, Characterization of the oxide particles in Al-added high-Cr ODS ferritic steels, Journal of Nuclear Materials 2011, Vol.417, pp221-224.

36、B.S. Li, C.H. Zhang, H.H. Zhang, T. Shibayama, Y.T. Yang, Study of the damage produced in 6H-SiC by He irradiation, Vacuum 86 (2011) 452-456

37、B. S. Li, C. H. Zhang, Y. T. Yang, The effects of Xe irradiation on He and H co-implanted Si, Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids (2011), DOI:10.1080/10420150.2011.629319

38、XU Chao-Liang, ZHANG Chong-Hong, ZHANG Yong, ZHANG Li-Qing, YANG Yi-Tao, JIA Xiu-Jun, Mechanical Properties and Defect Evolution of Kr-Implanted 6H-SiC, CHIN. PHYS. LETT. Vol. 28, No. 10 (2011) 106103

39、L.Q. Zhang, C.H. Zhang, J. Gou, L.H. Han, Y.T. Yang, Y.M. Sun, Y.F. Jin, PL and XPS study of radiation damage created by various slow highly charged heavy ions on GaN epitaxial layers, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 269 (2011) 2835-2839

40、J.J. Li, C.H. Zhang, C.L. Xu, X.J. Jia, Y. Song, J.Y. Li, Y.F. Jin, Lattice damage and nanohardness in 6H–SiC implanted with multiple-energy Xe ions, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 2012, Vol. 286, p124-128.

41、C.L. Xu, C.H. Zhang, J.J. Li, L.Q. Zhang, Y.T. Yang, Y. Song, X.J. Jia, J.Y. Li, K.Q. Chen, A HRXRD and nano-indentation study on Ne-implanted 6H–SiC, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 2012, Vol.286, p129-133.

42、C.H. Zhang, Y. Sun, Y.T. Yang, C.L. Zhou, L. Wei, H.J. Ma, “Evolution of defects in silicon carbide implanted with helium ions”, Nuclear Instrument and Methods in Physics Research B, Vol.326, pp345, 2014.

43、 C.H. Zhang, Y.T. Yang, Y. Song, J. Chen, L.Q. Zhang, J. Jang, A. Kimura, “Irradiation response of ODS ferritic steels to high-energy Ne ions at HIRFL”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol.455, pp61, 2014.

44、 Hengqing Zhang, Chonghong Zhang, Yitao Yang, Yancheng Meng, Jinsung Jang, Akihiko Kimura, “Irradiation hardening of ODS ferritic steels under helium implantation and heavy-ion irradiation”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol.455, pp349, 2014.

45、 L.Q. Zhang, C.H. Zhang, L.H. Han, C.L. Xu, J.J. Li, Y.T. Yang, Y. Song, J. Gou, J.Y. Li, Y.Z. Ma, “Surface damage on 6H-SiC by highly-charged Xeq+ ions irradiation”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol.455, pp704, 2014.

46、 Y. Xian, Juan Liu, C.H. Zhang, J. Chen, Y.T. Yang, L.Q. Zhang, Y. Song, “Fractal characteristics of fracture morphology of steels irradiated with high-energy ions”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol.461, pp171, 2015.

47、Feng Liu, Yuping Xu, Haishan Zhou, Xiaochun Li, Yin Song, Chonghong Zhang, Qichao Li, Chunqing He, Guangnan Luo, “Defect production and deuterium retention in quasi-homogeneously damaged tungsten”, Nuclear Instrument and Methods in Physics Research B, Vol.351, pp23, 2015.

48、Yitao Yang, Chonghong Zhang, Yancheng Meng, Juan Liu, Jie Gou, Yongqiang Xian, Yin Song, “Nanoindentation on V-4Ti alloy irradiated with H and He ions”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol.459, pp1, 2015.

49、Weilin Jiang, Charles H. Henager Jr, Tamas Varga, Hee Joon Jung, Nicole R. Overman, Chonghong Zhang, Jie Gou, “Diffusion of Ag, Au and Cs implants in MAX phase Ti₃SiC₂”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol.462, pp310, 2015.

50、Z.N. Ding, C.H. Zhang, Y.T. Yang, Y. Song, A. Kimura, J. Jang, Hardening of ODS ferritic steels under irradiation with high-energy heavy ions, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 493, pp53, 2017

51、Yitao Yang, Chonghong Zhang, Zhaonan Ding, Changhao Su, Tingxin Yan, Yuguang Chen, A correlation between micro-and nano-indentation on materials irradiated by high-energy heavy ions, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 498, pp129, 2018.

52、Chang-Hao Su, Chong-Hong Zhang, Yi-Tao Yang, Zhao-Nan Ding, Yu-Guang Chen, Akihiko Kimura, Hardening of an ODS ferritic steel after helium implantation and thermal annealing, Chinese Physics Letters, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp056102, 2018.

53、L.Q. Zhang, C.H. Zhang, Y.Q. Xian et al, Degradation mechanisms of optoelectric properties of GaN via highly charged ²⁰⁹Bi³³⁺ ions irradiation, Applied Surface Science, Vol. 440, pp814, 2018.

54、L.Q. Zhang, C.H. Zhang, J.J. Li et al, Damage to epitaxial GaN layer on Al₂O₃ by 290-MeV ²³⁸U³²⁺ ions irradiation, Scientific Reports, Vol. 8, pp4121.

Radiation damage and helium behavior in advanced ODS steels, vanadium alloys, silicon carbide (SiC) composite;

Small specimen technique by using high-energy ions, to evaluate radiation resistance of materials for nuclear energy systems;

Radiation effects in wide-gap materials (SiC, nitrides) by energetic heavy ions

1.   Radiation damage in high-Cr ODS ferritic steels by using high-energy heavy ions, 13th China-Japan Symposium of Materials for Advanced Nuclear Systems, Hefei, China, Sept 18-22, 2016

2.      Microstructures and Radiation damage in Al-added High-Cr ODS ferritic steels, 14^th Inter. Conf. Fusion Reactor Materials, Sapporo, Japan, Sept 6-11, 2009.

3.         Damage accumulation in gallium nitride irradiated with various energetic heavy ions, 22^th Inter. Conf. Atomic Collisions in Solids, Berlin, Germany, July 21-26, 2006.

4.         A study of the formation of nanometer-scale cavities in Helium-implanted 4H-SiC, 12^th Inter. Conf. Radiation Effects in Insulators, Gramado, Brazil, Aug 31-Sept 5, 2003.

1. General Research Institute for Non-ferrous Metals (GRINM), Beijing
2. Division of Nuclear Safty and Materials, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
3. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Korea
4. Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Japan

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