Growth mode of helium crystal near dislocations in titanium**Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11505120) and the Project of Innovative Talents of North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, China (Grant No. 70483).

Abstract

The helium bubble structure and growth modes near dislocations in titanium are studied using the molecular dynamics method. A helium crystal with an HCP structure in titanium is found to have a lattice constant of 1.977 Å at 0 K. On either side of the slip plane, helium bubbles form in the (001) plane, but they are in different growth modes. On the side of the slip plane with full atomic layers, helium bubbles grow toward the slip plane and easily cross the slip plane. In the growth process, the position of the top surface of the helium bubble remains almost unchanged. On the other side of the slip plane, the helium bubble grows initially toward the dislocation core, but it is difficult to cross the slip plane, which results in growth in the opposite direction upon reaching the slip plane.