Radiation-induced plastic deformation and the long-range action effect

In materials subjected to radiation, plastic deformation arises in nanometer-sized regions. This deformation resulting from the formation and evolution of 2D defects causes structuring on a nanometer level. Experimental data are presented for the structure and properties of metallic alloys in which plastic deformation is initiated by ion irradiation. In a narrow range of irradiation parameters, states with a characteristic cluster nanostructure appear, which propagate over a large depth (the long-range action effect).