Silicon carbide and its composites for nuclear applications–Historical overview

Y Katoh, LL Snead - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
The goal of achieving higher thermal efficiency in nuclear power systems, whether fission or
fusion based, has invariably led to the study and development of refractory metals, ceramics …

Analytical potential for atomistic simulations of silicon, carbon, and silicon carbide

P Erhart, K Albe - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2005 - APS
We present an analytical bond-order potential for silicon, carbon, and silicon carbide that
has been optimized by a systematic fitting scheme. The functional form is adopted from a …

Promise and challenges of SiCf/SiC composites for fusion energy applications

RH Jones, L Giancarli, A Hasegawa, Y Katoh… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2002 - Elsevier
Silicon carbide fiber/silicon carbide matrix composites have been specified in several recent
fusion power plant design studies because of their high operating temperature (1000–1100° …

Microstructural development in cubic silicon carbide during irradiation at elevated temperatures

Y Katoh, N Hashimoto, S Kondo, LL Snead… - Journal of nuclear …, 2006 - Elsevier
Microstructural development in chemically vapor-deposited (CVD) high-purity beta-SiC
during neutron and self-ion irradiation at elevated temperatures was studied. The CVD SiC …

In-situ TEM investigations on the microstructural evolution of SiC fibers under ion irradiation: Amorphization and grain growth

S Xu, C Zheng, Y Bi, Q Mao, H Qin, X Li - Journal of the European Ceramic …, 2023 - Elsevier
SiC/SiC composites are attractive candidates for many nuclear systems. As reinforcements,
SiC fibers are critical to the in-service performance of composites. In this work, the …

Atomistic study of intrinsic defect migration in 3C-SiC

F Gao, WJ Weber, M Posselt, V Belko - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2004 - APS
Atomic-scale computer simulations, both molecular dynamics (MD) and the nudged-elastic
band methods, have been applied to investigate long-range migration of point defects in …

[HTML][HTML] Genesis and evolution of extended defects: The role of evolving interface instabilities in cubic SiC

G Fisicaro, C Bongiorno, I Deretzis… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Emerging wide bandgap semiconductor devices such as the ones built with SiC have the
potential to revolutionize the power electronics industry through faster switching speeds …

Determining the thermal conductivity and phonon behavior of SiC materials with quantum accuracy via deep learning interatomic potential model

B Fu, Y Sun, W Jiang, F Wang, L Zhang, H Wang… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
SiC is essential for next-generation semiconductors and nuclear plant components. Its
performance is strongly influenced by its thermal conductivity, which is highly sensitive to its …

Empirical potential approach for defect properties in 3C-SiC

F Gao, WJ Weber - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research …, 2002 - Elsevier
Defect energetics in silicon carbide (SiC) have been widely studied using Tersoff potentials,
but these potentials do not provide a good description of interstitial properties. In the present …

Silicon carbide nanowires under external loads: An atomistic simulation study

MA Makeev, D Srivastava, M Menon - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2006 - APS
The nanomechanical response properties of 3 C-SiC nanowires are investigated using
molecular dynamics simulation with Tersoff bond-order interatomic potential. Under axial …