The development of advanced structural alloys with performance meeting the requirements
of extreme environments in nuclear reactors has been long pursued. In the long history of …

In fusion reactor environment, helium bubble acts as a crucial inducement to the
performance degradation of plasma facing tungsten, leading to irradiation hardening and …

Tungsten is the primary candidate for use as the divertor armour in magnetic confinement
nuclear fusion reactors. As such, the material will be plasma facing and subject to extremely …

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with in-situ He ion irradiation has been used to
examine the damage microstructure of W when varying the helium concentration to …

Metallic glasses commonly demonstrate softening due to excessive free volume or
hardening through partial nanocrystallization when subjected to irradiation. However, this …

Self-organized patterns, realized in non-equilibrium processes, have been widely observed
in physics and chemistry. As a powerful tool to create far-from-equilibrium environments …

The probable formation mechanism of He bubble superlattices relies on long range
anisotropic diffusion of self-interstitial atoms (SIAs). Here we study He ion irradiation of pure …

Coating nuclear fuel cladding alloys with hard thin films has been considered as an
innovative solution to increase the safety of nuclear reactors, in particular during a of loss-of …

Concentrated solid solution alloys (CSAs)–including high entropy alloys–are known for their
remarkable mechanical and corrosion resistances with superior tolerance against the …

The implantation of noble gas atoms into metals at high gas concentrations can lead to the
self-organization of nanobubbles into superlattices with symmetry similar to the metal host …