Scientific understanding of any kind of radiation effects starts from the primary damage, ie
the defects that are produced right after an initial atomic displacement event initiated by a …

Materials subjected to high dose irradiation by energetic particles often experience severe
damage in the form of drastic increase of defect density, and significant degradation of their …

This article presents our take on the area of bulk ultrafine-grained materials produced by
severe plastic deformation (SPD). Over the last decades, research activities in this area have …

FeCrAl alloy is one of the promising cladding materials in the advanced nuclear reactors.
Here we compare the irradiation response of the nanolaminate (NL) and coarse-grained …

Abstract Inconel 718 (IN718) superalloy is a well-established material for the application of
aircraft engine and power generator due to its excellent performance at high temperatures …

Significant microstructural damage, in the form of defect clusters, typically occurs in metals
subjected to heavy ion irradiation. High angle grain boundaries (GBs) have long been …

The formation of helium cavities in coarse-grained materials produces hardening
proportional to the number density and size of the cavities and due to the interaction of …

Abstract Ferritic/martensitic (F/M) steels with high strength and excellent ductility are
important candidate materials for the life extension of the current nuclear reactors and the …

Defect sinks, such as grain boundaries and phase boundaries, have been widely accepted
to improve the irradiation resistance of metallic materials. However, free surface, an ideal …

Metallic materials with a gradient microstructure usually exhibit excellent mechanical
properties. However, the radiation response of gradient structural materials is less well …