Recent advances in characterising irradiation damage in tungsten for fusion power

S Das - SN Applied Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Tungsten is the front-runner candidate for building the plasma-facing armour components for
future fusion reactors. However, in-service irradiation by fusion-neutrons and helium will …

[HTML][HTML] Excellent performance of W–Y2O3 composite via powder process improvement and Y2O3 refinement

G Yao, X Liu, Z Zhao, L Luo, J Cheng, X Zan, Z Wang… - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
In this article, Y 2 O 3-reinforced tungsten composites are fabricated by using an improved
wet chemical method combined with the spark plasma sintering (SPS). Triethanolamine …

Observation of transient and asymptotic driven structural states of tungsten exposed to radiation

DR Mason, S Das, PM Derlet, SL Dudarev… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Combining spatially resolved x-ray Laue diffraction with atomic-scale simulations, we
observe how ion-irradiated tungsten undergoes a series of nonlinear structural …

Interphase boundary layer-dominated strain mechanisms in Cu+ implanted Zr-Nb nanoscale multilayers

N Daghbouj, M Callisti, HS Sen, M Karlik, J Čech… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Sputter-deposited Zr/Nb nanoscale metallic multilayers with a periodicity of 27 (thin)
and 96 nm (thick) were subjected to Cu+ implantation with low and high fluences and then …

Modified deformation behaviour of self-ion irradiated tungsten: A combined nano-indentation, HR-EBSD and crystal plasticity study

S Das, H Yu, K Mizohata, E Tarleton… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Predicting the dramatic changes in mechanical and physical properties caused by
irradiation damage is key for the design of future nuclear fission and fusion reactors. Self-ion …

Nanoscale lattice strains in self-ion implanted tungsten

NW Phillips, H Yu, S Das, D Yang, K Mizohata, W Liu… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Develo** a comprehensive understanding of the modification of material properties by
neutron irradiation is important for the design of future fission and fusion power reactors. Self …

Hardening and strain localisation in helium-ion-implanted tungsten

S Das, H Yu, E Tarleton, F Hofmann - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Tungsten is the main candidate material for plasma-facing armour components in future
fusion reactors. In-service, fusion neutron irradiation creates lattice defects through collision …

Revealing nano-scale lattice distortions in implanted material with 3D Bragg ptychography

P Li, NW Phillips, S Leake, M Allain, F Hofmann… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Small ion-irradiation-induced defects can dramatically alter material properties and speed
up degradation. Unfortunately, most of the defects irradiation creates are below the visibility …

[HTML][HTML] Elastic strain associated with irradiation-induced defects in self-ion irradiated tungsten

G He, H Yu, P Karamched, J Liu, F Hofmann - Scripta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Elastic interactions play an important role in controlling irradiation damage evolution, but
remain largely unexplored experimentally. Using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) …

Volatile rhenium (I) compounds with Re–N bonds and their conversion into oriented rhenium nitride films by magnetic field-assisted vapor phase deposition

M Frank, L Jürgensen, J Leduc, D Stadler… - Inorganic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
New heteroleptic rhenium (I) compounds,[fac-Re (I)(CO) 3 (L)](eg, L= tfb-dmpda,(N, N-(4, 4,
4-trifluorobut-1-en-3-on)-dimethyl propylene diamine)), containing anionic and neutral …