Finding high performance plasma-facing materials (PFMs) is one of the most important and
challenging tasks for realizing the commercial application of fusion reactors. Herein, we …

Helium plasma irradiation to various metals leads to peculiar morphology changes as
forming fiberform nanostructures called fuzz when a certain set of conditions is satisfied. In …

Surface free energy has been hypothesized as the cause behind the experimental evidence
(Parish et al., 2014) of a strong correlation between crystallographic orientation and surface …

Tungsten, a leading candidate for plasma-facing materials (PFM) in future fusion devices,
will be exposed to high-flux low-energy helium plasma under the anticipated fusion …

Helium (He) retention in tungsten (W) is a concern in fusion reactors since it could be
detrimental to plasma facing components performance and influence the fusion fuel …

We report a simulation study of the effect of He-irradiation-induced surface vacancy-adatom
pair formation on the surface morphological evolution of plasma-facing component (PFC) …

In ITER, the helium (He) impurity produced by the deuterium-tritium reaction will bombard
the tungsten (W) divertor armor at the strike points. Consequently, strong interaction occurs …

Develo** high performance plasma facing materials (PFMs) is one of the greatest
challenges for fusion reactors because PFMs face unprecedented harsh environments. In …

Ballistic helium transport in tungsten during fuzz growth was investigated to provide insight
into the helium-induced nanostructuring process which adversely affects the near-surface …

We report a simulation study on the effects of helium (He) bubble size on the morphological
evolution and pattern formation on the surface of tungsten used as a plasma-facing …